Scientist H-1B Salary by Company

643 certified full-time H-1B filings for "Scientist" and close variants, decided Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026. Most common occupation codes: Biochemists and Biophysicists, Molecular and Cellular Biologists, Chemists.

$99,200Median salary

$80,33525th percentile

$125,00075th percentile

643Filings

Top-paying companies for Scientist

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

Company	Filings	Median	Middle 50%
Uber Technologies	6	$165,850	$160,750 – $169,750
Triad National Security	30	$157,664	$153,834 – $166,433
Calico Life Sciences	4	$156,000	$145,250 – $161,000
Mammoth Biosciences	3	$140,213	$140,213 – $142,606
Hexagon Bio	3	$140,000	$140,000 – $144,058
Amgen	12	$135,860	$129,469 – $143,294
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company	9	$131,423	$123,600 – $136,191
Tessera Therapeutics	4	$127,757	$124,360 – $131,906
Abbvie Biotherapeutics	3	$125,000	$121,000 – $129,000
Genentech	19	$124,842	$103,400 – $140,213
CZ Biohub SF	8	$120,800	$112,549 – $138,553
University of Miami	5	$120,000	$117,010 – $126,684
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals	10	$115,030	$111,244 – $117,004
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals	3	$113,568	$104,284 – $113,600
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute	3	$110,000	$99,000 – $110,000
AbbVie	3	$109,765	$103,268 – $110,882
A-New Bio	3	$108,000	$108,000 – $109,000
Leidos Biomedical Research	8	$107,212	$97,094 – $118,225
Biocytogen Boston	3	$105,000	$105,000 – $111,000
Corixa	4	$104,956	$99,764 – $106,870
AbbVie Bioresearch Center	4	$104,000	$102,133 – $105,000
Axle Informatics	4	$103,250	$101,500 – $104,624
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research	11	$102,608	$99,212 – $109,287
Children's Hospital	11	$100,000	$91,288 – $100,035
University of Rochester	3	$98,000	$88,500 – $98,000

Companies filing the most Scientist H-1Bs

Company	Filings	Median	Middle 50%
University of Wisconsin System	58	$73,020	$66,772 – $82,507
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital	41	$86,320	$86,320 – $86,320
Triad National Security	30	$157,664	$153,834 – $166,433
Genentech	19	$124,842	$103,400 – $140,213
Eurofins Professional Scientific Services Mid-Atlantic	15	$51,356	$51,356 – $54,714
University of Kentucky	14	$62,614	$56,968 – $67,000
Allen Institute	13	$92,250	$84,900 – $112,950
Amgen	12	$135,860	$129,469 – $143,294
Children's Hospital	11	$100,000	$91,288 – $100,035
Eurofins BioPharma Product Testing Columbia	11	$50,000	$50,000 – $50,000
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research	11	$102,608	$99,212 – $109,287
Eurofins Professional Scientific Services New England	10	$60,798	$58,510 – $70,200
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals	10	$115,030	$111,244 – $117,004
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company	9	$131,423	$123,600 – $136,191
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	9	$85,000	$82,400 – $90,000

Top cities

City	Filings	Median
Madison, WI	57	$73,529
Memphis, TN	40	$86,320
South San Francisco, CA	37	$137,154
Boston, MA	36	$100,000
Cambridge, MA	34	$120,000
Los Alamos, NM	29	$157,504
Columbia, MO	16	$50,000
San Francisco, CA	14	$116,274
Seattle, WA	14	$101,116
Lexington, KY	13	$62,727
Bethesda, MD	13	$98,779
West Point, PA	11	$51,356
San Diego, CA	9	$120,016
Tarrytown, NY	9	$115,059
Gaithersburg, MD	8	$90,348

Wage levels

Level I24% · 150

Level II43% · 270

Level III23% · 145

Level IV9% · 59

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