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Biochemists and Biophysicists: H-1B salaries and wage levels

Level IV starts anywhere from $112,466 to $195,125 depending on the city. The median offer is $77,854.

2,951certified H-1B LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$77,854median offer
$69k to $100kmiddle half of offers
7%of new-employment offers reach Level IV for their area
Source U.S. Dept. of Labor, OFLC disclosure files Covers decisions Jul 2025 to Jun 2026 Release FY2026 Q3, published Aug 7, 2026 Wage levels OFLC 2026-27

Wage levels by city

same scale for every row · black mark: median offer in that city
Memphis, TN IV $177k
Cambridge · Boston IV $163k
San Francisco, CA IV $195k
La Jolla, CA IV $149k
Houston, TX IV $112k
under Level ILevel IIIIIIIV and upmedian offerscale $69k to $205k
CityLCAsMedianLevel ILevel IILevel IIILevel IV
Memphis, TN184$72,530 $96,949$123,635$150,301$176,987
Cambridge, MA154$100,500 $90,730$114,795$138,882$162,947
Boston, MA142$80,000 $90,730$114,795$138,882$162,947
San Francisco, CA142$83,600 $114,899$141,648$168,376$195,125
La Jolla, CA114$78,000 $81,827$104,270$126,693$149,136
Houston, TX113$73,000 $76,149$88,254$100,360$112,466

What employers offer

2,951 certified LCAs, coloured by the level each salary reaches in its own area
$40k to $50k: 14 LCAs$50k to $60k: 198 LCAs$60k to $70k: 576 LCAs$70k to $80k: 813 LCAs$80k to $90k: 420 LCAs$90k to $100k: 179 LCAs$100k to $110k: 168 LCAs$110k to $120k: 123 LCAs$120k to $130k: 130 LCAs$130k to $140k: 75 LCAs$140k to $150k: 90 LCAs$150k to $160k: 45 LCAs$160k to $170k: 41 LCAs$170k to $180k: 20 LCAs$180k to $190k: 17 LCAs$190k to $200k: 8 LCAs$200k to $210k: 9 LCAs$210k to $220k: 3 LCAs$220k to $230k: 2 LCAs$230k to $240k: 3 LCAs$240k to $250k: 3 LCAs$260k to $270k: 1 LCA$290k to $300k: 1 LCA $40k to $50k: 14 LCAs$50k to $60k: 198 LCAs$60k to $70k: 576 LCAs$70k to $80k: 813 LCAs$80k to $90k: 420 LCAs$90k to $100k: 179 LCAs$100k to $110k: 168 LCAs$110k to $120k: 123 LCAs$120k to $130k: 130 LCAs$130k to $140k: 75 LCAs$140k to $150k: 90 LCAs$150k to $160k: 45 LCAs$160k to $170k: 41 LCAs$170k to $180k: 20 LCAs$180k to $190k: 17 LCAs$190k to $200k: 8 LCAs$200k to $210k: 9 LCAs$210k to $220k: 3 LCAs$220k to $230k: 2 LCAs$230k to $240k: 3 LCAs$240k to $250k: 3 LCAs$260k to $270k: 1 LCA$290k to $300k: 1 LCA
$50k$100k$150k$200k$250k$300k
Level IIIIIIIVunder Level I = 25 LCAs = 50 LCAs

Lottery entries

381 new-employment LCAs
Biochemists and Biophysicists 33%25%23%13% 381
All employers 12%28%25%18%16% 149,984
1 entry · Level I2 · Level II3 · Level III4 · Level IVunder Level I, still 1 entry
How this is calculated
New-employment H-1B LCAs only, the filings behind most cap petitions; extensions, transfers and amendments do not go through the lottery, and cap-exempt universities and nonprofit research organizations are left out. Each offered salary (low end of the range) is compared with the OFLC Level I to IV wages for its occupation and worksite area, wage year 2026-27; a filing with several worksites counts at its lowest level, as the rule requires. Numbers on the right are LCAs. Full methodology.

Over time

fiscal years, October to September · hatched: year to date

Certified H-1B LCAs

2,181 FY2026 to date

Median offer

$78,525 FY2026

Top employers

Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
#EmployerCertified LCAsMedian salary
1 St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 166 $72,530
2 University of California, San Francisco 124 $82,836
3 University of California, San Diego 75 $80,800
4 Duke University 73 $77,494
5 The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center 72 $74,200
6 The Leland Stanford, Jr University 71 $79,802
7 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 55 $141,198
8 Howard Hughes Medical Institute 53 $81,356
9 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 50 $77,998
10 Johns Hopkins University 44 $70,344
11 University of Michigan 44 $65,000
12 Albert Einstein College of Medicine 40 $74,730
13 Yale University 38 $75,000
14 Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania 37 $70,914
15 Indiana University 33 $64,356
16 Northwestern University 33 $69,930
17 University of Maryland College Park 33 $72,720
18 General Hospital Corporation 29 $75,000
19 National Institutes of Health, HHS 29 $105,673
20 Harvard University 28 $76,000
21 Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope 26 $78,426
22 University of Wisconsin System 26 $66,320
23 The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital 25 $76,000
24 The Scripps Research Institute 24 $70,304
25 UT Southwestern Medical Center 24 $70,242
All other employers 1,699 –