Ardelyx H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Waltham, MA HQ📍 Fremont, CA most H-1B filings🌐 ardelyx.com
Does Ardelyx sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Ardelyx has filed 7 H-1B LCAs and 1 PERM green-card case with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2019 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Ardelyx filed 3 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $125,278, about 3% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 1 green-card case was decided.
It files most often for Lead Clinical Research Associate roles, most in Fremont, CA.
H-1B pay & filings by year
Median base salary (line) and H-1B filing volume (bars), by fiscal year
Show the numbers behind this chart
| Fiscal year | H-1B LCA filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 2 | $180k |
| FY2025 | 1 | $120k |
| FY2024 | 1 | $136k |
| FY2022 | 1 | $110k |
| FY2020 | 1 | $133k |
| FY2019 | 1 | $92k |
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)
1 green-card (PERM) filing in FY2025, median offer $208k. Too few years to chart a trend.
Worker backgrounds
From green-card (PERM) cases
1 green-card (PERM) case, from FY2025. DOL stopped publishing worker details that year.
Patents
- Granted
- 40
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 70
- applications
- Most recent grant
- February 3, 2026
- Top area
- Preparations for medical22
Pay against the local market
Ardelyx’s most-filed occupations and metros, FY2019–FY2026. Its median base salary is 99% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Ardelyx pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical Scientists | San Francisco, CA | 3 | $118,428 | $139,910 | 85% |
| Managers, All Other | San Francisco, CA | 2 | $112,519 | $109,839 | 102% |
| Compliance Officers | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $136,206 | $104,000 | 131% |
| Natural Sciences Managers | Boston, MA | 1 | $235,102 | $219,380 | 107% |
About Ardelyx
Ardelyx is a pharma & biotech company based in Fremont. It was founded in 2007. It is listed on Nasdaq as ARDX.
- Name (DOL filings)
- Ardelyx, Inc.
- Listed
- Nasdaq: ARDX
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Headquarters
- 34175 Ardenwood Blvd., Fremont, CA 94555
- Industry (SIC)
- Pharmaceutical Preparations (2834)
- Employees (US, est)
- 398 (2024)
- Revenue FY2025
- $407M +22% from $334M
- Net income FY2025
- $-62M -57% from $-39M
- R&D FY2025
- $72M (18% of revenue)
H-1B sponsors similar to Ardelyx
| Employer | Filings, all years | Recent filings | Median base | New employment | Level III-IV roles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antares Pharma | 8 | 3 | $140k | 0 | — |
| Avidity Biosciences | 8 | 4 | $125k | 1 | — |
| Cellbae | 8 | 4 | $78k | 1 | — |
| Ardelyx | 7 | 3 | $125k | 0 | — |
| Affinia Therapeutics | 7 | 2 | $90k | 2 | — |
| Biodiscovery | 7 | 1 | $101k | 0 | — |
| BPG Bio | 7 | 1 | $101k | 0 | — |
