Chemists
SOC Code: 19-2031.00
The DOL disclosure extract lists 7,682 H-1B LCA filings for Chemists from 1,593 employer filers, with a 97.4% DOL certification rate and an average listed offered wage of $92,617. The highest-volume worksite state is NJ with 1,279 filings. The highest-volume filer is Eli Lilly and Company. These filings are not USCIS petition approvals or visa outcomes.
LCA filing profile: Chemists. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 19-2031.00, the extract lists 7,682 Labor Condition Application filings from 1,593 distinct employer filers. The DOL certified 97.4% of those filings, a DOL record status for the wage and working-condition attestations. Filing volume does not establish that a role qualifies for H-1B, that a USCIS petition was filed or approved, or that anyone was hired.
Where this occupation sits in the corpus. By disclosed LCA volume, Chemists ranks #41 of 1,219 occupational codes in the current PlainVisa dataset, placing it in the top 4% by filings. This is a corpus-relative rank computed from the same FY2023–FY2026 DOL disclosure snapshot as this profile, not a measure of job quality, worker demand, or visa approval odds.
Where LCA filings are recorded for Chemists. The highest-volume employer filer is Eli Lilly and Company with 94 filings at an average listed offered wage of $134,744, followed by Novitium Pharma LLC, Emory University, Amgen Inc.. Geographically, NJ leads with 1,279 filings (average listed wage $91,507), followed by CA, NY, MA. These distributions describe DOL filing records only; they do not measure labor-market demand, confirmed sponsorship, hiring, or visa outcomes.
Top Employers for Chemists
Employer filers with the most listed LCAs for this occupation
| Employer | LCA filings | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Eli Lilly and Company | 94 | $134,744 |
| Novitium Pharma LLC | 85 | $82,481 |
| Emory University | 81 | $69,028 |
| Amgen Inc. | 79 | $126,724 |
| Northwestern University | 77 | $67,044 |
| Ut-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) | 75 | $97,381 |
| Battelle Memorial Institute | 74 | $108,602 |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | 71 | $67,803 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 69 | $111,306 |
| Frontage Laboratories, Inc. | 66 | $85,046 |
| Rk Pharma, INC. | 64 | $82,599 |
| PPD Development, L.P. | 62 | $77,913 |
| Sciegen Pharmaceuticals INC. | 61 | $91,398 |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | 56 | $137,548 |
| Catalent Pharma Solutions | 56 | $104,513 |
| Purdue University | 55 | $65,477 |
| Riconpharma, LLC | 53 | $87,229 |
| Brookhaven National Laboratory | 50 | $84,379 |
| Tris Pharma, Inc. | 50 | $86,245 |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | 48 | $131,164 |
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