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Chemical Engineers: H-1B salaries and wage levels

948certified H-1B LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$120,701median offer
$95k to $146kmiddle half of offers
24%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

What employers offer

948 certified LCAs, coloured by the level each salary reaches in its own area
$40k to $50k: 1 LCA$50k to $60k: 28 LCAs$60k to $70k: 65 LCAs$70k to $80k: 48 LCAs$80k to $90k: 61 LCAs$90k to $100k: 61 LCAs$100k to $110k: 112 LCAs$110k to $120k: 77 LCAs$120k to $130k: 113 LCAs$130k to $140k: 90 LCAs$140k to $150k: 77 LCAs$150k to $160k: 77 LCAs$160k to $170k: 41 LCAs$170k to $180k: 33 LCAs$180k to $190k: 25 LCAs$190k to $200k: 12 LCAs$200k to $210k: 6 LCAs$210k to $220k: 6 LCAs$220k to $230k: 1 LCA$230k to $240k: 4 LCAs$240k to $250k: 4 LCAs$250k to $260k: 1 LCA$260k to $270k: 2 LCAs$300k+: 1 LCA $40k to $50k: 1 LCA$50k to $60k: 28 LCAs$60k to $70k: 65 LCAs$70k to $80k: 48 LCAs$80k to $90k: 61 LCAs$90k to $100k: 61 LCAs$100k to $110k: 112 LCAs$110k to $120k: 77 LCAs$120k to $130k: 113 LCAs$130k to $140k: 90 LCAs$140k to $150k: 77 LCAs$150k to $160k: 77 LCAs$160k to $170k: 41 LCAs$170k to $180k: 33 LCAs$180k to $190k: 25 LCAs$190k to $200k: 12 LCAs$200k to $210k: 6 LCAs$210k to $220k: 6 LCAs$220k to $230k: 1 LCA$230k to $240k: 4 LCAs$240k to $250k: 4 LCAs$250k to $260k: 1 LCA$260k to $270k: 2 LCAs$300k+: 1 LCA
$50k$100k$150k$200k$250k$300k
Level IIIIIIIVunder Level I = 5 LCAs = 5 LCAs

Lottery entries

311 new-employment LCAs
Chemical Engineers 10%18%26%22%24% 311
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

777 FY2026 to date

Median offer

$123,323 FY2026

Top employers

Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
#EmployerCertified LCAsMedian salary
1 Applied Materials, Inc 26 $151,070
2 Tesla, Inc. 18 $160,000
3 Evonik Corporation 16 $118,079
4 Battelle Memorial Institute 13 $98,310
5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 13 $71,000
6 Eli Lilly and Company 12 $143,425
7 Amgen Inc. 11 $143,021
8 Micron Technology, Inc. 11 $121,107
9 Cummins Inc. 9 $83,408
10 Ut-battelle, LLC (oak Ridge National Laboratory) 9 $125,291
11 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. 9 $148,154
12 Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC 8 $123,594
13 Uop LLC 8 $135,688
14 Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC 7 $83,600
15 The Dow Chemical Company 7 $117,498
16 Micron Idaho Semiconductor Manufacturing (Triton) LLC 7 $111,252
17 Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 7 $107,203
18 University of California, Berkeley 7 $79,881
19 Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. 6 $138,258
20 ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company 6 $182,060
21 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 6 $141,812
22 The University of Chicago 6 $59,709
23 University of Connecticut 6 $65,998
24 University of Michigan 6 $62,617
25 Apple Inc. 5 $151,070
All other employers 709 –