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 2025

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

Company	Employees	Average Wage
Koh Young America, Inc.	2	$48,196
Kooick Inc.	2	$79,914
Kromatex Llc	2	$78,062
L3 Kigre	2	$74,464
La Jolla Bioengineering Institute	2	$40,071
Labaer, Inc.	2	$68,370
Labcorp Clinical Research Unit Inc.	2	$66,030
Label Insight	2	$126,558
Labsys, Llc	2	$55,879
Landsdowne Labs, Llc	2	$120,505

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

Job Title	Number of Jobs	Average Wage
Nuclear Engineers	50	$75,502
Quality Control Systems Managers	48	$118,291
Mathematicians	47	$74,989
Technical Writers	46	$83,667
Computer Hardware Engineers	45	$146,408
Information Security Analysts	44	$114,758
Sales Engineers	43	$94,791
Photonics Engineers	43	$96,667
Medical And Clinical Laboratory Technologists	42	$54,158
Agricultural Engineers	41	$52,568

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.