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Life Scientists, All Other: H-1B salaries

Standard Occupational Classification 19-1099. 193 labor condition applications; median offered base salary $75,967, middle half $62,798–$110,125.

Applications (LCAs)193
Median offered salary$75,967
Middle half of salaries$62,798–$110,125
10th–90th percentile$57,220–$152,500

By wage level

Wage levelLCAsMedian salary
Level I (entry)73$61,298
Level II (qualified)43$77,625
Level III (experienced)41$152,500
Level IV (fully competent)14$155,000

The Department of Labor sets four prevailing wage levels for each occupation and area, from Level I (entry) to Level IV (fully competent). The employer picks the level that matches the job's requirements.

Employers

EmployerLCAsMedian salary
L.E.K. Consulting LLC23$152,500
Howard Hughes Medical Institute15$80,000
Kelonia Therapeutics, Inc.10$105,157
University of Wisconsin System7$70,047
Brown University7$75,000
Research Foundation of Suny at Buffalo6$60,484
Texas A&M AgriLife Research5$75,000
The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research5$66,394
Northwell Health5$61,298
Carnegie Mellon University5$77,625
BioMed X USA LLC5$68,150
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey4$67,551
Texas A&M University4$50,033
Health Research Inc. - Roswell Park Division4$73,892
In Vitrotech Labs Inc3$175,000
The Leland Stanford, Jr University3$116,000
Ubuntu Research Inc3$75,150
Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute3$64,000
ALS Hope Foundation3$55,370
Baruch S. Blumberg Institute2$52,811
Arizona State University2$61,553
Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, L.P.2$122,500
University of California, Davis2$73,454
Najafi Pharma Inc.2$90,979
Wayne State University2$57,995
California Institute of Technology2$63,200
Abzena (Bristol) LLC2$60,278
Foley Hoag LLP2$150,000
Alamar Biosciences, Inc.2$145,000
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia2$71,053
Frontier Science and Technology Research Foundation Inc.2$61,648
Dignity Health2$60,819
Advancy Inc.2$160,000
L2 Diagnostics, LLC2$60,000
Voro Health LLC2$185,000
THC Lawyers P.C.2$120,000
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska2$66,373
Vici Health Sciences, LLC2$67,700
Columbia University1$67,731
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute1$53,000
The Rockefeller University1$68,000
La Jolla Institute for Immunology1$73,000
The University of Iowa1$54,840
University of Georgia1$50,398
Mythic Therapeutics, Inc.1$110,250
University of Alaska1$66,560
Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center1$75,213
University of Nebraska Medical Center1$96,966
University of California, Berkeley1$75,800
Maxis Clinical Sciences LLC1$61,298

Cities

Job titles

By fiscal year

Fiscal yearLCAsMedian salary
FY202347$88,500
FY202443$74,592
FY202554$75,000
FY202649$78,273

Salaries are the lower end of the wage offered on each application, converted to a yearly amount; statistics use certified full-time applications only. An LCA is not a visa approval and one LCA can cover several positions. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC LCA Disclosure Data, fiscal years 2023–2026 (latest decision Jun 30, 2026).