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
Kite Pharma Inc.	98	$110,590
Corteva Agriscience Llc	97	$89,769
Moderna, Inc.	89	$98,488
Sigma Aldrich Corporation	87	$99,363
Pony.ai, Inc.	86	$132,139
Novartis Services Inc	83	$91,069
Texas Agrilife Research	82	$38,357
Van Andel Research Institute	82	$61,890
Genzyme Corporation	79	$115,526
Crispr Therapeutics, Inc.	77	$95,448

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

Job Title	Number of Jobs	Average Wage
Chemical Engineers	573	$87,486
Bioinformatics Scientists	570	$84,534
Computer And Information Systems Managers	480	$154,265
Biostatisticians	464	$96,456
Physicists	451	$83,588
Computer And Information Research Scientists	442	$112,620
Materials Scientists	437	$71,771
Electrical Engineers	427	$100,588
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	383	$116,831
Operations Research Analysts	365	$85,815

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.