Research and science

Biologists: who sponsors, and what they pay

Every certified Labor Condition Application for this occupation in the period covered, with the wage each employer told the Department of Labor it would pay.

Certified LCAs
144
H-1B, H-1B1 and E-3
Median wage offered
$80,800
per year
Middle half earn
$70K to $107K
25th to 75th percentile
Employers filing
96

Employers filing for Biologists

EmployerLCAsMedian wage
The Broad Institute, Inc.
Cambridge
7$78,785
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton
6$83,813
Washington University
St. Louis
6$63,120
The Leland Stanford, Jr University
Stanford
4$81,692
University of South Florida
Tampa
3$74,844
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
3$64,496
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley
3$96,200
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley
3$118,572
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Newark
3$67,275
University of Wisconsin System
Madison
2$75,000
Amgen Inc.
Thousand Oaks
2$122,175
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
2$77,837
Eli Lilly and Company
Indianapolis
2$192,569
Arc Research Institute
Palo Alto
2$107,000
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque
2$58,853
96 employers for this occupationThe full ranked list, with each employer's median wage, is part of Pro.
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Source: US Department of Labor (OFLC) and US Citizenship and Immigration Services · OFLC disclosure data (Labor Condition Applications, PERM) and the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub
Data as of 30 Jun 2026 · covers LCA FY2026 Q1 to Q3; PERM FY2026 Q1 to Q3; USCIS H-1B decisions FY2024 to FY2026 · last fetched 5 Oct 2026