Food and Drug Administration — 294 certified H-1B filings (FY2020–FY2026)
- 31
- Filings · FY2025
- $132k
- Median base · FY2025
- Visiting Associate
- Top role · 191 all-time
- MD
- Top state · 252 all-time
Food and Drug Administration filed 31 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (down 26% from the year before), with a median base salary of $132k and the middle 50% of offers between $126k and $134k. That is 8% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 294 certified filings since FY2020, most often for Visiting Associate in Maryland.
How much does Food and Drug Administration 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. $132k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Food and Drug Administration's H-1B hiring changed by year?
49 certified filings in FY2020 → 35 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 35 | +13% | $134k |
| FY2025 | 31 | −26% | $132k |
| FY2024 | 42 | −16% | $122k |
| FY2023 | 50 | +16% | $114k |
| FY2022 | 43 | −2% | $111k |
| FY2021 | 44 | −10% | $104k |
| FY2020 | 49 | — | $106k |
Which wage levels does Food and Drug Administration file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 8% of Food and Drug Administration'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 294 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I67.7%199
- Level II24.1%71
- Level III7.8%23
- Level IV0.3%1
What jobs does Food and Drug Administration 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 Food and Drug Administration's pay on that role by year, wage level and worksite.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Visiting Associate | 191 | $119k |
| Visiting Scientist | 103 | $107k |
Where does Food and Drug Administration 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 |
|---|---|---|
| MD | 252 | $119k |
| AR | 33 | $85k |
| TX | 2 | $103k |
| MO | 2 | $103k |
| WA | 1 | $124k |
| LA | 1 | $121k |
| WI | 1 | $103k |
| MI | 1 | $147k |
| TN | 1 | $77k |
What has Food and Drug Administration filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 294 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Food and Drug Administration's H-1B filings
- How much does Food and Drug Administration pay H-1B workers?
- Food and Drug Administration's median certified H-1B base salary is $132k (FY2025), from 31 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Food and Drug Administration sponsor?
- Food and Drug Administration has 294 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2020–FY2026).
- What jobs does Food and Drug Administration sponsor for H-1B?
- Food and Drug Administration's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Visiting Associate, Visiting Scientist.
- Where does Food and Drug Administration hire H-1B workers?
- Food and Drug Administration's top H-1B worksite states are MD, AR, TX, MO.
- 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 (FY2020–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →