Does an H-1B filing mean a visa was granted?

No. A Labor Condition Application is the wage-and-worksite filing an employer makes before petitioning. Many certified LCAs never become petitions, and an LCA is not a visa.

Is a certified filing the same as USCIS approval?

No. Certification is a Department of Labor outcome. The I-129 petition is decided separately by USCIS and is not in this dataset.

Does a withdrawn filing count against a sponsor?

No. A withdrawal usually means the role was filled or dropped, so it is not a compliance signal and is not counted against a sponsor in the sponsor-health score.

Is the wage shown what an employee takes home?

No. Offered and prevailing wages are the figures on the filing, before tax, bonus or equity, and they describe the role rather than an individual paycheck.

Is the most recent fiscal year complete?

Not necessarily. The Department of Labor releases disclosure data quarterly, so counts for the latest fiscal years can still rise in a later release.

Why are some occupations or states missing?

Combinations backed by fewer than 25 filings, or fewer than 3 distinct employers, are not published at all. Small cells are omitted entirely rather than shown with unreliable numbers.

Sponsor FinderSOC 19-1021Updated September 2026

H-1B Sponsors for Biochemists and Biophysicists

181 employers filed 33,190 H-1B Labor Condition Applications for Biochemists and Biophysicists across the US between FY2010 and FY2026. The 50 largest are ranked below, with DOL certification outcomes and a sponsor-health signal.

Employers: 181top 50 listed
Filings: 33,19057% of all 57,872 for this role
Certified: 74.8%across those listed
Median wage: $50,232across the sponsors listed

How this total is counted: filings from employers with at least 25 for this occupation, a resolved employer and a recorded worksite state. That is 33,190 of the 57,872 total shown on the Biochemists and Biophysicists occupation page (57%); the remainder is the long tail of employers below the publishing threshold.

How to read this

Does an H-1B filing mean a visa was granted?: No. A Labor Condition Application is the wage-and-worksite filing an employer makes before petitioning. Many certified LCAs never become petitions, and an LCA is not a visa. What an LCA is.
Is a certified filing the same as USCIS approval?: No. Certification is a Department of Labor outcome. The I-129 petition is decided separately by USCIS and is not in this dataset. How certification rate works.
Does a withdrawn filing count against a sponsor?: No. A withdrawal usually means the role was filled or dropped, so it is not a compliance signal and is not counted against a sponsor in the sponsor-health score. How sponsor health is calculated.
Is the wage shown what an employee takes home?: No. Offered and prevailing wages are the figures on the filing, before tax, bonus or equity, and they describe the role rather than an individual paycheck. How the prevailing wage works.
Is the most recent fiscal year complete?: Not necessarily. The Department of Labor releases disclosure data quarterly, so counts for the latest fiscal years can still rise in a later release.
Why are some occupations or states missing?: Combinations backed by fewer than 25 filings, or fewer than 3 distinct employers, are not published at all. Small cells are omitted entirely rather than shown with unreliable numbers.

Top 50 sponsors, ranked

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Employers sponsoring H-1B for Biochemists and Biophysicists in the US, sorted by filings, descending. Column headers are sortable.
#					Wage levels
1	The Leland Stanford, Jr University	2,136	87.3%	$64,000	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 73%, Level II: 22%, Level III: 4%, Level IV: 1%
2	University of Michigan	2,027	70.3%	$50,000	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 98%, Level II: 1%, Level III: 0%
3	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	1,124	68.2%	$46,344	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 88%, Level II: 11%, Level III: 1%
4	University of California, Davis	1,056	72.2%	$50,112	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 43%, Level II: 57%
5	The University of Chicago	1,054	70.9%	$50,760	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 96%, Level II: 2%, Level III: 2%
6	Columbia University	1,050	68.9%	$50,000	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 100%
7	Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania	1,026	63.5%	$49,152	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 100%
8	The Ohio State University	1,022	68.2%	$45,000	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 96%, Level II: 2%, Level III: 1%, Level IV: 0%
9	Johns Hopkins University	1,018	66.9%	$52,140	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 99%, Level II: 1%
10	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO	950	72.1%	$51,444	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 100%
11	The University of San Franciscolast filed FY2019	876	82.4%	$48,192	—
12	University of California, Los Angeles	715	81.0%	$50,112	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 100%
13	The Pennsylvania State University	654	85.8%	$47,484	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 100%
14	The University of Iowa	627	68.1%	$47,486	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 88%, Level II: 12%
15	University of California, Berkeley	614	83.2%	$60,000	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 100%
16	Case Western Reserve University	568	96.3%	$47,000	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 57%, Level II: 26%, Level III: 16%, Level IV: 1%
17	University of Washington	558	79.0%	$69,830	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 72%, Level II: 20%, Level III: 8%
18	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	509	93.1%	$50,232	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 23%, Level II: 41%, Level III: 18%, Level IV: 18%
19	ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL	493	94.7%	$72,529	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 53%, Level II: 39%, Level III: 6%, Level IV: 2%
20	UCSF MEDICAL CENTER	438	75.3%	$77,327	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level II: 50%, Level III: 50%
21	North Carolina State University	359	74.1%	$51,293	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 83%, Level II: 17%
22	Northwestern University	354	68.9%	$63,852	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 95%, Level III: 4%, Level IV: 0%
23	University of California at Santa Barbara	347	75.8%	$52,140	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 33%, Level II: 33%, Level IV: 33%
24	UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY	336	81.8%	$41,364	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 84%, Level II: 16%
25	University of Connecticut	313	78.3%	$45,625	—
26	Oregon Health & Science University	310	81.0%	$52,000	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 53%, Level II: 14%, Level III: 29%, Level IV: 3%
27	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	303	62.4%	$50,000	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 96%, Level III: 4%
28	GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC	291	94.5%	$160,000	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level II: 100%
29	FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION	290	63.8%	$94,882	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 62%, Level II: 20%, Level III: 17%, Level IV: 2%
30	University of Colorado	284	63.7%	$50,000	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 49%, Level II: 24%, Level III: 5%, Level IV: 22%
31	DUKE UNIVERSITY AND MEDICAL CENTERlast filed FY2019	278	76.3%	$52,000	—
32	Louisiana State University and A&M College	263	61.6%	$45,427	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 82%, Level II: 3%, Level III: 13%, Level IV: 3%
33	Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center	256	74.6%	$57,242	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 12%, Level II: 61%, Level III: 25%, Level IV: 2%
34	University of Wisconsin System	250	44.4%	$58,656	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 99%, Level II: 1%
35	University of California, Irvine	231	69.3%	$52,020	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 50%, Level II: 25%, Level IV: 25%
36	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	223	96.0%	$64,032	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level IV: 100%
37	Southwestern Medical Center, LLClast filed FY2019	220	65.0%	$46,092	—
38	Arizona State University	214	73.4%	$60,000	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 97%, Level II: 1%, Level III: 3%
39	Michigan State University	208	57.7%	$44,000	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 24%, Level II: 5%, Level III: 57%, Level IV: 14%
40	Duke University	201	82.1%	$74,231	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 7%, Level II: 89%, Level III: 4%, Level IV: 1%
41	The University of Kansas	192	69.3%	$44,158	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 83%, Level II: 10%, Level III: 5%, Level IV: 2%
42	Oregon State University	183	67.8%	$58,011	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 100%
43	Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research	182	83.5%	$52,282	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 71%, Level II: 29%
44	University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	179	63.1%	$45,960	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 58%, Level II: 15%, Level III: 27%
45	Medical University of South Carolina and Affiliates	167	59.9%	$43,947	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 25%, Level II: 75%
46	THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTERlast filed FY2019	163	59.5%	$39,756	—
47	University of Wyominglast filed FY2023	151	58.9%	$45,000	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 100%
48	UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE	149	63.8%	$44,158	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 100%
49	Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC	146	74.0%	$117,840	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 94%, Level II: 3%, Level III: 2%
50	Vanderbilt University	144	94.4%	$51,500	Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 54%, Level II: 37%, Level III: 7%, Level IV: 2%

#1The Leland Stanford, Jr University
Filings
2,136
Certified
87.3%
Median wage
$64,000
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 73%, Level II: 22%, Level III: 4%, Level IV: 1%
#2University of Michigan
Filings
2,027
Certified
70.3%
Median wage
$50,000
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 98%, Level II: 1%, Level III: 0%
#3University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Filings
1,124
Certified
68.2%
Median wage
$46,344
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 88%, Level II: 11%, Level III: 1%
#4University of California, Davis
Filings
1,056
Certified
72.2%
Median wage
$50,112
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 43%, Level II: 57%
#5The University of Chicago
Filings
1,054
Certified
70.9%
Median wage
$50,760
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 96%, Level II: 2%, Level III: 2%
#6Columbia University
Filings
1,050
Certified
68.9%
Median wage
$50,000
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 100%
#7Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
Filings
1,026
Certified
63.5%
Median wage
$49,152
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 100%
#8The Ohio State University
Filings
1,022
Certified
68.2%
Median wage
$45,000
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 96%, Level II: 2%, Level III: 1%, Level IV: 0%
#9Johns Hopkins University
Filings
1,018
Certified
66.9%
Median wage
$52,140
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 99%, Level II: 1%
#10UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
Filings
950
Certified
72.1%
Median wage
$51,444
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 100%
#11The University of San Franciscolast filed FY2019
Filings
876
Certified
82.4%
Median wage
$48,192
—
#12University of California, Los Angeles
Filings
715
Certified
81.0%
Median wage
$50,112
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 100%
#13The Pennsylvania State University
Filings
654
Certified
85.8%
Median wage
$47,484
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 100%
#14The University of Iowa
Filings
627
Certified
68.1%
Median wage
$47,486
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 88%, Level II: 12%
#15University of California, Berkeley
Filings
614
Certified
83.2%
Median wage
$60,000
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 100%
#16Case Western Reserve University
Filings
568
Certified
96.3%
Median wage
$47,000
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 57%, Level II: 26%, Level III: 16%, Level IV: 1%
#17University of Washington
Filings
558
Certified
79.0%
Median wage
$69,830
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 72%, Level II: 20%, Level III: 8%
#18Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Filings
509
Certified
93.1%
Median wage
$50,232
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 23%, Level II: 41%, Level III: 18%, Level IV: 18%
#19ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL
Filings
493
Certified
94.7%
Median wage
$72,529
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 53%, Level II: 39%, Level III: 6%, Level IV: 2%
#20UCSF MEDICAL CENTER
Filings
438
Certified
75.3%
Median wage
$77,327
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level II: 50%, Level III: 50%
#21North Carolina State University
Filings
359
Certified
74.1%
Median wage
$51,293
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 83%, Level II: 17%
#22Northwestern University
Filings
354
Certified
68.9%
Median wage
$63,852
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 95%, Level III: 4%, Level IV: 0%
#23University of California at Santa Barbara
Filings
347
Certified
75.8%
Median wage
$52,140
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 33%, Level II: 33%, Level IV: 33%
#24UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
Filings
336
Certified
81.8%
Median wage
$41,364
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 84%, Level II: 16%
#25University of Connecticut
Filings
313
Certified
78.3%
Median wage
$45,625
—
#26Oregon Health & Science University
Filings
310
Certified
81.0%
Median wage
$52,000
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 53%, Level II: 14%, Level III: 29%, Level IV: 3%
#27The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Filings
303
Certified
62.4%
Median wage
$50,000
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 96%, Level III: 4%
#28GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC
Filings
291
Certified
94.5%
Median wage
$160,000
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level II: 100%
#29FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
Filings
290
Certified
63.8%
Median wage
$94,882
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 62%, Level II: 20%, Level III: 17%, Level IV: 2%
#30University of Colorado
Filings
284
Certified
63.7%
Median wage
$50,000
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 49%, Level II: 24%, Level III: 5%, Level IV: 22%
#31DUKE UNIVERSITY AND MEDICAL CENTERlast filed FY2019
Filings
278
Certified
76.3%
Median wage
$52,000
—
#32Louisiana State University and A&M College
Filings
263
Certified
61.6%
Median wage
$45,427
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 82%, Level II: 3%, Level III: 13%, Level IV: 3%
#33Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Filings
256
Certified
74.6%
Median wage
$57,242
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 12%, Level II: 61%, Level III: 25%, Level IV: 2%
#34University of Wisconsin System
Filings
250
Certified
44.4%
Median wage
$58,656
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 99%, Level II: 1%
#35University of California, Irvine
Filings
231
Certified
69.3%
Median wage
$52,020
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 50%, Level II: 25%, Level IV: 25%
#36Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Filings
223
Certified
96.0%
Median wage
$64,032
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level IV: 100%
#37Southwestern Medical Center, LLClast filed FY2019
Filings
220
Certified
65.0%
Median wage
$46,092
—
#38Arizona State University
Filings
214
Certified
73.4%
Median wage
$60,000
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 97%, Level II: 1%, Level III: 3%
#39Michigan State University
Filings
208
Certified
57.7%
Median wage
$44,000
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 24%, Level II: 5%, Level III: 57%, Level IV: 14%
#40Duke University
Filings
201
Certified
82.1%
Median wage
$74,231
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 7%, Level II: 89%, Level III: 4%, Level IV: 1%
#41The University of Kansas
Filings
192
Certified
69.3%
Median wage
$44,158
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 83%, Level II: 10%, Level III: 5%, Level IV: 2%
#42Oregon State University
Filings
183
Certified
67.8%
Median wage
$58,011
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 100%
#43Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Filings
182
Certified
83.5%
Median wage
$52,282
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 71%, Level II: 29%
#44University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Filings
179
Certified
63.1%
Median wage
$45,960
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 58%, Level II: 15%, Level III: 27%
#45Medical University of South Carolina and Affiliates
Filings
167
Certified
59.9%
Median wage
$43,947
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 25%, Level II: 75%
#46THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTERlast filed FY2019
Filings
163
Certified
59.5%
Median wage
$39,756
—
#47University of Wyominglast filed FY2023
Filings
151
Certified
58.9%
Median wage
$45,000
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 100%
#48UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE
Filings
149
Certified
63.8%
Median wage
$44,158
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 100%
#49Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
Filings
146
Certified
74.0%
Median wage
$117,840
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 94%, Level II: 3%, Level III: 2%
#50Vanderbilt University
Filings
144
Certified
94.4%
Median wage
$51,500
Prevailing-wage level mix — Level I: 54%, Level II: 37%, Level III: 7%, Level IV: 2%

How the sponsor-health signal is calculated

The badge blends each sponsor’s DOL certification rate (weighted toward the last five fiscal years), its denial rate, and its recent filing volume. Withdrawn filings are not counted against a sponsor, because a withdrawal usually means the role was filled or dropped. Sponsors with too few or too old filings show “Limited data” rather than a score. It reflects DOL paperwork outcomes only — not USCIS approval, pay quality, or an endorsement. Full methodology.

Where else Biochemists and Biophysicists is sponsored

Other states with enough Biochemists and Biophysicists filings to publish a sponsor breakdown.

California30 New York16 Texas13 Michigan4 Pennsylvania8 Ohio8 Illinois6 Maryland4 North Carolina5 Tennessee4 Massachusetts14 Oregon3

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Understand the data

Definitions and methodology behind these H-1B figures.

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