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Chemists: H-1B salaries and wage levels

2,071certified H-1B LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$90,640median offer
$72k to $116kmiddle 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

2,071 certified LCAs, coloured by the level each salary reaches in its own area
$40k to $50k: 8 LCAs$50k to $60k: 116 LCAs$60k to $70k: 340 LCAs$70k to $80k: 224 LCAs$80k to $90k: 318 LCAs$90k to $100k: 216 LCAs$100k to $110k: 210 LCAs$110k to $120k: 173 LCAs$120k to $130k: 147 LCAs$130k to $140k: 93 LCAs$140k to $150k: 70 LCAs$150k to $160k: 61 LCAs$160k to $170k: 29 LCAs$170k to $180k: 16 LCAs$180k to $190k: 16 LCAs$190k to $200k: 14 LCAs$200k to $210k: 4 LCAs$210k to $220k: 1 LCA$220k to $230k: 2 LCAs$230k to $240k: 1 LCA$240k to $250k: 1 LCA$250k to $260k: 1 LCA$260k to $270k: 1 LCA$280k to $290k: 1 LCA$300k+: 4 LCAs $40k to $50k: 8 LCAs$50k to $60k: 116 LCAs$60k to $70k: 340 LCAs$70k to $80k: 224 LCAs$80k to $90k: 318 LCAs$90k to $100k: 216 LCAs$100k to $110k: 210 LCAs$110k to $120k: 173 LCAs$120k to $130k: 147 LCAs$130k to $140k: 93 LCAs$140k to $150k: 70 LCAs$150k to $160k: 61 LCAs$160k to $170k: 29 LCAs$170k to $180k: 16 LCAs$180k to $190k: 16 LCAs$190k to $200k: 14 LCAs$200k to $210k: 4 LCAs$210k to $220k: 1 LCA$220k to $230k: 2 LCAs$230k to $240k: 1 LCA$240k to $250k: 1 LCA$250k to $260k: 1 LCA$260k to $270k: 1 LCA$280k to $290k: 1 LCA$300k+: 4 LCAs
$50k$100k$150k$200k$250k$300k
Level IIIIIIIVunder Level I = 10 LCAs = 20 LCAs

Lottery entries

657 new-employment LCAs
Chemists 12%26%19%19%24% 657
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

1,636 FY2026 to date

Median offer

$92,508 FY2026

Top employers

Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
#EmployerCertified LCAsMedian salary
1 Eli Lilly and Company 38 $151,162
2 Amgen Inc. 32 $136,320
3 Sciegen Pharmaceuticals INC. 30 $81,000
4 Amneal Pharmaceuticals, LLC 23 $117,877
5 Brookhaven National Laboratory 23 $85,000
6 Tris Pharma, Inc. 21 $97,739
7 Emory University 20 $73,524
8 Frontage Laboratories, Inc. 19 $83,126
9 InvaGen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 19 $85,000
10 Ut-battelle, LLC (oak Ridge National Laboratory) 19 $88,034
11 AbbVie Inc. 18 $134,500
12 University of California, Berkeley 18 $82,836
13 Purdue University 17 $65,000
14 The Trustees of Princeton University 17 $65,000
15 The University of Chicago 17 $66,000
16 Amneal Pharmaceuticals Of NY LLC 16 $106,844
17 J-Star Research, Inc. 16 $107,418
18 Battelle Memorial Institute 15 $114,443
19 Havix Group Inc. 15 $70,000
20 PPD Development, L.P. 15 $87,110
21 Curia Global, Inc. 14 $92,500
22 Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. 14 $97,926
23 UChicago Argonne LLC 14 $71,818
24 Ascent Pharmaceuticals, INC. 13 $81,978
25 Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC 13 $117,000
All other employers 1,595 –