Salaries / Chemists / Philadelphia
Chemists salaries in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 122 certified H-1B applications for chemists in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 53 employers.
The middle half of offers were $75,000 to $115,000 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 (28% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $62,899 at Level I and $82,888 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) | 21% | $62,899 |
| Level II (qualified) | 28% | $82,888 |
| Level III (experienced) | 25% | $102,898 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 26% | $122,886 |
Who sponsors chemists here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontage Laboratories, Inc. | 15 | $83,000 | 5 |
| Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania | 8 | $70,500 | — |
| Adesis, Inc. | 7 | $127,500 | 1 |
| KVK-Tech, Inc. | 6 | $90,000 | — |
| Carnegie Pharmaceuticals LLC | 5 | $57,000 | — |
| Incyte Corporation | 5 | $130,000 | 1 |
| Abzena (Bristol) LLC | 4 | $106,500 | — |
| i3 Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 4 | $61,500 | — |
| Penn Life Sciences, LLC | 4 | $117,500 | — |
| Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | 4 | $117,000 | — |
| Adare Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $92,000 | 2 |
| Flamma USA LLC | 3 | $112,000 | 1 |
| Temple University--A Commonwealth University | 3 | $64,500 | — |
| Quotient Sciences - Philadelphia, LLC | 2 | $86,000 | — |
| GlaxoSmithKline LLC | 2 | $97,500 | — |
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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.