H-1B sponsorship profile: Merck Research Laboratories Massachusetts, LLC. Across U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosures, Merck Research Laboratories Massachusetts, LLC filed 38 Labor Condition Applications covering 38 H-1B worker positions between fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2026. The employer’s DOL certification rate sits at 100% (38 certified of 38 filed), a useful proxy for how cleanly their prevailing-wage attestations pass the Labor Department’s preliminary review before USCIS adjudication.

Compensation spread. Offered wages on Merck Research Laboratories Massachusetts, LLC’s H-1B petitions range from $84,448 at the low end to $162,000 at the high end, with a petition-weighted average of $126,221. That range reflects the mix of occupations the company sponsors, led by Senior Scientist, Biology-Discovery (8 petitions at $117,994 avg), followed by Sr. Scientist, Biology-Discovery and Associate Principal Scientist, Pharmacokinetics. H-1B salaries reported on LCAs must meet or exceed the DOL prevailing wage for the role and worksite, so the spread also tracks wage-level geography and seniority.

Geographic footprint. Merck Research Laboratories Massachusetts, LLC is headquartered in Rahway, NJ under NAICS code 54171, and places H-1B workers across 1 state, most heavily in MA. Combined, these signals give a granular view of how one employer uses the H-1B program, volume, approval cleanliness, wage posture, and where the jobs actually sit on the map.

Where Merck Research Laboratories Massachusetts, LLC ranks. By H-1B petition volume, Merck Research Laboratories Massachusetts, LLC is #6,019 of 119,880 employers nationally and #593 of 5,818 employers headquartered in NJ. Both ranks are computed live from the same underlying petition counts, not a separate estimate.