GRAIL H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Medical devices & life sciences · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Menlo Park, CA HQ🌐 grailbio.com
Does GRAIL sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. GRAIL has filed 197 H-1B LCAs and 32 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 GRAIL filed 37 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $192,927, about 58% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 14 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) | 16 | $194k |
| FY2025 | 21 | $182k |
| FY2024 | 26 | $174k |
| FY2023 | 23 | $169k |
| FY2022 | 46 | $168k |
| FY2021 | 26 | $160k |
| FY2020 | 9 | $125k |
| FY2019 | 7 | $116k |
| FY2018 | 13 | $85k |
| FY2017 | 10 | $93k |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 3 | $145k |
| FY2025 | 11 | $151k |
| FY2024 | 6 | $165k |
| FY2022 | 1 | $124k |
| FY2021 | 3 | $131k |
| FY2020 | 3 | $131k |
| FY2019 | 3 | $85k |
| FY2017 | 2 | $65k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 72
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 190
- applications
- Most recent grant
- April 7, 2026
- Top area
- Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes42
Pay against the local market
GRAIL’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 117% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | GRAIL pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | San Francisco, CA | 48 | $175,843 | $165,662 | 106% |
| Biological Scientists, All Other | San Francisco, CA | 27 | $125,080 | $112,552 | 111% |
| Statisticians | San Francisco, CA | 20 | $154,656 | $134,116 | 115% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | San Francisco, CA | 9 | $188,109 | $147,780 | 127% |
| Software Developers | Durham, NC | 8 | $180,607 | $132,080 | 137% |
| Biological Technicians | San Francisco, CA | 6 | $95,143 | $67,867 | 140% |
| Biochemists and Biophysicists | San Francisco, CA | 6 | $100,537 | $114,852 | 88% |
| Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers | San Francisco, CA | 6 | $110,248 | $120,900 | 91% |
| Software Developers | San Diego, CA | 4 | $171,769 | $142,554 | 120% |
| Data Scientists | San Francisco, CA | 4 | $207,090 | $165,583 | 125% |
About GRAIL
GRAIL is a medical devices & life sciences company based in Menlo Park, CA. It was founded in 2015. It is listed on Nasdaq as GRAL.
- Legal name
- GRAIL, Inc.
- Listed
- Nasdaq: GRAL
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Headquarters
- 1525 O'Brien Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025
- Industry
- Medical devices & life sciences
- Employees (US, est)
- 954 (2024)
- Revenue FY2025
- $147M +17% from $126M
- Net income FY2025
- $-408M +80% from $-2.0B
- R&D FY2025
- $196M (133% of revenue)
GRAIL pays a median H-1B base of $160,000 across FY2017–2026, about 50% above the typical Medical devices & life sciences sponsor.
H-1B sponsors similar to GRAIL
| Employer | Filings, all years | Recent filings | Median base | New employment | Level III-IV roles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bio-Rad Laboratories | 409 | 68 | $135k | 16 | 64% |
| MilliporeSigma | 374 | 63 | $123k | 15 | 49% |
| Guardant Health | 369 | 68 | $163k | 7 | 58% |
| GRAIL | 197 | 37 | $193k | 3 | 79% |
| HillRom | 195 | 9 | $119k | 0 | — |
| ICU Medical | 191 | 46 | $133k | 9 | 70% |
| Revvity | 184 | 29 | $125k | 9 | 65% |
