Acgt H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Testing Laboratories and Services · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Wheeling, IL HQ🌐 acgtinc.com
Does Acgt sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Acgt has filed 20 H-1B LCAs and 4 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2026 Acgt filed 2 H-1B LCAs. 2 green-card cases were decided in FY2021.
Biological Technician roles account for 65% of its H-1B filings.
H-1B pay & filings by year
Median base salary (line) and H-1B filing volume (bars), by fiscal year
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| Fiscal year | H-1B LCA filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 2 | $76k |
| FY2023 | 1 | $65k |
| FY2020 | 3 | $60k |
| FY2019 | 6 | $46k |
| FY2018 | 4 | $43k |
| FY2017 | 4 | $38k |
A fiscal year marked partial is still in progress, so its total is lower than a complete year and the two are not comparable.
H-1B wage floor & filing outcomes
What this employer pays against the DOL legal minimum, how senior the roles are, and how the filings were decided
Roles they file for
Where they hire
Green-card (PERM) pay & filings by year
Median green-card offer (line) and PERM filing volume (bars), by fiscal year †
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| Fiscal year | PERM filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 2 | $53k |
| FY2018 | 2 | $65k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 2
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- —
- applications
- Most recent grant
- September 22, 2020
- Top area
- Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes2
Pay against the local market
Acgt’s most-filed occupations and metros, FY2018–FY2026. Its median base salary is 85% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Acgt pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biological Technicians | Chicago, IL | 8 | $42,125 | $52,561 | 80% |
| Biological Scientists, All Other | Chicago, IL | 3 | $61,667 | $82,403 | 75% |
| Statistical Assistants | Chicago, IL | 2 | $62,500 | $51,070 | 122% |
| Biological Technicians | Washington, DC | 1 | $40,000 | $55,950 | 71% |
| Computer Programmers | Chicago, IL | 1 | $77,000 | $90,470 | 85% |
| Biological Scientists, All Other | Worcester, MA | 1 | $75,000 | $80,550 | 93% |
About Acgt
- Name (DOL filings)
- Acgt, Inc.
- Listed
- —
- Sponsoring since
- FY2017 or earlier
- Main filing location
- Wheeling, IL
- Industry
- Pharma & biotech
- Website
- acgtinc.com
- H-1B filings
- 20
- Median base
- $47,000
- R&D
- —
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alloy Therapeutics | 22 | 5 | $113k | 2 | — |
| Crystal Pharmatech | 22 | 3 | $85k | 1 | — |
| Ideaya Biosciences | 22 | 10 | $163k | 2 | — |
| Acgt | 20 | 2 | $76k | 1 | — |
| Creative Biolabs | 20 | 2 | $117k | 1 | — |
| Syner-G BioPharma Group | 20 | 7 | $143k | 1 | — |
| Theravance Biopharma U.S | 20 | 1 | $206k | 0 | — |
