Guardian Drug — 112 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 16
- Filings · FY2025
- $83k
- Median base · FY2025
- Chemist
- Top role · 40 all-time
- NJ
- Top state · 112 all-time
Guardian Drug filed 16 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 45% from the year before), with a median base salary of $83k and the middle 50% of offers between $63k and $94k. That is 8% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 112 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Chemist in New Jersey.
How much does Guardian Drug 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. $83k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Guardian Drug's H-1B hiring changed by year?
10 certified filings in FY2016 → 9 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 9 | −44% | $82k |
| FY2025 | 16 | +45% | $83k |
| FY2024 | 11 | +83% | $74k |
| FY2023 | 6 | −45% | $96k |
| FY2022 | 11 | +38% | $75k |
| FY2021 | 8 | +14% | $77k |
| FY2020 | 7 | −42% | $77k |
| FY2019 | 12 | +9% | $81k |
| FY2018 | 11 | 0% | $79k |
| FY2017 | 11 | +10% | $70k |
| FY2016 | 10 | — | $60k |
Which wage levels does Guardian Drug file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 12% of Guardian Drug'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 102 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I33.3%34
- Level II54.9%56
- Level III9.8%10
- Level IV2.0%2
What jobs does Guardian Drug 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 Guardian Drug's pay on that role by year, wage level and worksite.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Chemist | 40 | $70k |
| Manufacturing Chemist | 7 | $70k |
| Industrial Engineer | 7 | $89k |
| Formulation Scientist | 5 | $66k |
| Mechanical Engineer | 5 | $90k |
| Database Administrator | 5 | $85k |
| Validation Engineer | 3 | $74k |
| Formulation Chemist | 3 | $75k |
| Junior Chemist | 3 | $65k |
| Production Manager | 3 | $105k |
Where does Guardian Drug 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 |
|---|---|---|
| NJ | 112 | $76k |
What has Guardian Drug filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 112 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Guardian Drug's H-1B filings
- How much does Guardian Drug pay H-1B workers?
- Guardian Drug's median certified H-1B base salary is $83k (FY2025), from 16 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Guardian Drug sponsor?
- Guardian Drug has 112 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Guardian Drug sponsor for H-1B?
- Guardian Drug's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Chemist, Manufacturing Chemist, Industrial Engineer, Formulation Scientist.
- Where does Guardian Drug hire H-1B workers?
- Guardian Drug's top H-1B worksite states are 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 →