Abbvie
Offered base salaries from 185 certified H-1B filings, across 15 roles in 7 metro areas.
Half of Abbvie's certified filings offered $146,000 or more.
The middle half of offers fell between $131,950 and $166,000. Offered base salary excludes equity and bonus — read every figure on this page as a floor on total pay, not an average.
What they hire for
Offered base salary by occupation, nationwide, ordered by filing volume.
| Role | Median offer | Range | Filings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statisticians | $144,410 | $87k – $230k | 30 |
| Data Scientists | $142,000 | $86k – $190k | 21 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | $138,720 | $93k – $185k | 19 |
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | $150,000 | $109k – $280k | 17 |
| Software Developers | $167,872 | $120k – $195k | 13 |
| Database Architects | $157,430 | $123k – $185k | 12 |
| Chemists | $131,950 | $123k – $193k | 11 |
| Biological Scientists, All Other | $159,043 | $95k – $171k | 8 |
| Natural Sciences Managers | $208,163 | $120k – $351k | 6 |
| Industrial Engineers | $152,222 | $97k – $215k | 6 |
Where they hire
The same filings by worksite metro area.
| Metro area | Median offer | Range | Filings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $140,000 | $86k – $351k | 118 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $156,785 | $116k – $215k | 16 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $166,000 | $141k – $280k | 12 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $150,000 | $93k – $337k | 11 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $185,000 | $150k – $230k | 4 |
| Madison, WI | $163,254 | $125k – $171k | 4 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $138,318 | $135k – $185k | 3 |
Offers beside the local going rate
Each row compares Abbvie's median offer with the median for everyone in that occupation and metro, from federal wage statistics.
| Role — Metro | Median offer | Filings | vs. market |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statisticians — Chicago | $138,773 | 17 | +13.6% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other — Chicago | $138,189 | 16 | +35.9% |
| Data Scientists — Chicago | $142,000 | 16 | +31.9% |
| Database Architects — Chicago | $154,000 | 9 | +4.4% |
| Software Developers — Chicago | $170,000 | 9 | +26.5% |
| Chemists — Chicago | $131,950 | 8 | +45.1% |
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists — Chicago | $152,250 | 6 | +82.9% |
| Natural Sciences Managers — Chicago | $208,163 | 5 | +24.6% |
| Statisticians — New York | $145,000 | 5 | +5.4% |
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists — Los Angeles | $145,000 | 5 | +7.5% |
How this page was made
- Employer pay
- US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
- Coverage
- 185 certified full-time H-1B filings. Groups under 3 filings are excluded throughout.
- Market comparison
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.
Filings state the offered base salary at time of application; equity and bonus are not recorded, and visa-sponsored hiring skews toward larger employers and technical roles — this page describes Abbvie's visa filings, not its whole workforce. Employer names are normalised from filing entities, so figures cover the filing entity named above. We take no payment from employers for how any figure is presented, and corrections are welcome at press@salaryalmanac.com.