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Senior Scientist H-1B salaries

Employers filed 923 certified H-1B applications for Senior Scientist roles between Jan 2023 and Jun 2026. The median salary was $120,000.

Median salary offered
$120,000
Middle half earn
$93,496 to $140,242
Top 10% earn over
$154,470
Certified filings
923

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Pay by employer

EmployerFilingsMedianMiddle half
Washington University64$71,596$68,182 – $77,718
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.64$142,174$137,653 – $145,068
ST. Jude Children's Research Hospital33$104,000$104,000 – $104,000
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company30$147,352$130,875 – $153,204
Zoetis, Inc.28$100,000$89,000 – $102,000
Amgen Inc.26$149,827$144,592 – $155,307
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai26$87,738$85,058 – $98,400
Pfizer Inc.25$95,000$90,900 – $125,504
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP22$125,320$121,630 – $133,040
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.21$130,000$125,350 – $139,794
Sanofi US Services Inc.20$110,698$100,894 – $122,250
PPD Development, L.P.17$68,910$66,893 – $70,000
MedImmune LLC16$125,198$120,812 – $126,428
Eli Lilly and Company15$105,380$95,780 – $106,982
Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc.13$159,650$156,864 – $163,000
Illumina, Inc.10$99,570$96,500 – $115,607
Alnylam US, Inc.10$151,000$141,250 – $158,750
Janssen Research & Development, LLC10$142,200$139,800 – $145,700
Arcus Biosciences, Inc.7$152,000$145,802 – $158,500
TCG GreenChem, Inc6$94,706$93,049 – $97,573
Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories LLC6$57,285$51,127 – $64,377
The Curators of the University of Missouri6$66,425$54,506 – $69,972
Honda Research Institute USA, Inc.5$170,300$170,300 – $170,539
The University of Kansas Medical Center5$75,000$70,200 – $75,750
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia5$101,379$94,723 – $106,808
Philips North America LLC5$133,661$122,762 – $143,374
Riconpharma, LLC5$98,800$96,500 – $105,000
Uber Technologies, Inc.5$188,400$188,300 – $195,100
The University of Virginia5$100,000$86,000 – $104,500
Sanofi Vaccines US Inc.5$128,814$101,026 – $134,971
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute5$126,000$117,832 – $130,000
Simulations Plus, Inc.4$152,750$143,225 – $163,275
Q-CTRL, Inc4$143,500$135,000 – $149,000
Guardant Health, Inc.4$157,154$139,480 – $174,096
Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC4$135,980$128,105 – $143,853
University of Nebraska Medical Center4$72,362$69,800 – $74,943
Orna Therapeutics, Inc.4$155,000$153,975 – $156,582
Washington University in St. Louis4$80,000$77,500 – $80,000
Axalta Coating Systems, LLC4$110,087$105,836 – $111,325
Waters Technologies Corporation4$124,134$120,100 – $129,078
Alkermes, Inc.4$150,000$149,030 – $150,250
DuPont Specialty Products USA, LLC4$125,376$125,000 – $126,814
DuPont Electronic Materials International, LLC4$130,000$130,000 – $130,038
Novitium Pharma LLC.4$93,392$93,392 – $94,926
Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.4$147,900$144,080 – $152,100
Impossible Foods Inc.3$120,827$120,827 – $120,827
Alcon Research, LLC3$58,968$53,955 – $70,242
Avery Bio Corporation3$125,000$125,000 – $131,000
Eurofins BioPharma Product Testing Columbia, LLC.3$55,099$52,550 – $56,550
Hound Labs, Inc.3$152,506$152,506 – $159,453

Where these jobs are

Bigger dots mean more filings; darker blue means higher pay.
CityFilingsMedianMiddle half
Cambridge, MA69$145,000$129,000 – $157,581
St. Louis, MO68$71,896$69,249 – $78,000
Tarrytown, NY63$142,233$138,253 – $145,136
New York, NY34$91,350$85,856 – $113,300
Memphis, TN33$104,000$104,000 – $104,000
Gaithersburg, MD31$124,800$120,566 – $126,428
San Diego, CA30$121,000$103,582 – $134,750
South San Francisco, CA28$153,808$137,754 – $160,534
Waltham, MA27$122,250$109,956 – $134,692
Kalamazoo, MI27$100,000$89,000 – $102,000
Ridgefield, CT18$132,168$126,356 – $140,324
Thousand Oaks, CA17$145,000$141,007 – $149,827
Boston, MA16$125,500$106,371 – $135,000
Watertown, MA12$134,971$113,055 – $155,000
Redwood City, CA11$137,280$120,827 – $161,000
Philadelphia, PA10$104,094$85,644 – $109,258
Middleton, WI10$69,455$68,910 – $72,708
Columbia, MO9$58,000$51,688 – $69,888
New Brunswick, NJ8$131,130$128,400 – $136,400
Houston, TX7$155,000$134,890 – $168,552

By experience level

Wage levelFilingsMedian
Level I85$96,500
Level II376$104,000
Level III284$125,000
Level IV173$137,800

Levels I to IV are the Labor Department's experience bands, from entry level (I) to fully competent (IV).

By year

Year filedFilingsMedian
202365$105,000
2024304$109,402
2025305$120,827
2026249$130,000