Industries - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)

We now have Quarter 2 H1B visa FY 2023 data and Quarter 2 PERM visa FY 2023 data.

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) (NAICS code 541715) has an average growth rate of 22.81% as an H1B industry with 8,497 employees hired as of 2022

Top Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) Employers

Company	Employees	Average Wage
Howard Hughes Medical Institute	588	$57,446
Ppd Development, L.p.	556	$88,027
Brookhaven National Laboratory	391	$78,640
Aptiv Corporation	356	$97,595
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center	268	$68,270
The Jackson Laboratory	226	$66,905
Agile Scientific Group	220	$88,790
Pharmaceutical Research Associates, Inc.	204	$94,808
The Salk Institute For Biological Studies	151	$59,418
Rocky Mountain Institute, Inc.	138	$68,676

Top Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) Jobs

Job Title	Number of Jobs	Average Wage
Biological Scientists, All Other	508	$61,988
Software Developers, Applications	508	$100,181
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	444	$73,202
Biochemists And Biophysicists	379	$59,596
Bioinformatics Scientists	310	$78,082
Statisticians	299	$90,650
Software Developers, Systems Software	264	$109,245
Electrical Engineers	253	$100,547
Physicists	248	$83,029
Mechanical Engineers	232	$95,602

Employees Over Time vs Average Salary Over Time

The Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology And Biotechnology) industry has been in the H1B Visa program since 2017 where 1 employees were hired. They peaked in 2022 with 2,878 employees, and have since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 1,001 in 2023.

The Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology And Biotechnology) industry has been in the H1B Visa program since 2017 where the average salary was $76,586. The industry peaked in 2023 with an average salary of $89,854, and the recent trend shows the average salary on an incline.