Ionis Pharmaceuticals — 38 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 8
- Filings · FY2025
- $161k
- Median base · FY2025
- Assistant Director
- Top role · 2 all-time
- CA
- Top state · 35 all-time
Ionis Pharmaceuticals filed 8 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 60% from the year before), with a median base salary of $161k and the middle 50% of offers between $115k and $176k. That is 15% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 38 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Assistant Director in California.
How much does Ionis Pharmaceuticals 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. $161k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Ionis Pharmaceuticals's H-1B hiring changed by year?
2 certified filings in FY2016 → 4 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 4 | −50% | $142k |
| FY2025 | 8 | +60% | $161k |
| FY2024 | 5 | +67% | $173k |
| FY2023 | 3 | −40% | $85k |
| FY2022 | 5 | +25% | $182k |
| FY2021 | 4 | +300% | $100k |
| FY2020 | 1 | −50% | $100k |
| FY2019 | 2 | 0% | $95k |
| FY2018 | 2 | 0% | $88k |
| FY2017 | 2 | 0% | $57k |
| FY2016 | 2 | — | $55k |
Which wage levels does Ionis Pharmaceuticals file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 65% of Ionis Pharmaceuticals'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 34 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I5.9%2
- Level II29.4%10
- Level III38.2%13
- Level IV26.5%9
What jobs does Ionis Pharmaceuticals sponsor for H-1B?
The most-filed job titles across all years (DOL titles, employer pay-grade codes stripped), with base-salary percentiles.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Assistant Director | 2 | $126k |
| Assistant Director of Software Engineering | 2 | $170k |
| Assistant Director, Global Market Insights & Forecasting | 2 | $173k |
| Post Doctoral Fellow (Neuroscience Drug Discovery) | 2 | $55k |
| Associate Director, Pharmacokinetics & Clinical Pharmacology | 2 | $161k |
| Principal Scientist | 2 | $126k |
| Senior Biostatistician | 2 | $85k |
| Senior Scientist | 2 | $94k |
| Senior Scientist, Pharmaceutical Development | 2 | $100k |
| Clinical Data Science Sr Technical Implementation Manager | 1 | $142k |
Where does Ionis Pharmaceuticals 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CA | 35 | $126k |
| MA | 1 | $183k |
| MD | 1 | $163k |
| NJ | 1 | $182k |
What has Ionis Pharmaceuticals filed recently?
Every certified LCA on record for Ionis Pharmaceuticals: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Ionis Pharmaceuticals's H-1B filings
- How much does Ionis Pharmaceuticals pay H-1B workers?
- Ionis Pharmaceuticals's median certified H-1B base salary is $161k (FY2025), from 8 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Ionis Pharmaceuticals sponsor?
- Ionis Pharmaceuticals has 38 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Ionis Pharmaceuticals sponsor for H-1B?
- Ionis Pharmaceuticals's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Assistant Director, Assistant Director of Software Engineering, Assistant Director, Global Market Insights & Forecasting, Post Doctoral Fellow (Neuroscience Drug Discovery).
- Where does Ionis Pharmaceuticals hire H-1B workers?
- Ionis Pharmaceuticals's top H-1B worksite states are CA, MA, MD, 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 →