H1B Visa Data for Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing: Top Employers, Top Jobs and Employees Trends

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Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing (NAICS code 32541) has an average growth rate of 0.08% as an H1B industry with 10,979 employees hired as of 2025

Top Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing Employers

Company	Employees	Average Wage
Shionogi, Inc.	21	$113,084
Wes Pharma Inc.	21	$51,978
Allergan Usa, Inc.	20	$114,173
Hovione Llc	20	$89,543
Krigen Pharmaceuticals Llc	20	$82,054
Uniqure, Inc.	20	$90,214
Novartis Gene Therapies, Inc.	19	$100,559
Oncobiologics, Inc.	19	$64,026
Sciecure Pharma Inc	19	$51,775
Insys Manufacturing Llc	18	$66,859

Top Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing Jobs

Job Title	Number of Jobs	Average Wage
Chemists	1,929	$71,543
Statisticians	559	$94,334
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	502	$89,929
Biochemists And Biophysicists	430	$82,077
Software Developers, Applications	330	$106,470
Computer Systems Analysts	238	$95,542
Compliance Officers	235	$71,261
Natural Sciences Managers	227	$136,909
Regulatory Affairs Specialists	208	$80,288
Industrial Engineers	203	$89,219

Employees Over Time vs Average Salary Over Time

The Pharmaceutical And Medicine Manufacturing industry has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 208 employees were hired. They peaked in 2021 with 1,351 employees, and have since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 241 in 2025.

The Pharmaceutical And Medicine Manufacturing industry has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where the average salary was $76,307. The industry peaked in 2025 with an average salary of $119,582, and the recent trend shows the average salary on an incline.