Principal Scientist H-1B Salary by Company

127 certified full-time H-1B filings for "Principal Scientist" and close variants, decided Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026. Most common occupation codes: Biochemists and Biophysicists, Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists, Chemists.

$137,000Median salary

$115,00025th percentile

$164,26275th percentile

127Filings

Top-paying companies for Principal Scientist

Employers with at least 3 filings for this title, ranked by median offered salary.

Company	Filings	Median	Middle 50%
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals	21	$164,096	$158,687 – $168,920
Amgen	6	$161,000	$158,000 – $167,750
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company	9	$160,000	$159,984 – $174,503
Origin Wireless	3	$150,000	$145,000 – $150,000
Sanofi US Services	3	$136,552	$136,406 – $136,552
Cytiva US	3	$130,543	$130,543 – $130,543
Eli Lilly and Company	6	$119,110	$116,933 – $120,228
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research	15	$113,464	$96,502 – $114,910
American Cancer Society	3	$110,510	$110,510 – $121,960
GlaxoSmithKline	4	$97,500	$97,500 – $97,500

Companies filing the most Principal Scientist H-1Bs

Company	Filings	Median	Middle 50%
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals	21	$164,096	$158,687 – $168,920
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research	15	$113,464	$96,502 – $114,910
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company	9	$160,000	$159,984 – $174,503
Amgen	6	$161,000	$158,000 – $167,750
Eli Lilly and Company	6	$119,110	$116,933 – $120,228
GlaxoSmithKline	4	$97,500	$97,500 – $97,500
American Cancer Society	3	$110,510	$110,510 – $121,960
Cytiva US	3	$130,543	$130,543 – $130,543
Origin Wireless	3	$150,000	$145,000 – $150,000
Sanofi US Services	3	$136,552	$136,406 – $136,552
DeepNephro	2	$110,000	$110,000 – $110,000
ELC Beauty	2	$117,625	$113,312 – $121,938
Eurofins Professional Scientific Services Mid-Atlantic	2	$65,880	$62,940 – $68,820
Genentech	2	$144,050	$143,625 – $144,475
Janssen Research & Development	2	$169,650	$167,575 – $171,725

Top cities

City	Filings	Median
Tarrytown, NY	21	$164,096
Cambridge, MA	19	$113,464
South San Francisco, CA	8	$171,872
San Diego, CA	6	$116,366
Collegeville, PA	4	$97,500
Pensacola, FL	3	$130,543
Branchburg, NJ	3	$119,110
Los Angeles, CA	3	$110,000
Princeton, NJ	3	$160,000
New York, NY	3	$116,207
Denville, NJ	2	$111,900
Cranbury, NJ	2	$115,000
Keller, TX	2	$65,880
Thousand Oaks, CA	2	$158,500
Melville, NY	2	$117,625

Wage levels

Level I3% · 4

Level II22% · 27

Level III41% · 51

Level IV34% · 43

Prevailing-wage level the employer selected (I = entry, IV = fully competent).