Thermo Fisher Scientific — 2,092 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 263
- Filings · FY2025
- $116k
- Median base · FY2025
- Staff Engineer, Software
- Top role · 75 all-time
- CA
- Top state · 823 all-time
Thermo Fisher Scientific filed 263 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 24% from the year before), with a median base salary of $116k and the middle 50% of offers between $98k and $135k. That is 4% below the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 2,092 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Staff Engineer, Software in California.
How much does Thermo Fisher Scientific 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. $116k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Thermo Fisher Scientific's H-1B hiring changed by year?
38 certified filings in FY2016 → 122 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 122 | −54% | $121k |
| FY2025 | 263 | +24% | $116k |
| FY2024 | 212 | −6% | $110k |
| FY2023 | 225 | −33% | $111k |
| FY2022 | 336 | +7% | $109k |
| FY2021 | 315 | +39% | $99k |
| FY2020 | 227 | +6% | $89k |
| FY2019 | 214 | +168% | $85k |
| FY2018 | 80 | +33% | $85k |
| FY2017 | 60 | +58% | $82k |
| FY2016 | 38 | — | $74k |
Which wage levels does Thermo Fisher Scientific file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 55% of Thermo Fisher Scientific'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 1,946 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I10.1%196
- Level II34.7%676
- Level III30.1%586
- Level IV25.1%488
What jobs does Thermo Fisher Scientific 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 Thermo Fisher Scientific's pay on that role by year, wage level and worksite.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Staff Engineer, Software | 75 | $136k |
| Developer III | 60 | $100k |
| Engineer III, Software | 51 | $109k |
| Sr. Developer | 45 | $124k |
| Sr. Systems Analyst | 29 | $116k |
| Manager, IT | 27 | $122k |
| Engineer II, Software | 25 | $90k |
| Product Manager | 24 | $111k |
| Sr. Business Analyst | 22 | $118k |
| Systems Analyst III | 18 | $94k |
Where does Thermo Fisher Scientific 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 | 823 | $111k |
| PA | 244 | $95k |
| MA | 214 | $96k |
| TX | 128 | $102k |
| NC | 113 | $93k |
| MD | 93 | $100k |
| OR | 63 | $92k |
| OH | 59 | $89k |
| NJ | 49 | $104k |
| NY | 49 | $94k |
What has Thermo Fisher Scientific filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 2,092 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Thermo Fisher Scientific's H-1B filings
- How much does Thermo Fisher Scientific pay H-1B workers?
- Thermo Fisher Scientific's median certified H-1B base salary is $116k (FY2025), from 263 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Thermo Fisher Scientific sponsor?
- Thermo Fisher Scientific has 2,092 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Thermo Fisher Scientific sponsor for H-1B?
- Thermo Fisher Scientific's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Staff Engineer, Software, Developer III, Engineer III, Software, Sr. Developer.
- Where does Thermo Fisher Scientific hire H-1B workers?
- Thermo Fisher Scientific's top H-1B worksite states are CA, PA, MA, TX.
- 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 →