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Food and Drug Administration

#876 H-1B sponsor of 59,424
H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026

🏒 Silver Spring, MD HQ🌐 nih.gov

Does Food and Drug Administration sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Food and Drug Administration has filed 667 H-1B LCAs with the U.S. Department of Labor since FY2017, most recently 53 in FY2025 at a $126k median base salary, about 6% above the national H-1B median. No PERM green-card cases are on record.

H-1B filings
667
FY2017–2026
81 in FY25-26* β†’
Median base pay (H-1B)
$126k
FY2025
$101k–$133k typical
Pay vs market
+6%
above national H-1B median
vs $119k in FY2025
Green-card (PERM)
0
no green-card cases

H-1B pay & filings by year

Median base salary (line) and H-1B filing volume (bars), by fiscal year

Wage floor & filing outcomes

The DOL-required prevailing wage (the legal floor, not actual pay), skill levels, and LCA decisions

Median prevailing wage
$52k
DOL legal floor, not actual pay
Offered median $107k
Wage levels
Level I500Level II98Level III38
LCA decisions
Certified475Withdrawn192

Worker backgrounds

From green-card (PERM) cases

Sponsors H-1B workers but has few or no green-card (PERM) cases under this name, so worker backgrounds aren’t available.

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