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Chemists

Occupation · SOC 2018 19-2031 · United States

SOC 2018 code
19-2031
Share of U.S. applications
0.34%
Applications on record
41,789
FY2025
2,591
Median offered wage
$87,000
Certified (last three years)
99.3%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$87,000certified LCAs, FY2024–FY2026
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Chemists (SOC 19-2031). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Chemists

1,3432,685FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
1,3432,685FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008178
FY2009741
FY20102,538
FY20112,434
FY20122,357
FY20132,227
FY20142,391
FY20152,351
FY20162,536
FY20172,542
FY20182,671
FY20192,685
FY20202,237
FY20212,380
FY20222,509
FY20232,195
FY20242,309
FY20252,591
FY2026*1,917
Fiscal yearH-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*01,687230
FY202502,374217
FY202402,130179
FY202301,981214
FY202202,274235
FY202102,164216
FY202002,051186
FY201902,455230
FY201802,394277
FY201702,271271
FY201602,220316
FY201502,152199
FY201402,184207
FY201302,098129
FY201232,149205
FY201112,191242
FY201002,239299
FY20090614127
FY200800178
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Largest sponsoring employers

Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.

Applications by employer
  1. Sciegen Pharmaceuticals Inc.417
  2. Invagen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.366
  3. Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC363
  4. Novel Laboratories, Inc.321
  5. The Dow Chemical Company321
  6. Ascent Pharmaceuticals, Inc.303
  7. Kvk-tech, Inc.298
  8. Frontage Laboratories, Inc.292
  9. Battelle290
  10. Pharmaceutics International, Inc.288
  11. Amgen Inc.282
  12. Northwestern University278
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).

Chemists: applications by worksite state

5+42+153+365+924+
5+42+153+365+924+
Data table
StateApplications
NJ7,214
CA5,283
NY4,225
MA3,125
TX2,558
PA2,537
IL1,906
MI1,141
FL1,094
OH1,057
NC1,039
IN924
MD825
WA794
GA671
WI629
MO590
TN563
CT539
DE490
IA411
MN386
VA365
CO300
SC279
NM264
KS243
AZ227
UT223
OR203
KY198
AL164
OK153
LA138
RI124
WV118
NV115
NH106
NE86
MS83
ID56
AR55
WY45
DC42
MT34
ND34
HI29
SD28
VT21
ME21
PR18
GU6
MP5
AK5
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ9,443
  2. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH2,739
  3. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD2,532
  4. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA1,911
  5. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN1,471
  6. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX1,284
  7. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA1,277
  8. Trenton-Princeton, NJ920
  9. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA761
  10. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA554
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $87,000; middle half $68,371 to $113,776 · median prevailing wage $78,374 (marker) · 6,018 applications.

$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k
$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I1,805
  2. Level II1,621
  3. Level III1,305
  4. Level IV1,212
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Chemist3,194
  2. Postdoctoral Research Associate1,219
  3. Research Associate1,002
  4. Research Scientist962
  5. Analytical Chemist957
  6. Scientist839
  7. Postdoctoral Fellow834
  8. Quality Control Chemist779
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area

Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.

  • Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
  • Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
  • Ann Arbor, MI
  • Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA
  • Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
  • Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
  • Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
  • Bloomington, IN
  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
  • Boulder, CO
  • Champaign-Urbana, IL
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
  • Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
  • Cleveland, OH
  • College Station-Bryan, TX
  • Columbus, OH
  • Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
  • Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
  • Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
  • Greensboro-High Point, NC
  • Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
  • Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN
  • Kansas City, MO-KS
  • Kennewick-Richland, WA
  • Knoxville, TN
  • Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN
  • Lexington-Fayette, KY
  • Los Alamos, NM
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • Madison, WI
  • Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
  • Midland, MI
  • Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
  • Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
  • New Haven, CT
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
  • Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
  • Raleigh-Cary, NC
  • Richmond, VA
  • Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
  • Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
  • San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
  • Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
  • St. Louis, MO-IL
  • Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
  • Trenton-Princeton, NJ
  • Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
  • Worcester, MA
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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