Employer profile
Pfizer
621 certified H-1B filings across 11 fiscal years.
Snapshot year
FY2025 filings
79
FY2025 median
$104k
Top role
Senior Scientist
102 filings · all-time
Top state
MA
192 filings · all-time
Pay distribution
How Pfizer pays, by fiscal year
Each box is the p25–p75 interquartile range; the heavy line is the median and the whiskers reach p10–p90. Base salary only — hover a year for its figures.
Year-over-year
How Pfizer hired across H-1B fiscal years. The small figure under each filings count is its change vs the prior FY.
| FY | Filings | Median $ |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 9▼ 89% | $135k |
| FY2025 | 79▲ 10% | $104k |
| FY2024 | 72▲ 60% | $111k |
| FY2023 | 45▼ 17% | $103k |
| FY2022 | 54▼ 23% | $93k |
| FY2021 | 70▲ 11% | $91k |
| FY2020 | 63▼ 12% | $85k |
| FY2019 | 72▲ 16% | $89k |
| FY2018 | 62▲ 29% | $84k |
| FY2017 | 48▲ 2% | $82k |
| FY2016 | 47— | $78k |
Prevailing wage level distribution
DOL Levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). A heavy Level I/II skew suggests entry-level / contractor-style hiring; a heavy IV skew suggests senior in-house roles.
Lvl ?
549%
Lvl I
8714%
Lvl II
27144%
Lvl III
13822%
Lvl IV
7111%
Top job titles
Most-filed positions, across all years (raw DOL titles).
| Job Title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Scientist | 102 | $84k |
| Principal Scientist | 23 | $99k |
| Scientist | 23 | $74k |
| Senior Associate Scientist | 20 | $69k |
| Postdoctoral Fellow | 10 | $50k |
| Senior Statistical Programmer | 8 | $107k |
| Manager, Clinical Pharmacology | 8 | $100k |
| Principal Statistical Programmer | 8 | $127k |
| Manager, Biostatistics | 8 | $97k |
| Senior Principal Scientist | 7 | $118k |
Top worksite states
Where this employer files.
| State | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| MA | 192 | $91k |
| NY | 84 | $91k |
| CT | 76 | $95k |
| CA | 58 | $100k |
| WA | 40 | $112k |
| IL | 36 | $103k |
| MO | 29 | $78k |
| NJ | 20 | $97k |
| PA | 19 | $106k |
| KS | 17 | $78k |
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Frequently asked questions
- How much does Pfizer pay H-1B workers?
- Pfizer's median certified H-1B base salary is $104k (FY2025), from 79 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Pfizer sponsor?
- Pfizer has 621 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Pfizer sponsor for H-1B?
- Pfizer's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Senior Scientist, Principal Scientist, Scientist, Senior Associate Scientist.
- Where does Pfizer hire H-1B workers?
- Pfizer's top H-1B worksite states are MA, NY, CT, CA.
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