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Biochemists And Biophysicists (SOC 19-1021.00)

11.7% Advanced Roles (Lvl 3+)

0.5% Offsite Deployment

98.3% Full-Time Roles

Industry Trend: -17.6% vs Q1 2025

0.3% Filed During Layoffs

H1BIndex Grade

A+

FY 2026

2023 D

2024 D

2025 D

Total Valid Approvals

573

-33.2% YoY Projection

Filings in FY 2026

National Median Pay

$75,382

Baseline compensation

Wage Premium

$12,982

Above Legal Minimum

Residency Conversions

58.1%

Green Card Pathway

Occupational Overview

A macro-level review of the Biochemists And Biophysicists career sector.

Job Market Rating: "A+"

Employers are actively recruiting Biochemists And Biophysicists professionals, submitting 573 visa requests. This healthy demand yields a solid grade of "A+".

Top Pay Tiers

Salaries are highly competitive, reaching a median of $75,382. This provides a strong 20.8% margin above the legal minimum pay rate.

In-House vs. Offsite

Within this field, 99.5% of approved visas are for internal roles at the main company, and 0.5% involve working at a third-party location.

Job Creation Data

The market is split between growth and talent acquisition. Data indicates 78.7% brand-new positions compared to 21.3% employee transfers.

Most Popular City

For professionals in this field, Boston offers the most opportunities. Working in this city brings an expected salary of $77,773.

Long-Term Sponsorship

Companies highly value professionals in this field. Right now, 58.1% of temporary workers in this job are actively being sponsored for permanent residency.

Role & Industry Structure

Federal classifications for this position.

Hiring Seasonality

When employers file visas.

Peak Market Action November

48.2% Volume

Strategic Timing: Applications happen post-interview. Begin networking & interviewing 60 to 90 days prior to November.

Salary History & Trajectory

Comparing base compensation growth for Biochemists And Biophysicists. Temporary H-1B medians vs permanent Green Card (PERM).

Positive Market Growth: +48.5%

Employers are paying much more now, with salaries climbing from $50,501 to $75,000 since 2016.

Expected Pay Difference: +$12,499

Moving to a permanent visa in this field gives a strong 16.7% pay boost.

Top Specific Job Titles

Key metrics and pay rates for the most common roles in this SOC Code.

Salary by Experience Level

Salary breakdown scaled by federal experience classifications (O*NET Wage Level Distribution).

EXPERIENCE LEVEL	TOTAL FILINGS	COHORT SIZE	MINIMUM BASE	MEDIAN SALARY
Entry Level (Level I)	291	50.8%	$47,507	$71,427
Qualified (Level II)	144	25.1%	$60,000	$82,482
Experienced (Level III)	46	8.0%	$71,000	$122,450
Fully Competent (Level IV)	21	3.7%	$89,336	$154,981
Not Disclosed (Blank)	71	12.4%	$56,712	$79,200

Top Hiring Locations

The top geographic deployment & worksites where state employers place their workers.

CITY/METRO AREA	WORKFORCE %	CITY MEDIAN PAY	WAGE (LEVEL IV)
Boston, MA	7.7% (44 Filings)	$77,773	4.5%
Memphis, TN	5.1% (29 Filings)	$72,529	0.0%
Cambridge, MA	4.9% (28 Filings)	$84,872	10.7%
San Francisco, CA	4.5% (26 Filings)	$83,600	3.8%
Houston, TX	4.2% (24 Filings)	$72,000	0.0%
La Jolla, CA	3.3% (19 Filings)	$74,425	0.0%
Durham, NC	2.8% (16 Filings)	$71,191	6.2%
Stanford, CA	2.6% (15 Filings)	$79,802	0.0%
Seattle, WA	2.6% (15 Filings)	$80,211	0.0%
New York, NY	2.3% (13 Filings)	$80,000	0.0%
Baltimore, MD	1.9% (11 Filings)	$68,400	0.0%
New Haven, CT	1.9% (11 Filings)	$75,000	0.0%
Bronx, NY	1.9% (11 Filings)	$74,460	0.0%
Chicago, IL	1.9% (11 Filings)	$71,070	0.0%
Waltham, MA	1.7% (10 Filings)	$84,000	0.0%
Indianapolis, IN	1.7% (10 Filings)	$62,232	0.0%
Philadelphia, PA	1.7% (10 Filings)	$73,706	0.0%
Columbus, OH	1.6% (9 Filings)	$77,000	0.0%
South San Francisco, CA	1.4% (8 Filings)	$138,000	0.0%
Charlestown, MA	1.4% (8 Filings)	$77,267	37.5%
Dallas, TX	1.4% (8 Filings)	$69,400	0.0%
Evanston, IL	1.2% (7 Filings)	$67,933	0.0%
Duarte, CA	1.2% (7 Filings)	$80,443	14.3%
Atlanta, GA	1.2% (7 Filings)	$65,000	0.0%
Los Angeles, CA	1.0% (6 Filings)	$61,946	0.0%
West Lafayette, IN	0.9% (5 Filings)	$70,000	0.0%
Rockville, MD	0.9% (5 Filings)	$75,022	0.0%
Madison, WI	0.9% (5 Filings)	$88,952	0.0%
Frederick, MD	0.7% (4 Filings)	$103,290	0.0%
Jupiter, FL	0.7% (4 Filings)	$63,616	0.0%
Austin, TX	0.7% (4 Filings)	$62,790	0.0%
Palo Alto, CA	0.7% (4 Filings)	$75,622	0.0%
San Diego, CA	0.7% (4 Filings)	$116,355	0.0%
Charleston, SC	0.7% (4 Filings)	$69,814	0.0%
Chapel Hill, NC	0.7% (4 Filings)	$72,173	25.0%
Stony Brook, NY	0.5% (3 Filings)	$63,000	0.0%
Rahway, NJ	0.5% (3 Filings)	$114,700	0.0%
Miami, FL	0.5% (3 Filings)	$94,000	0.0%
Bethesda, MD	0.5% (3 Filings)	$98,407	0.0%
Bloomington, IN	0.5% (3 Filings)	$62,322	0.0%
Ashburn, VA	0.5% (3 Filings)	$72,467	0.0%
Athens, GA	0.5% (3 Filings)	$65,545	0.0%
Omaha, NE	0.5% (3 Filings)	$53,908	0.0%
Cleveland, OH	0.5% (3 Filings)	$72,960	0.0%
Corvallis, OR	0.5% (3 Filings)	$66,667	0.0%
Lincoln, NE	0.5% (3 Filings)	$87,000	33.3%
Emeryville, CA	0.5% (3 Filings)	$120,000	0.0%
Charlotte, NC	0.5% (3 Filings)	$80,941	0.0%
Charlottesville, VA	0.5% (3 Filings)	$70,000	0.0%
San Antonio, TX	0.5% (3 Filings)	$68,963	0.0%

Corporate Age Distribution

Startups (< 5 Yrs)

0.9%

Vol: 3

Med: $100,000

Growth (5-15 Yrs)

15.6%

Vol: 52

Med: $107,453

Established (15+ Yrs)

83.5%

Vol: 278

Med: $107,195

Offsite Deployments & End Clients

Primary third-party campuses where contractors in this occupation are physically deployed.

National Cancer Institute

Offsite Placement

National Institutes Of Health

Offsite Placement

Visa Approvals & Success Rate

Approved LCA filings and certification rates.

Visa Denials & Withdrawals

Denied and withdrawn federal applications.

Green Card Sponsorships

PERM residency filings and median GC wages.

Noticing a difference in dates? Salary metrics reflect real-time DOL filings, while approval metrics rely on finalized USCIS historical data. View timelines

All Sponsoring Employers

A detailed list of all corporate clients hiring under Biochemists And Biophysicists.

Employer	LCA Count	Median Pay
St. Jude Children'S Research Hospital	28	$72,529
University Of California, San Francisco	24	$83,600
The University Of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	18	$74,200
The Leland Stanford, Jr University	16	$79,802
Duke University	15	$70,832
Northwestern University	15	$67,933
University Of California, San Diego	13	$78,000
General Hospital Corporation	13	$76,134
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology	12	$80,082
Howard Hughes Medical Institute	11	$81,856
Albert Einstein College Of Medicine	11	$74,460
Yale University	10	$74,250
Indiana University Indianapolis	9	$62,232
Brigham And Women'S Hospital	8	$71,750
Ut Southwestern Medical Center	8	$70,172
Weill Cornell Medical College	8	$80,596
National Institutes Of Health, Hhs	7	$94,572
Johns Hopkins University	7	$68,000
Harvard University	6	$88,334
Thomas Jefferson University	5	$72,805
Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania	5	$75,712
Emory University	5	$69,817
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	5	$78,279
Children'S Hospital Corporation	5	$73,544
Seattle Children'S Hospital	4	$72,720
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute	4	$67,360
The Ohio State University	4	$66,012
Purdue University	4	$68,000
University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill	4	$72,173
The Research Institute At Nationwide Children'S Hospital	4	$80,000
University Of Maryland Baltimore	4	$76,762
The University Of Texas At Austin	4	$62,790
Beckman Research Institute Of The City Of Hope	4	$91,221
University Of Wisconsin System	4	$75,076
Allen Institute	4	$98,925
Case Western Reserve University	3	$72,960
Amgen Inc.	3	$144,625
Indiana University	3	$62,322
The University Of Texas Health Science Center At Houston	3	$65,000
The University Of Southern California	3	$53,269
The University Of Virginia	3	$70,000
Abbvie Inc.	3	$153,000
Crispr Therapeutics, Inc.	3	$120,000
City Of Hope National Medical Center	3	$80,443
Brandeis University	3	$75,789
Eli Lilly And Company	3	$130,000
The Pennsylvania State University	3	$70,064
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC	3	$114,700
Research Foundation For The State University Of New York	3	$63,000
Oregon State University	3	$66,667

All Job Titles

Every internal corporate role covered under this federal SOC code.

Internal Job Title	LCA Count	Median Pay
Research Associate	38	$68,905
Research Scientist	34	$75,222
Postdoctoral Fellow	33	$65,768
Postdoctoral Associate	28	$67,184
Research Fellow	28	$75,382
Postdoctoral Research Associate	22	$72,529
Postdoctoral Scholar	17	$74,425
Instructor	13	$74,263
Staff Scientist	13	$80,000
Postdoctoral Scientist	10	$80,000
Research Assistant Professor	9	$90,000
Investigator	9	$75,000
Senior Research Associate	9	$75,000
Scientist	8	$86,320
Postdoctoral Scholar-Employee	7	$74,425
Postdoctoral Research Affiliate	7	$79,802
Associate Scientist	7	$65,520
Associate Specialist	7	$79,200
Assistant Professor	7	$112,250
Assistant Project Scientist	7	$80,800
Specialist	6	$93,200
Scientist I	6	$82,575
Associate Research Scientist	6	$75,000
Basic Life Research Scientist	6	$79,000
Scientist Ii	5	$94,416
Assistant Research Professor	4	$66,351
Research Associate Ii	4	$65,888
Research Scientist Ii	4	$69,353
Research Associate Senior	4	$77,854
Postdoctoral Research Fellow	4	$73,470
Research Specialist	4	$79,855
Post-Doctoral Associate	3	$57,500
Researcher	3	$70,064
Research Scholar	3	$77,135
Lead Researcher-Lr	3	$63,627
Scientist Iii	3	$114,025
Principal Research Associate	3	$123,838
Postdoctoral Scholar	3	$72,960
Postdoctoral Researcher	3	$74,491
Post-Doctoral Research Associate	2	$62,828
Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate In Bio. And Bio Eng	2	$78,010
Research Scientist I	2	$90,000
Research Professional	2	$0
Research Associate Biology	2	$0
Computational Biologist - Senior Scientist I	2	$140,000
Assistant Research Scientist	2	$68,522
Post Doctoral Associate	2	$63,648
Life Sciences Research Associate I	2	$73,965
Post Doctoral Fellow	2	$47,507
Bioanalytical Scientist (Lc-Ms)	2	$99,882

All Sponsoring States

Complete data list of all states filing for this occupation.

State Hub	LCA Count
California	114
Massachusetts	99
Texas	51
New York	33
Tennessee	32
North Carolina	27
Maryland	26
Illinois	24
Indiana	19
Washington	19
Pennsylvania	15
Ohio	12
Connecticut	12
Georgia	10
Florida	7
Virginia	7
Wisconsin	6
New Jersey	6
Nebraska	6
Missouri	5
Oregon	5
Colorado	4
Utah	4
Michigan	4
South Carolina	4
New Mexico	3
Mississippi	3
Iowa	2
New Hampshire	2
Oklahoma	2
Alabama	2
Arizona	1
Arkansas	1
Alaska	1
Louisiana	1
Minnesota	1
Delaware	1
Kansas	1
Vermont	1

Historical Salary Data

The year-over-year (YOY) salary data comparing historical averages.

Fiscal Year	Maximum	Median	Average	Minimum
2026	$240,000	$75,000	$83,949	$6,676
2025	$480,000	$76,568	$86,034	$40,000
2024	$420,000	$73,900	$83,027	$200
2023	$211,000	$69,492	$77,973	$2,960
2022	$680,000	$65,292	$75,890	$200
2021	$420,000	$64,000	$73,419	$4,441
2020	$480,000	$60,470	$69,342	$4,234
2019	$340,000	$57,533	$65,464	$200
2018	$650,000	$55,000	$62,453	$3,220
2017	$740,000	$52,750	$60,572	$3,266
2016	$740,000	$50,501	$57,978	$1,384

Recent Visa Filings (FY 2026)

Raw, unedited federal disclosures processed.

Decision Date	Employer	Internal Job Title	Base Pay	Status
Dec 31, 2025	Ut Southwestern Medical Center	Research Scientist	$62,000	Certified - Withdrawn
Dec 30, 2025	University Of South Alabama	Research Associate Ii	$70,737	Certified
Dec 30, 2025	Howard Hughes Medical Institute	Research Specialist	$88,305	Certified
Dec 30, 2025	Research Foundation Of Cuny	Postdoctoral Research Scientist	$76,000	Certified
Dec 30, 2025	Johns Hopkins University	Assistant Professor	$92,000	Certified
Dec 30, 2025	Tufts University	Research Associate	$70,000	Certified
Dec 30, 2025	Until Labs, Inc.	Senior Research Associate	$115,357	Certified
Dec 30, 2025	Albert Einstein College Of Medicine	Research Assistant Professor	$90,000	Certified
Dec 30, 2025	General Hospital Corporation	Investigator	$68,765	Certified
Dec 30, 2025	St. Jude Children'S Research Hospital	Scientist	$86,320	Certified
Dec 29, 2025	The University Of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	Postdoctoral Fellow	$69,900	Certified
Dec 29, 2025	Astera Institute	Scientist	$90,000	Certified
Dec 29, 2025	The University Of Southern California	Research Associate	$53,269	Certified
Dec 29, 2025	The University Of Southern California	Research Associate	$74,000	Certified
Dec 29, 2025	Seattle Children'S Hospital	Invent Fellow - Phd, Research	$80,172	Certified
Dec 29, 2025	Brigham And Women'S Hospital	Research Fellow	$71,750	Certified
Dec 29, 2025	The Leland Stanford, Jr University	Basic Life Research Scientist	$73,000	Certified
Dec 29, 2025	Tufts University	Scientist Iii	N/A	Certified
Dec 29, 2025	Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC	Associate Principal Scientist, Chemistry	$156,000	Certified
Dec 29, 2025	Johns Hopkins University	Research Associate	$68,400	Certified
Dec 29, 2025	The Leland Stanford, Jr University	Physical Science Research Scientist	$90,352	Certified
Dec 29, 2025	Serif Biomedicines, Inc.	Associate Scientist, Cmc	$110,000	Certified
Dec 29, 2025	Administrators Of The Tulane Educational Fund	Research Scientist	$64,335	Certified
Dec 29, 2025	University Of Miami	Associate Scientist - Proteomics	$94,000	Certified - Withdrawn
Dec 26, 2025	Medical University Of South Carolina And Affiliates	Staff Scientist I	$63,627	Certified
Dec 26, 2025	Vanderbilt University	Postdoctoral Research Scholar	$67,375	Certified
Dec 26, 2025	10X Genomics, Inc.	Senior Scientist, Protein Engineering	$178,000	Certified
Dec 26, 2025	Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center	Postdoctoral Research Fellow	$77,976	Certified
Dec 26, 2025	Alamar Biosciences, Inc.	Scientist I, Technology Development	$130,000	Certified
Dec 26, 2025	Purdue University	Proteomics Senior Research Scientist	$71,000	Certified
Dec 24, 2025	Northwestern University	Research Associate	$71,532	Certified
Dec 24, 2025	Indiana University Indianapolis	Postdoctoral Fellow	$66,492	Certified
Dec 24, 2025	City Of Hope National Medical Center	Postdoctoral Fellow	$72,141	Certified
Dec 24, 2025	University Of Nebraska Medical Center	Instructor	$55,000	Certified
Dec 24, 2025	University Of Minnesota	Research Professional 5- Medicinal Chemistry	$65,500	Certified
Dec 24, 2025	University Of Illinois	Visiting Research Specialist	$56,722	Certified
Dec 24, 2025	Trustees Of Boston University	Research Scientist	$69,660	Certified
Dec 23, 2025	Trustees Of Dartmouth College	Research Associate B	$66,950	Certified
Dec 23, 2025	Thomas Jefferson University	Research Associate	$72,805	Certified
Dec 23, 2025	University Of Illinois	Research Specialist	$72,155	Certified
Dec 23, 2025	University Of Washington	Acting Instructor	$86,856	Certified
Dec 23, 2025	Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC	Research Scientist (Biophysicist)	$185,612	Certified
Dec 23, 2025	Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.	Senior Scientist, Antibody Discovery & Characterization	$143,894	Certified
Dec 23, 2025	Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc.	Scientist 2, Neuroscience Research	$116,000	Certified
Dec 22, 2025	Duke University	Research Scholar	$70,832	Certified
Dec 22, 2025	The University Of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	Research Scientist	$82,012	Certified
Dec 22, 2025	Hansoh Bio LLC	Research Associate I	$78,000	Certified
Dec 22, 2025	University Of Florida	Postdoctoral Associate	$62,232	Certified
Dec 22, 2025	Massachusetts Institute Of Technology	Research Scientist	$74,550	Certified
Dec 22, 2025	University Of Texas Health Science Center At San Antonio	Postdoctoral Research Fellow	$68,963	Certified

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Common questions and verified data insights regarding Biochemists And Biophysicists.

Is there a high demand for Biochemists And Biophysicists professionals?

Yes, employers are currently paying a 20.8% wage premium above the federal minimum, indicating intense competition for this skill set.

Which state is the top sponsor for the Biochemists And Biophysicists classification?

Currently, California leads the nation in hiring for the Biochemists And Biophysicists profession.

What is the prevailing wage for SOC 19-1021.00?

According to current H-1B filings, the national median base pay for Biochemists And Biophysicists roles (19-1021.00) is $75,382.