Merck Sharp Dohme — 1,063 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 145
- Filings · FY2025
- $124k
- Median base · FY2025
- Senior Scientist, Statistical Programming
- Top role · 88 all-time
- NJ
- Top state · 548 all-time
Merck Sharp Dohme filed 145 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 10% from the year before), with a median base salary of $124k and the middle 50% of offers between $115k and $141k. Across all years it has 1,063 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Senior Scientist, Statistical Programming in New Jersey.
How much does Merck Sharp Dohme 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. $124k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Merck Sharp Dohme's H-1B hiring changed by year?
38 certified filings in FY2016 → 104 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 104 | −28% | $124k |
| FY2025 | 145 | +10% | $124k |
| FY2024 | 132 | +17% | $111k |
| FY2023 | 113 | −8% | $119k |
| FY2022 | 123 | +37% | $100k |
| FY2021 | 90 | −6% | $98k |
| FY2020 | 96 | +4% | $92k |
| FY2019 | 92 | +24% | $92k |
| FY2018 | 74 | +32% | $91k |
| FY2017 | 56 | +47% | $76k |
| FY2016 | 38 | — | $90k |
Which wage levels does Merck Sharp Dohme file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 48% of Merck Sharp Dohme'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 1,020 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I8.4%86
- Level II43.7%446
- Level III35.6%363
- Level IV12.3%125
What jobs does Merck Sharp Dohme 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 Merck Sharp Dohme's pay on that role by year, wage level and worksite.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Scientist, Statistical Programming | 88 | $108k |
| Senior Scientist, Biostatistics | 68 | $97k |
| Associate Principal Scientist, Statistical Programming | 54 | $136k |
| Associate Principal Scientist, Biostatistics | 45 | $119k |
| Senior Scientist, Preclinical Development | 34 | $115k |
| Senior Scientist, Analytical R&d | 25 | $111k |
| Senior Scientist, Chemistry | 25 | $115k |
| Associate Scientist, Postdoctoral Fellow | 20 | $59k |
| Sr. Scientist, Chemistry | 18 | $108k |
| Sr. Scientist, Biostatistics | 18 | $108k |
Where does Merck Sharp Dohme 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 | 548 | $111k |
| PA | 402 | $104k |
| MA | 60 | $94k |
| CA | 14 | $76k |
| VA | 12 | $88k |
| NC | 12 | $78k |
| TX | 7 | $116k |
| NY | 3 | $144k |
| NE | 1 | $141k |
| GA | 1 | $154k |
What has Merck Sharp Dohme filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 1,063 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Merck Sharp Dohme's H-1B filings
- How much does Merck Sharp Dohme pay H-1B workers?
- Merck Sharp Dohme's median certified H-1B base salary is $124k (FY2025), from 145 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Merck Sharp Dohme sponsor?
- Merck Sharp Dohme has 1,063 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Merck Sharp Dohme sponsor for H-1B?
- Merck Sharp Dohme's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Senior Scientist, Statistical Programming, Senior Scientist, Biostatistics, Associate Principal Scientist, Statistical Programming, Associate Principal Scientist, Biostatistics.
- Where does Merck Sharp Dohme hire H-1B workers?
- Merck Sharp Dohme's top H-1B worksite states are NJ, PA, MA, CA.
- 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 →