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Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 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 713 certified H-1B applications for medical scientists, except epidemiologists in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 72 employers.
The middle half of offers were $75,000 to $95,000 a year, with a median of $82,000: 8% above the national median for this job ($76,000).
The most common wage level was Level II (46% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $76,419 at Level I and $98,800 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) | 41% | $76,419 |
| Level II (qualified) | 46% | $98,800 |
| Level III (experienced) | 9% | $121,202 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 4% | $143,582 |
Who sponsors medical scientists, except epidemiologists here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | 125 | $88,000 | — |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | 104 | $80,000 | — |
| Columbia University | 87 | $80,000 | — |
| NYU Grossman School of Medicine | 82 | $79,500 | — |
| Weill Cornell Medical College | 69 | $80,000 | — |
| Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey | 32 | $72,500 | — |
| The Rockefeller University | 19 | $81,000 | — |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | 18 | $74,500 | — |
| Albert Einstein College of Medicine | 16 | $77,500 | — |
| Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 16 | $122,000 | — |
| Research Foundation for the State University of New York | 11 | $75,000 | — |
| ClearView Healthcare Partners, LLC | 9 | $160,000 | 5 |
| The Jackson Laboratory | 9 | $65,500 | — |
| The Feinstein Institutes For Medical Research | 9 | $80,000 | — |
| New York Society for Relief of Ruptured & Crippled | 8 | $79,500 | — |
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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.