Penn Life Sciences — 90 certified H-1B filings (FY2017–FY2026)
- 3
- Filings · FY2025
- $120k
- Median base · FY2025
- Microbiologist
- Top role · 10 all-time
- PA
- Top state · 90 all-time
Penn Life Sciences filed 3 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (down 67% from the year before), with a median base salary of $120k and the middle 50% of offers between $100k and $170k. That is 2% below the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 90 certified filings since FY2017, most often for Microbiologist in Pennsylvania.
How much does Penn Life Sciences 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. $120k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Penn Life Sciences's H-1B hiring changed by year?
13 certified filings in FY2017 → 5 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 5 | +67% | $124k |
| FY2025 | 3 | −67% | $120k |
| FY2024 | 9 | −18% | $74k |
| FY2023 | 11 | −52% | $88k |
| FY2022 | 23 | +229% | $80k |
| FY2021 | 7 | −12% | $74k |
| FY2020 | 8 | −27% | $60k |
| FY2018 | 11 | −15% | $49k |
| FY2017 | 13 | — | $47k |
Which wage levels does Penn Life Sciences file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 16% of Penn Life Sciences'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 90 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I45.6%41
- Level II38.9%35
- Level III11.1%10
- Level IV4.4%4
What jobs does Penn Life Sciences 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Microbiologist | 10 | $75k |
| Analytical Chemist | 10 | $60k |
| QA Chemist | 9 | $80k |
| QC Chemist | 6 | $47k |
| Chemist | 5 | $49k |
| Chemist - Manufacturing | 4 | $75k |
| Chemist (QA Associate) | 4 | $60k |
| Formulation Chemist | 3 | $80k |
| Chemist (Manufacturing Associate) | 3 | $92k |
| Validation Specialist | 2 | $80k |
Where does Penn Life Sciences 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 |
|---|---|---|
| PA | 90 | $75k |
What has Penn Life Sciences filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 90 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Penn Life Sciences's H-1B filings
- How much does Penn Life Sciences pay H-1B workers?
- Penn Life Sciences's median certified H-1B base salary is $120k (FY2025), from 3 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Penn Life Sciences sponsor?
- Penn Life Sciences has 90 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2017–FY2026).
- What jobs does Penn Life Sciences sponsor for H-1B?
- Penn Life Sciences's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Microbiologist, Analytical Chemist, QA Chemist, QC Chemist.
- Where does Penn Life Sciences hire H-1B workers?
- Penn Life Sciences's top H-1B worksite states are PA.
- 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 (FY2017–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →