2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Abbvie

Offered base salaries from 185 certified H-1B filings, across 15 roles in 7 metro areas.

DOL LCA disclosures · FY 2025 Certified, full-time filings only
Table 1 — The median offer

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.

Table 2 — Roles

What they hire for

Offered base salary by occupation, nationwide, ordered by filing volume.

RoleMedian offerRangeFilings
Statisticians$144,410$87k – $230k30
Data Scientists$142,000$86k – $190k21
Computer Occupations, All Other$138,720$93k – $185k19
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists$150,000$109k – $280k17
Software Developers$167,872$120k – $195k13
Database Architects$157,430$123k – $185k12
Chemists$131,950$123k – $193k11
Biological Scientists, All Other$159,043$95k – $171k8
Natural Sciences Managers$208,163$120k – $351k6
Industrial Engineers$152,222$97k – $215k6
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$140,000$86k – $351k118
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$156,785$116k – $215k16
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$166,000$141k – $280k12
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$150,000$93k – $337k11
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$185,000$150k – $230k4
Madison, WI$163,254$125k – $171k4
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$138,318$135k – $185k3
Table 4 — Against the market

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 — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Statisticians — Chicago$138,77317+13.6%
Computer Occupations, All Other — Chicago$138,18916+35.9%
Data Scientists — Chicago$142,00016+31.9%
Database Architects — Chicago$154,0009+4.4%
Software Developers — Chicago$170,0009+26.5%
Chemists — Chicago$131,9508+45.1%
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists — Chicago$152,2506+82.9%
Natural Sciences Managers — Chicago$208,1635+24.6%
Statisticians — New York$145,0005+5.4%
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists — Los Angeles$145,0005+7.5%
Sources

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.