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 23.44% as an H1B industry with 6,850 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	507	$56,904
Ppd Development, L.p.	486	$85,878
Brookhaven National Laboratory	317	$81,236
Aptiv Corporation	267	$98,003
Agile Scientific Group	204	$87,881
The Jackson Laboratory	167	$67,427
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center	166	$67,590
Pharmaceutical Research Associates, Inc.	147	$94,936
Rocky Mountain Institute, Inc.	116	$72,200
The Research Institute At Nationwide Children's Hospital	86	$47,050

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

Job Title	Number of Jobs	Average Wage
Software Developers, Applications	408	$98,415
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	388	$73,049
Biological Scientists, All Other	379	$61,708
Biochemists And Biophysicists	317	$60,680
Bioinformatics Scientists	283	$76,902
Electrical Engineers	226	$100,873
Statisticians	217	$87,246
Physicists	214	$86,411
Mechanical Engineers	201	$96,469
Molecular And Cellular Biologists	191	$68,137

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 1,714 employees, and have since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 1,680 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 $92,814, and the recent trend shows the average salary on an incline.