2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Gilead Sciences

Offered base salaries from 132 certified H-1B filings, across 12 roles in 4 metro areas.

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

Half of Gilead Sciences's certified filings offered $149,781 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $115,357 and $174,699. 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
Computer and Information Systems Managers$162,342$127k – $237k33
Statisticians$110,822$89k – $175k25
Biochemists and Biophysicists$112,882$113k – $137k10
Natural Sciences Managers$194,911$153k – $205k7
Data Scientists$194,834$116k – $195k7
Industrial Engineers$155,750$112k – $163k6
Managers, All Other$151,811$145k – $206k5
Operations Research Analysts$141,523$85k – $149k5
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists$120,078$120k – $172k5
Computer Occupations, All Other$126,256$115k – $186k4
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$154,856$89k – $272k88
Raleigh-Cary, NC$149,781$115k – $212k23
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$103,272$103k – $103k5
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$114,000$111k – $172k3
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

Each row compares Gilead Sciences's median offer with the median for everyone in that occupation and metro, from federal wage statistics.

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Computer and Information Systems Managers — Raleigh$152,13919−12.5%
Computer and Information Systems Managers — San Francisco$200,30413−14.0%
Biochemists and Biophysicists — San Francisco$112,88210−31.6%
Natural Sciences Managers — San Francisco$204,8596−9.0%
Managers, All Other — San Francisco$151,8115−27.7%
Statisticians — Seattle$103,2725−2.3%
Data Scientists — San Francisco$194,8345+14.5%
Industrial Engineers — San Francisco$155,7505+17.8%
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists — San Francisco$120,0785−25.0%
Sources

How this page was made

Employer pay
US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
Coverage
132 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 Gilead Sciences'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.