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
Eversana Life Science Services, Llc	24	$100,610
Gemological Institute Of America (gia)	24	$77,267
Guardant Health, Inc.	24	$124,674
Mrl San Francisco Llc	24	$109,456
Zymergen Inc.	24	$121,570
Boston Dynamics, Inc.	23	$110,741
Cz Biohub Sf, Llc	23	$92,237
Deeproute.ai Ltd.	23	$141,266
Flatiron Health Inc	23	$107,285
Fmd K&l Inc.	23	$73,996

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.