H-1B demand profile: Biochemists and Biophysicists. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 19-1021, employers filed 211 Labor Condition Applications for Biochemists and Biophysicists positions across 29 distinct H-1B sponsors. The DOL certified these petitions at a 99.5% rate, a measure of how cleanly the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review. That volume places Biochemists and Biophysicists among the concrete, data-backed specialty occupations qualifying under the H-1B program’s bachelor’s-degree-plus-theoretical-knowledge standard.

Salary band for Biochemists and Biophysicists. Offered wages on LCAs range from $50,170 at the floor to $212,500 at the ceiling, with an average of $69,319. These figures reflect what employers commit to pay sponsored workers, not market averages, each offer must meet or exceed the DOL prevailing wage (Level I through IV) for the worksite, so the distribution tracks wage-level geography, years of experience, and regional cost of labor more than it does any single employer’s pay philosophy.

Where and who sponsors Biochemists and Biophysicists. The top sponsor is University of Michigan with 161 petitions at an average offered wage of $61,994, followed by Texas A&m Agrilife Research, Twist Bioscience Corporation, University of Idaho. Geographically, MI leads with 162 filings (avg $62,106), followed by CA, TX, MD. Taken together, the sponsor concentration and state footprint give a practical read on where demand for Biochemists and Biophysicists actually clusters in the U.S. labor market, and how competitive pay for the role looks through the DOL’s H-1B lens.