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Chemist is a Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing job with over 20,830 current openings filled by an H1B employee. Most Chemists are hired by companies in the Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing industry. The average H1B Chemists job lasts 1,013 days.


Jobs Hired
20,830
Hiring Companies
3,818
Hiring Industries
423
Average Salary
$64,376
Approved
86%


What do Chemists do?

Conduct qualitative and quantitative chemical analyses or experiments in laboratories for quality or process control or to develop new products or knowledge.

Source: O-NET OnLine



Top Chemists Companies

Company # of Positions Industry Salary
Frontida Biopharm, Inc. 48 Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing $62,684
Nostrum Laboratories Inc. 47 Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing $50,027
J-star Research Inc. 47 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services $89,513
University Of Michigan 46 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $47,373
Ingenus Pharmaceuticals Nj, Llc 46 Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing $74,462
Georgia Institute Of Technology 46 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $42,187
The Pennsylvania State University 45 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $45,120
Pfizer Inc 44 Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing $81,500
Hikma Pharmaceuticals Usa Inc. 44 Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing $84,148
University Of California, Berkeley 43 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $57,430

Top Chemists Industries

Industry Jobs Salary
Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing 2 $91,513
Regulation of Agricultural Marketing and Commodities 2 $47,154
Refrigeration Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers 2 $56,347
Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services 2 $53,311
Prefabricated Metal Building and Component Manufacturing 2 $74,630
Power Boiler and Heat Exchanger Manufacturing 2 $61,662
Plastics Packaging Materials and Unlaminated Film and Sheet Manufacturing 2 $59,852
Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing 2 $82,347
Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing 2 $65,146
Paper Mills 2 $42,931

Chemists Jobs Over Time vs Average Salary Over Time

Chemists has been a job in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where they hired 1,123 employees. This job peaked in 2024 with 1,847 employees, and have since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 293 in 2025.
Chemists has been a job in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where the average salary was $51,503. This job peaked in 2025 with an average salary of $79,660, and the recent trend shows the average salary on an incline.


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All visa, employer, attorney, and salary data was obtained from the OFLC website.
All NAICS data was obtained from the NAICS website.    All SOC data was obtained from the O*Net database.