H-1B sponsor profile

Merck Sharp & Dohme

Certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications · trailing 12 months

Median base salary

$129,251

▲ +12.69% YoY

Average salary

$132,249

Mean of all filings

Certified LCAs

141

Full-time positions

Occupations

SOC codes with 5+ filings

H-1B wage level mix

Level I139.2% of LCAs

Level II6042.6% of LCAs

Level III4632.6% of LCAs

Level IV2114.9% of LCAs

1 filings had no wage level.

Top occupations

Statisticians
Biochemists and Biophysicists
Data Scientists
Software Developers
Chemists

Top worksite metros

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
Raleigh-Cary, NC
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC

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Merck Sharp & Dohme H-1B pay range

Annual base pay across all 141 certified full-time H-1B filings.

P10$95,243

P25$114,700

Median$129,251

P75$142,771

P90$169,700

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Merck Sharp & Dohme salaries by job title

Merck Sharp & Dohme's pay for each job title compared with the median of all H-1B sponsors filing the same title in the same occupation. Tap a row for the full range and competing sponsors.

Job title	LCAs	Merck Sharp & Dohme median	All sponsors	vs all
Associate Principal Scientist SOC 1/2 SOC 15-2041 · Statisticians	18	$142,771	$142,400	+0.3%
Merck Sharp & Dohme · Associate Principal Scientist (18 LCAs) P10$139,600 P25$139,600 Median$142,771 P75$144,373 P90$144,373 Wage levels: I 0 · II 0 · III 16 · IV 2 \| All sponsors: P25 $139,600 · median $142,400 · P75 $144,373 (21 LCAs) Associate Principal Scientist at all sponsors →
Scientist, Statistical Programming SOC 15-2041 · Statisticians	13	$114,700	only sponsor	—
Merck Sharp & Dohme · Scientist, Statistical Programming (13 LCAs) P10$98,380 P25$114,700 Median$114,700 P75$114,700 P90$117,000 Wage levels: I 2 · II 9 · III 2 · IV 0
Scientist, Biostatistics SOC 15-2041 · Statisticians	10	$114,700	$114,700	+0%
Merck Sharp & Dohme · Scientist, Biostatistics (10 LCAs) P10$114,700 P25$114,700 Median$114,700 P75$114,700 P90$117,507 Wage levels: I 0 · II 9 · III 1 · IV 0 \| All sponsors: P25 $114,700 · median $114,700 · P75 $114,700 (11 LCAs)
Associate Principal Scientist SOC 2/2 SOC 19-1021 · Biochemists and Biophysicists	6	$139,600	$139,600	+0%
Merck Sharp & Dohme · Associate Principal Scientist (6 LCAs) P10$139,600 P25$139,600 Median$139,600 P75$139,600 P90$147,800 Wage levels: I 0 · II 0 · III 4 · IV 2 \| All sponsors: P25 $139,600 · median $139,600 · P75 $156,250 (11 LCAs) Associate Principal Scientist at all sponsors →

Titles need 5+ filings at Merck Sharp & Dohme. “All sponsors” is the median for the same title and SOC across every sponsor, including Merck Sharp & Dohme; “only sponsor” means no other employer filed it.

Merck Sharp & Dohme salaries by occupation

Each SOC occupation Merck Sharp & Dohme sponsors, compared with the BLS national median for all U.S. workers. Tap a row for wage levels, job titles and what competing sponsors pay.

Occupation	LCAs	Merck Sharp & Dohme median	BLS median	vs BLS
Statisticians SOC 15-2041	47	$139,600	$105,650	+32.1%
Merck Sharp & Dohme pay range · Statisticians P10$114,700 P25$114,700 Median$139,600 P75$144,373 P90$171,100 By H-1B wage level Level I—2 LCAs · 4% Level II$114,70018 LCAs · 38% Level III$142,77122 LCAs · 47% Level IV—5 LCAs · 11% Job titles filed under this SOC Associate Principal Scientist18 LCAs · median $142,771 · +0.3% vs all sponsors Scientist, Statistical Programming13 LCAs · median $114,700 · only sponsor Scientist, Biostatistics10 LCAs · median $114,700 · +0% vs all sponsors What competing sponsors pay for Statisticians All-sponsor median $128,700 · average excluding Merck Sharp & Dohme $132,491 Eli Lilly And $150,996 (102) Amazon $172,000 (95) Ernst & Young U S $149,940 (85) Exlservice Com $130,000 (56) Pay vs BLS national median 1.32× Merck Sharp & Dohme $139,600 vs BLS $105,650 Where Merck Sharp & Dohme's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Statisticians occupation profile →
Biochemists and Biophysicists SOC 19-1021	22	$114,700	$127,410	-10%
Merck Sharp & Dohme pay range · Biochemists and Biophysicists P10$88,231 P25$114,700 Median$114,700 P75$133,950 P90$139,600 By H-1B wage level Level I—3 LCAs · 14% Level II$114,70013 LCAs · 59% Level III—4 LCAs · 18% Level IV—2 LCAs · 9% Job titles filed under this SOC Associate Principal Scientist6 LCAs · median $139,600 · +0% vs all sponsors What competing sponsors pay for Biochemists and Biophysicists All-sponsor median $80,000 · average excluding Merck Sharp & Dohme $89,631 St Jude Children S Research Hospital $72,530 (155) University Of California San Francisco $81,576 (115) The Leland Stanford Jr University $78,762 (80) Regeneron Pharmaceuticals $140,000 (66) Pay vs BLS national median 0.9× Merck Sharp & Dohme $114,700 vs BLS $127,410 Where Merck Sharp & Dohme's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Biochemists and Biophysicists occupation profile →
Data Scientists SOC 15-2051	15	$126,500	$120,230	+5.2%
Merck Sharp & Dohme pay range · Data Scientists P10$90,100 P25$97,150 Median$126,500 P75$147,485 P90$153,800 By H-1B wage level Level I—4 LCAs · 27% Level II—6 LCAs · 40% Level III—4 LCAs · 27% Level IV—1 LCAs · 7% What competing sponsors pay for Data Scientists All-sponsor median $123,531 · average excluding Merck Sharp & Dohme $130,961 Amazon $139,146 (2,008) Microsoft $172,526 (835) Wal Mart Associates $147,344 (752) Jpmorgan Chase $140,000 (521) Pay vs BLS national median 1.05× Merck Sharp & Dohme $126,500 vs BLS $120,230 Where Merck Sharp & Dohme's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Data Scientists occupation profile →
Software Developers SOC 15-1252	12	$131,997	$135,980	-2.9%
Merck Sharp & Dohme pay range · Software Developers P10$131,082 P25$131,768 Median$131,997 P75$142,390 P90$151,713 By H-1B wage level Level I—0 LCAs · 0% Level II—8 LCAs · 67% Level III—3 LCAs · 25% Level IV—0 LCAs · 0% What competing sponsors pay for Software Developers All-sponsor median $136,433 · average excluding Merck Sharp & Dohme $144,913 Amazon $155,000 (9,778) Microsoft $175,760 (4,681) Google $194,000 (3,386) Meta $214,032 (3,009) Pay vs BLS national median 0.97× Merck Sharp & Dohme $131,997 vs BLS $135,980 Where Merck Sharp & Dohme's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Software Developers occupation profile →
Chemists SOC 19-2031	8	$114,700	$91,240	+25.7%
Merck Sharp & Dohme pay range · Chemists P10$100,950 P25$114,525 Median$114,700 P75$114,700 P90$114,790 By H-1B wage level Level I—1 LCAs · 13% Level II—2 LCAs · 25% Level III—4 LCAs · 50% Level IV—1 LCAs · 13% What competing sponsors pay for Chemists All-sponsor median $88,044 · average excluding Merck Sharp & Dohme $95,196 Eli Lilly And $146,000 (55) Novitium Pharma $62,500 (36) Sciegen Pharmaceuticals $75,500 (25) Bristol Myers Squibb $141,251 (22) Pay vs BLS national median 1.26× Merck Sharp & Dohme $114,700 vs BLS $91,240 Where Merck Sharp & Dohme's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Chemists occupation profile →
Biological Scientists, All Other SOC 19-1029	7	$134,763	$98,920	+36.2%
Merck Sharp & Dohme pay range · Biological Scientists, All Other P10$90,720 P25$109,450 Median$134,763 P75$146,700 P90$167,080 By H-1B wage level Level I—1 LCAs · 14% Level II—3 LCAs · 43% Level III—0 LCAs · 0% Level IV—3 LCAs · 43% What competing sponsors pay for Biological Scientists, All Other All-sponsor median $83,513 · average excluding Merck Sharp & Dohme $93,501 Dana Farber Cancer Institute $76,000 (109) Zifo $79,500 (103) The Leland Stanford Jr University $83,000 (94) University Of Michigan $67,158 (70) Pay vs BLS national median 1.36× Merck Sharp & Dohme $134,763 vs BLS $98,920 Where Merck Sharp & Dohme's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Biological Scientists, All Other occupation profile →
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists SOC 19-1042	6	$120,600	$103,410	+16.6%
Merck Sharp & Dohme pay range · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists P10$114,700 P25$114,700 Median$120,600 P75$146,975 P90$153,800 By H-1B wage level Level I—0 LCAs · 0% Level II—5 LCAs · 83% Level III—1 LCAs · 17% Level IV—0 LCAs · 0% What competing sponsors pay for Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists All-sponsor median $75,045 · average excluding Merck Sharp & Dohme $87,462 Washington University $67,542 (190) Mayo Clinic $74,963 (180) Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai $90,000 (122) General Hospital $71,406 (120) Pay vs BLS national median 1.17× Merck Sharp & Dohme $120,600 vs BLS $103,410 Where Merck Sharp & Dohme's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists occupation profile →
Computer Occupations, All Other SOC 15-1299	5	$153,046	$116,580	+31.3%
Merck Sharp & Dohme pay range · Computer Occupations, All Other P10$125,928 P25$142,771 Median$153,046 P75$158,974 P90$175,790 By H-1B wage level Level I—0 LCAs · 0% Level II—1 LCAs · 20% Level III—0 LCAs · 0% Level IV—4 LCAs · 80% What competing sponsors pay for Computer Occupations, All Other All-sponsor median $111,779 · average excluding Merck Sharp & Dohme $120,418 Cognizant $111,384 (7,461) Infosys $92,217 (5,202) Tata Consultancy Services $86,445 (3,415) HCL $118,310 (1,525) Pay vs BLS national median 1.31× Merck Sharp & Dohme $153,046 vs BLS $116,580 Where Merck Sharp & Dohme's median falls among all U.S. workers 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th Calculating… Computer Occupations, All Other occupation profile →