Lonza H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Pharma services & data · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Portsmouth, NH HQ🌐 lonza.com
Does Lonza sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Lonza has filed 370 H-1B LCAs and 36 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Lonza filed 121 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $120,000, about 2% below the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 21 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) | 70 | $120k |
| FY2025 | 51 | $120k |
| FY2024 | 46 | $118k |
| FY2023 | 57 | $112k |
| FY2022 | 42 | $105k |
| FY2021 | 35 | $96k |
| FY2020 | 18 | $93k |
| FY2019 | 17 | $85k |
| FY2018 | 21 | $80k |
| FY2017 | 13 | $67k |
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) | 19 | $119k |
| FY2025 | 2 | $120k |
| FY2024 | 1 | $106k |
| FY2021 | 4 | $75k |
| FY2020 | 2 | $56k |
| FY2019 | 2 | $45k |
| FY2018 | 4 | $64k |
| FY2017 | 2 | $88k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 8
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 8
- applications
- Most recent grant
- September 6, 2022
- Top area
- Preservation of bodies of humans or animals or plants or parts4
Pay against the local market
Lonza’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 115% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Lonza pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biochemists and Biophysicists | Houston, TX | 26 | $87,890 | $79,149 | 111% |
| Industrial Engineers | Houston, TX | 16 | $109,303 | $113,333 | 96% |
| Industrial Engineers | Boston, MA | 16 | $118,911 | $109,960 | 108% |
| Biological Scientists, All Other | Houston, TX | 15 | $98,877 | $87,722 | 113% |
| Biological Technicians | Houston, TX | 14 | $65,316 | $48,417 | 135% |
| Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers | Boston, MA | 9 | $136,252 | $110,880 | 123% |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | Boston, MA | 8 | $109,359 | $125,440 | 87% |
| Engineers, All Other | Houston, TX | 7 | $97,379 | $124,419 | 78% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Houston, TX | 7 | $130,771 | $92,612 | 141% |
| Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists | New York, NY | 6 | $107,779 | $77,693 | 139% |
About Lonza
Lonza is a pharma services & data company based in Basel, Switzerland. It was founded in 1897. It is listed on OTC Markets Group as LZAGF.
- Name (DOL filings)
- Lonza
- Listed
- OTC Markets Group: LZAGF
- Sponsoring since
- FY2017 or earlier
- Headquarters
- Basel, Switzerland
- Industry
- Pharma services & data
- Founded
- 1897
- H-1B filings
- 370
- Median base
- $107,841
- Website
- lonza.com
Lonza pays a median H-1B base of $107,841 across FY2017–2026, about 15% above the typical Pharma services & data sponsor.
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