Thermo Fisher Scientific H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Medical devices & life sciences · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Waltham, MA HQ📍 Carlsbad, CA most H-1B filings🌐 thermofisher.com
Does Thermo Fisher Scientific sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Thermo Fisher Scientific has filed 2,354 H-1B LCAs and 371 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Thermo Fisher Scientific filed 410 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $117,968, about 3% below the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 93 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) | 134 | $123k |
| FY2025 | 276 | $115k |
| FY2024 | 228 | $110k |
| FY2023 | 235 | $111k |
| FY2022 | 351 | $109k |
| FY2021 | 324 | $99k |
| FY2020 | 230 | $89k |
| FY2019 | 238 | $85k |
| FY2018 | 176 | $86k |
| FY2017 | 162 | $83k |
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) | 41 | $141k |
| FY2025 | 52 | $127k |
| FY2024 | 15 | $130k |
| FY2023 | 28 | $126k |
| FY2022 | 38 | $114k |
| FY2021 | 53 | $117k |
| FY2020 | 33 | $110k |
| FY2019 | 45 | $109k |
| FY2018 | 44 | $114k |
| FY2017 | 22 | $113k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 110
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 58
- applications
- Most recent grant
- February 25, 2025
- Top area
- Investigating or analysing materials by determining30
Pay against the local market
Thermo Fisher Scientific’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 | Thermo Fisher Scientific pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | San Diego, CA | 178 | $115,752 | $127,898 | 91% |
| Software Developers | Pittsburgh, PA | 90 | $103,822 | $105,040 | 99% |
| Software Developers | San Francisco, CA | 80 | $134,801 | $155,564 | 87% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | San Diego, CA | 61 | $100,149 | $101,349 | 99% |
| Biological Scientists, All Other | San Francisco, CA | 59 | $97,920 | $112,640 | 87% |
| Biological Scientists, All Other | San Diego, CA | 57 | $75,992 | $90,213 | 84% |
| Software Developers | Austin, TX | 57 | $103,059 | $115,004 | 90% |
| Software Developers | San Jose, CA | 47 | $124,386 | $162,423 | 77% |
| Computer Systems Analysts | San Diego, CA | 42 | $89,938 | $94,953 | 95% |
| Operations Research Analysts | San Diego, CA | 36 | $93,732 | $91,239 | 103% |
About Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thermo Fisher Scientific is a medical devices & life sciences company based in Waltham, MA. It was founded in 2006 and has about 67,816 employees worldwide. It is listed on NYSE as TMO.
- Name (DOL filings)
- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
- Listed
- NYSE: TMO
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Headquarters
- 168 Third Avenue, Waltham, MA 02451
- Industry
- Medical devices & life sciences
- Employees (global)
- 125,000 (2025)
- Revenue FY2025
- $44.6B +4% from $42.9B
- Net income FY2025
- $6.7B +6% from $6.3B
- R&D FY2025
- $1.4B (3% of revenue)
Spends 3% of revenue on R&D, against a 12% median across the 8 Measuring & Controlling Devices, NEC filers we hold SEC data for.
Thermo Fisher Scientific pays a median H-1B base of $101,614 across FY2017–2026, about 6% below the typical Medical devices & life sciences sponsor.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVS Health | 7,977 | 2,420 | $140k | 608 | 58% |
| Elevance Health | 6,421 | 897 | $139k | 36 | 73% |
| Optum | 5,588 | 1,038 | $126k | 120 | 69% |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific | 2,354 | 410 | $118k | 98 | 60% |
| Abbott | 2,164 | 512 | $122k | 110 | 48% |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1,951 | 569 | $155k | 98 | 63% |
| Becton Dickinson | 1,576 | 262 | $135k | 68 | 51% |
