Gilead H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Pharma & biotech · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
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Does Gilead sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Gilead has filed 1,934 H-1B LCAs and 519 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Gilead filed 442 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $141,898, about 16% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 143 green-card cases were decided.
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) | 173 | $159k |
| FY2025 | 269 | $137k |
| FY2024 | 245 | $140k |
| FY2023 | 223 | $136k |
| FY2022 | 210 | $127k |
| FY2021 | 236 | $123k |
| FY2020 | 188 | $109k |
| FY2019 | 163 | $111k |
| FY2018 | 104 | $109k |
| FY2017 | 123 | $100k |
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
- 1Manager, Biostatistics61$103k
- 2Sr. Statistical Programmer47$103k
- 3Manager, Statistical Programming45$122k
- 4Statistical Programmer II38$99k
- 5Senior Statistical Programmer37$101k
- 6Sr. Manager, Biostatistics22$151k
- 7Associate Director, IT21$176k
- 8Sr. Manager, R&D Information Systems21$168k
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 |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 70 | $155k |
| FY2025 | 73 | $165k |
| FY2024 | 44 | $145k |
| FY2023 | 60 | $148k |
| FY2022 | 44 | $141k |
| FY2021 | 41 | $147k |
| FY2020 | 25 | $139k |
| FY2019 | 34 | $121k |
| FY2018 | 76 | $121k |
| FY2017 | 52 | $121k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Pay against the local market
Gilead’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 95% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Gilead pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statisticians | San Francisco, CA | 287 | $111,657 | $132,672 | 84% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | San Francisco, CA | 153 | $169,086 | $205,833 | 82% |
| Biochemists and Biophysicists | San Francisco, CA | 140 | $113,589 | $126,806 | 90% |
| Medical Scientists | San Francisco, CA | 127 | $131,645 | $135,143 | 97% |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | Durham, NC | 116 | $153,646 | $161,551 | 95% |
| Natural Sciences Managers | San Francisco, CA | 82 | $161,784 | $208,285 | 78% |
| Biological Scientists, All Other | San Francisco, CA | 74 | $115,998 | $123,843 | 94% |
| Chemists | San Francisco, CA | 62 | $120,410 | $119,210 | 101% |
| Software Developers | San Francisco, CA | 45 | $128,206 | $152,818 | 84% |
| Operations Research Analysts | San Francisco, CA | 45 | $110,775 | $108,782 | 102% |
About Gilead
Gilead is a pharma & biotech company based in Foster City, CA. It was founded in 1987 and has about 10,000 employees worldwide. It is listed on Nasdaq as GILD.
- Name (DOL filings)
- Gilead
- Listed
- Nasdaq: GILD
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Headquarters
- 333 Lakeside Dr, Foster City, CA 94404
- Industry
- Pharma & biotech
- Employees (global)
- 17,000 (2025)
- Revenue FY2025
- $29.4B +2% from $28.8B
- Net income FY2025
- $8.5B +1673% from $480M
- R&D FY2025
- $5.8B (20% of revenue)
Spends 20% of revenue on R&D, against a 222% median across the 61 Biological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances) filers we hold SEC data for.
Gilead pays a median H-1B base of $126,256 across FY2017–2026, about 18% above the typical Pharma & biotech sponsor.
