H1B Visa Data for Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences: Top Employers, Top Jobs and Employees Trends

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Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (NAICS code 54171) has an average growth rate of 1.35% as an H1B industry with 30,385 employees hired as of 2024

Top Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences Employers

Company	Employees	Average Wage
Amgen Inc.	1,935	$87,857
National Institutes Of Health, Hhs	942	$55,244
Amgen Incorporated	930	$97,701
Cruise Llc	640	$146,034
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation	549	$100,322
Ut-battelle, Llc (oak Ridge National Laboratory)	535	$68,969
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.	481	$103,703
Magic Leap, Inc.	470	$107,643
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	466	$83,631
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	466	$110,507

Top Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences Jobs

Job Title	Number of Jobs	Average Wage
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	1,635	$78,035
Biochemists And Biophysicists	1,608	$76,677
Software Developers, Applications	1,394	$112,040
Chemists	1,248	$78,049
Statisticians	1,196	$91,379
Biological Scientists, All Other	1,059	$64,213
Software Developers, Systems Software	973	$120,452
Molecular And Cellular Biologists	772	$74,927
Mechanical Engineers	711	$90,425
Biomedical Engineers	587	$88,244

Employees Over Time vs Average Salary Over Time

The Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences industry has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 508 employees were hired. They peaked in 2022 with 5,480 employees, and have since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 4,982 in 2023.

The Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences industry has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where the average salary was $69,955. The industry peaked in 2023 with an average salary of $99,944, and the recent trend shows the average salary on an incline.