Occupation · SOC 19-1042

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists: H-1B salaries and wage levels

Level IV starts anywhere from $96,346 to $157,477 depending on the city. The median offer is $75,000.

5,492certified H-1B LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026

$75,000median offer

$67k to $92kmiddle half of offers

14%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

New York, NY

IV $144k

Houston, TX

IV $107k

Boston · Cambridge

IV $157k

IV $131k

IV $150k

IV $103k

IV $110k

IV $114k

IV $123k

IV $96k

under Level ILevel IIIIIIIV and upmedian offerscale $53k to $165k

City	LCAs	Median	Level I	Level II	Level III	Level IV
New York, NY	612	$81,689	$76,419	$98,800	$121,202	$143,582
Houston, TX	313	$71,508	$63,190	$77,813	$92,435	$107,058
Boston, MA	281	$77,267	$85,550	$109,533	$133,494	$157,477
St. Louis, MO	266	$67,824	$76,024	$94,494	$112,944	$131,414
Philadelphia, PA	248	$74,672	$67,829	$95,160	$122,512	$149,843
Dallas, TX	172	$70,222	$64,397	$77,210	$90,043	$102,856
Chicago, IL	158	$67,843	$62,837	$78,458	$94,078	$109,699
Baltimore, MD	133	$72,768	$71,635	$85,634	$99,653	$113,651
Cambridge, MA	129	$126,006	$85,550	$109,533	$133,494	$157,477
Ann Arbor, MI	115	$65,640	$59,218	$80,454	$101,712	$122,949
Rochester, MN	102	$75,324	$71,302	$79,643	$88,005	$96,346

What employers offer

5,492 certified LCAs, coloured by the level each salary reaches in its own area

$50k$100k$150k$200k$250k$300k

Level IIIIIIIVunder Level I = 50 LCAs = 100 LCAs

Lottery entries

852 new-employment LCAs

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 33%30%13%10%14% 852

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

3,996 FY2026 to date

4.5kFY23

4.8kFY24

5.3kFY25

4.0kFY26

Median offer

$75,748 FY2026

$67kFY23

$70kFY24

$74kFY25

$76kFY26

Top employers

Jul 2025 to Jun 2026

#	Employer	Certified LCAs	Median salary
1	Washington University	261	$67,824
2	UT Southwestern Medical Center	161	$70,000
3	Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania	147	$75,166
4	Mayo Clinic	145	$75,684
5	General Hospital Corporation	137	$72,000
6	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	126	$87,863
7	Columbia University	117	$79,327
8	The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	117	$77,000
9	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	115	$80,000
10	University of Michigan	114	$65,640
11	Baylor College of Medicine	102	$66,492
12	Johns Hopkins University	101	$72,588
13	National Institutes of Health, HHS	94	$109,052
14	NYU Grossman School of Medicine	94	$77,943
15	The University of Alabama at Birmingham	84	$69,532
16	Northwestern University	80	$66,492
17	Brigham and Women's Hospital	70	$71,750
18	Weill Cornell Medical College	70	$80,192
19	Yale University	65	$75,000
20	The University of Virginia	63	$68,000
21	Emory University	57	$69,000
22	University of California, Los Angeles	57	$80,800
23	Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	56	$66,309
24	University of Pittsburgh	52	$72,266
25	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	49	$68,000
	All other employers	2,958	–