Vertex Pharmaceuticals — 1,079 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 185
- Filings · FY2025
- $133k
- Median base · FY2025
- Senior Statistical Programmer II
- Top role · 43 all-time
- MA
- Top state · 931 all-time
Vertex Pharmaceuticals filed 185 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 28% from the year before), with a median base salary of $133k and the middle 50% of offers between $119k and $149k. Across all years it has 1,079 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Senior Statistical Programmer II in Massachusetts.
How much does Vertex 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. $133k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Vertex Pharmaceuticals's H-1B hiring changed by year?
22 certified filings in FY2016 → 137 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 137 | −26% | $132k |
| FY2025 | 185 | +28% | $133k |
| FY2024 | 144 | +31% | $123k |
| FY2023 | 110 | −30% | $124k |
| FY2022 | 158 | +60% | $110k |
| FY2021 | 99 | +30% | $101k |
| FY2020 | 76 | +52% | $95k |
| FY2019 | 50 | −6% | $102k |
| FY2018 | 53 | +18% | $94k |
| FY2017 | 45 | +105% | $98k |
| FY2016 | 22 | — | $90k |
Which wage levels does Vertex Pharmaceuticals file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 67% of Vertex 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 1,046 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I8.8%92
- Level II24.1%252
- Level III25.3%265
- Level IV41.8%437
What jobs does Vertex Pharmaceuticals 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 Vertex Pharmaceuticals's pay on that role by year, wage level and worksite.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Statistical Programmer II | 43 | $126k |
| Senior Biostatistician II | 27 | $126k |
| Principal Biostatistician | 22 | $145k |
| Senior Statistical Programmer | 17 | $101k |
| Analytical Development Senior Research Scientist | 16 | $122k |
| Principal Statistical Programmer | 16 | $138k |
| Analytical Development Research Scientist | 15 | $107k |
| Medicinal Chemistry Research Scientist | 15 | $114k |
| Business Engagement & Technology Principal Analyst | 13 | $152k |
| Process Dev Engineering Scientist | 12 | $111k |
Where does Vertex 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 |
|---|---|---|
| MA | 931 | $114k |
| CA | 43 | $113k |
| RI | 38 | $115k |
| TX | 11 | $139k |
| NC | 7 | $135k |
| FL | 6 | $129k |
| NJ | 5 | $147k |
| PA | 4 | $109k |
| NY | 4 | $136k |
| WA | 4 | $100k |
What has Vertex Pharmaceuticals filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 1,079 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Vertex Pharmaceuticals's H-1B filings
- How much does Vertex Pharmaceuticals pay H-1B workers?
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals's median certified H-1B base salary is $133k (FY2025), from 185 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Vertex Pharmaceuticals sponsor?
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals has 1,079 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Vertex Pharmaceuticals sponsor for H-1B?
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Senior Statistical Programmer II, Senior Biostatistician II, Principal Biostatistician, Senior Statistical Programmer.
- Where does Vertex Pharmaceuticals hire H-1B workers?
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals's top H-1B worksite states are MA, CA, RI, 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 →