Salaries / Chemists / New York
Chemists salaries in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 470 certified H-1B applications for chemists in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 145 employers.
The middle half of offers were $81,000 to $114,500 a year, with a median of $95,000: 1% above the national median for this job ($94,500).
The most common wage level was Level II (32% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $66,186 at Level I and $81,994 at Level II.
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Wage levels
DOL sets four wage levels by experience. The share of filings at each level, and the minimum the employer must pay for that level here.
| Level | Share of filings | Prevailing wage (minimum) |
|---|---|---|
| Level I (entry) | 26% | $66,186 |
| Level II (qualified) | 32% | $81,994 |
| Level III (experienced) | 23% | $97,781 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 19% | $113,589 |
Who sponsors chemists here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sciegen Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 30 | $81,000 | — |
| Brookhaven National Laboratory | 23 | $85,000 | — |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 23 | $118,000 | 2 |
| Tris Pharma, Inc. | 21 | $97,500 | 6 |
| J-Star Research, Inc. | 16 | $107,500 | 6 |
| Ascent Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 13 | $82,000 | 3 |
| InvaGen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 13 | $93,000 | 1 |
| Riconpharma, Llc | 11 | $90,000 | 6 |
| Evaric Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 11 | $89,500 | — |
| Sannova Analytical LLC | 10 | $83,000 | 6 |
| Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 10 | $101,000 | 1 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals Of New York | 10 | $116,500 | — |
| Guardian Drug Company, Inc. | 9 | $85,000 | 1 |
| Novel Laboratories, Inc. | 8 | $96,000 | 4 |
| Accuon Labs Inc. | 8 | $76,000 | — |
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Common titles filed under this occupation: Chemist, Research Scientist, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Senior Scientist, Quality Control Chemist, Research Associate, Postdoctoral Scholar, Scientist.
About this data
Offers are the wages employers put on certified Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) for H-1B workers: Certified H-1B LCAs decided July 2025 to June 2026. An LCA is filed before a petition, so not every filing became a job, and pay excludes bonus and stock. Annual pay; hourly offers are multiplied by 2,080. Pages appear only where there were at least 100 filings. Source: DOL disclosure data and OFLC wage data. Not legal or financial advice.