Senior Associate Scientist, H-1B salary
What 244 H-1B filings report for “Senior Associate Scientist” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Senior Associate Scientist?
$90k median H-1B base salary for a Senior Associate Scientist, typically $63k to $120k, across 244 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in California at $107k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1California38$107k+$17k
- 2New York20$97k+$7k
- 3Massachusetts120$90ksame
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $90kfor the same title. States with at least 20 filings, so a median is not built on a handful of rows.
Which companies sponsor H-1B for a Senior Associate Scientist?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Senior Associate Scientist roles are Pfizer, Intellia Therapeutics, Amgen, Sanofi, and Regeneron, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Senior Associate Scientist filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Pfizer29 filings$67k
- 2Intellia Therapeutics27 filings$120k
- 3Amgen23 filings$108k
- 4Sanofi15 filings$80k
- 5Regeneron14 filings$100k
- 6Zoetis12 filings$71k
- 7Amyris8 filings$105k
- 8Alnylam Pharmaceuticals8 filings$88k
- 9Janssen8 filings$98k
- 10Vor Biopharma7 filings$85k
- 11Bristol Myers Squibb6 filings$113k
- 12Admera Health5 filings$52k
- 13Charles River Laboratories5 filings$80k
- 14Catalent4 filings$66k
- 15MilliporeSigma4 filings$64k
- 16Ascidian Therapeutics, Inc.3 filings$100k
- 17Staples3 filings$120k
- 18Zag Bio3 filings$130k
- 19Alnyam Pharmaceuticals2 filings$71k
- 20American Cancer Society2 filings$72k
- 21Abt Global2 filings$129k
- 22Genetix Biotherapeutics2 filings$79k
- 23Health Research Institute2 filings$66k
- 24KSQ Therapeutics2 filings$90k
- 25Mersana Therapeutics2 filings$87k
- 26Wave Life Sciences2 filings$92k
- 27WuXi2 filings$77k
- 28Azenta2 filings$76k
- 29Compass Therapeutics2 filings$98k
- 30Covestro2 filings$102k
- 31Genewiz2 filings$55k
- 32Adrenas Therapeutics Inc1 filings$87k
- 33Alcon1 filings$74k
- 34Alexion1 filings$94k
- 35Amador Bioscience1 filings$85k
- 36Arrakis Therapeutics1 filings$122k
- 37Arvinas Operations1 filings$86k
- 38Asimov1 filings$120k
- 39Base Pair Biotechnologies, Inc.1 filings$51k
- 40Cloudtek Data1 filings$82k
- 41Casma Therapeutics1 filings$105k
- 42Demetrix, Inc.1 filings$88k
- 43Dragonfly Therapeutics1 filings$113k
- 44EMD Serono Research and Development Institute1 filings$100k
- 45Halozyme Hypercon1 filings$116k
- 46Forge Biologics1 filings$93k
- 47Frontera Therapeutics Inc.1 filings$80k
- 48GRAIL1 filings$108k
- 49Generation Bio Co.1 filings$70k
- 50GentiBio1 filings$95k
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Related titles in this family
435 filings carry “Senior Associate Scientist” in the title, across 97 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Senior Associate Scientist I25 filings$92k
- 2Senior Associate Scientist II15 filings$100k
- 3Senior Associate Scientist, Biology7 filings$102k
- 4Senior Associate Scientist, Bioanalytical5 filings$105k
- 5Senior Associate Scientist, Process Development5 filings$116k
- 6Senior Associate Scientist, Biology/Immuno-Oncology4 filings$105k
- 7Senior Associate Scientist, Cns Biology4 filings$96k
- 8Senior Associate Scientist, Downstream Process Development4 filings$83k
- 9Senior Associate Scientist I, Stem Cell Research4 filings$90k
- 10Senior Associate Scientist 20516.127.123 filings$126k
- 11Senior Associate Scientist, Analytics3 filings$90k
- 12Senior Associate Scientist, Assay Development3 filings$80k
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