H1B Visa Data for Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) : Top Employers, Top Jobs and Employees Trends

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Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) (NAICS code 541715) has an average growth rate of 11.25% as an H1B industry with 9,270 employees hired as of 2025

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

Company	Employees	Average Wage
Howard Hughes Medical Institute	664	$58,355
Ppd Development, L.p.	579	$86,492
Brookhaven National Laboratory	403	$83,038
Aptiv Corporation	268	$99,051
The Jackson Laboratory	208	$69,427
Agile Scientific Group	204	$87,881
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center	166	$67,590
Rocky Mountain Institute, Inc.	163	$75,167
Pharmaceutical Research Associates, Inc.	154	$95,660
The Research Institute At Nationwide Children's Hospital	92	$47,441

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

Job Title	Number of Jobs	Average Wage
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	496	$74,347
Biological Scientists, All Other	463	$62,743
Software Developers, Applications	406	$98,415
Biochemists And Biophysicists	394	$63,135
Bioinformatics Scientists	346	$78,155
Physicists	291	$88,252
Electrical Engineers	289	$105,794
Molecular And Cellular Biologists	263	$70,513
Mechanical Engineers	244	$98,081
Statisticians	236	$88,990

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 2024 with 1,859 employees, and have since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 394 in 2025.

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 2025 with an average salary of $112,410, and the recent trend shows the average salary on an incline.