Abbvie — 1,770 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 226
- Filings · FY2025
- $147k
- Median base · FY2025
- Senior Research Statistician
- Top role · 52 all-time
- IL
- Top state · 1,303 all-time
Abbvie filed 226 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 46% from the year before), with a median base salary of $147k and the middle 50% of offers between $131k and $166k. That is 11% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 1,770 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Senior Research Statistician in Illinois.
How much does Abbvie pay H-1B workers?
Certified base salary by fiscal year: each box is the p25–p75 range, the heavy line the median, the whiskers reach p10–p90. $147k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Abbvie's H-1B hiring changed by year?
115 certified filings in FY2016 → 156 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 156 | −31% | $148k |
| FY2025 | 226 | +46% | $147k |
| FY2024 | 155 | −5% | $140k |
| FY2023 | 163 | −31% | $131k |
| FY2022 | 235 | +67% | $127k |
| FY2021 | 141 | −18% | $116k |
| FY2020 | 172 | +40% | $110k |
| FY2019 | 123 | −20% | $105k |
| FY2018 | 154 | +18% | $112k |
| FY2017 | 130 | +13% | $105k |
| FY2016 | 115 | — | $110k |
Which wage levels does Abbvie file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 53% of Abbvie's filings sit at Level III–IV. A heavy I–II skew reads as entry-level or contractor-style hiring; a heavy IV skew as senior in-house roles — and higher levels earn more lottery entries.
Share of 1,640 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I4.6%76
- Level II42.6%699
- Level III30.4%498
- Level IV22.4%367
What jobs does Abbvie sponsor for H-1B?
The most-filed job titles across all years (DOL titles, employer pay-grade codes stripped), with base-salary percentiles. Open a title for Abbvie's pay on that role by year, wage level and worksite.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Research Statistician | 52 | $110k |
| Manager, Statistics | 43 | $131k |
| Senior Scientist I | 36 | $110k |
| Postdoctoral Fellow | 25 | $70k |
| Senior Statistical Analyst | 21 | $121k |
| Associate Business Systems Consultant | 19 | $125k |
| Senior Statistician | 17 | $130k |
| Senior Scientist II | 17 | $135k |
| Senior Clinical Pharmacologist | 14 | $135k |
| Senior Engineer, Technology I | 13 | $148k |
Where does Abbvie hire H-1B workers?
Worksite states on the certified filings, all years. Deeper pink = more filings; hover a state for its figures.
| State | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| IL | 1,303 | $122k |
| CA | 171 | $137k |
| MA | 104 | $103k |
| NJ | 60 | $145k |
| TX | 19 | $150k |
| FL | 16 | $110k |
| NC | 13 | $143k |
| MD | 12 | $140k |
| PA | 11 | $145k |
| IN | 8 | $115k |
What has Abbvie filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 1,770 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Abbvie's H-1B filings
- How much does Abbvie pay H-1B workers?
- Abbvie's median certified H-1B base salary is $147k (FY2025), from 226 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Abbvie sponsor?
- Abbvie has 1,770 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Abbvie sponsor for H-1B?
- Abbvie's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Senior Research Statistician, Manager, Statistics, Senior Scientist I, Postdoctoral Fellow.
- Where does Abbvie hire H-1B workers?
- Abbvie's top H-1B worksite states are IL, CA, MA, NJ.
- Does a certified LCA mean an H-1B visa was approved?
- No. A Labor Condition Application (LCA) is the Department of Labor attestation an employer must have certified before filing an H-1B petition with USCIS. It records the job, worksite and offered wage, but not whether the petition was filed, selected in the lottery, or approved. Filing counts measure intent to sponsor, not headcount.
- What salary do these figures show?
- The base annual wage offered on the certified LCA, converted to a yearly amount. Bonus, equity, overtime and benefits are not included, so total compensation is typically higher. Figures are medians and percentiles over certified filings; wages above $5,000,000 a year are excluded as data-entry errors.
- What do prevailing-wage levels I–IV mean?
- The Department of Labor assigns each LCA an OES wage level from I (entry) to IV (fully competent) for the occupation and area. Under the FY2027 wage-weighted H-1B lottery rule, a higher level earns more selection entries, so an employer's level mix is a proxy for how senior its sponsored roles are.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — certified LCA disclosure data through June 2026 (FY2016–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →