Thermo Fisher Scientific
Offered base salaries from 197 certified H-1B filings, across 19 roles in 17 metro areas.
Half of Thermo Fisher Scientific's certified filings offered $114,483 or more.
The middle half of offers fell between $98,218 and $134,534. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | $131,581 | $88k – $200k | 49 |
| Data Scientists | $103,750 | $78k – $131k | 19 |
| Industrial Engineers | $98,925 | $71k – $167k | 15 |
| Chemists | $96,139 | $70k – $117k | 14 |
| Biological Scientists, All Other | $115,149 | $70k – $140k | 13 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | $115,627 | $53k – $140k | 9 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | $190,000 | $127k – $201k | 8 |
| Marketing Managers | $150,384 | $111k – $168k | 5 |
| Project Management Specialists | $115,000 | $80k – $119k | 5 |
| Materials Scientists | $89,107 | $89k – $119k | 5 |
Where they hire
The same filings by worksite metro area.
| Metro area | Median offer | Range | Filings |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $126,880 | $53k – $200k | 23 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $140,000 | $75k – $201k | 20 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $115,000 | $64k – $178k | 18 |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | $108,826 | $82k – $156k | 13 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | $113,069 | $65k – $134k | 13 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $118,456 | $96k – $150k | 12 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $116,000 | $98k – $167k | 10 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $106,454 | $81k – $155k | 9 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $100,000 | $81k – $171k | 8 |
| Greenville, NC | $98,259 | $74k – $190k | 6 |
Offers beside the local going rate
Each row compares Thermo Fisher Scientific's median offer with the median for everyone in that occupation and metro, from federal wage statistics.
| Role — Metro | Median offer | Filings | vs. market |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers — Austin | $114,754 | 8 | −14.4% |
| Software Developers — Pittsburgh | $131,581 | 6 | +5.7% |
| Software Developers — San Diego | $157,581 | 6 | −3.5% |
| Data Scientists — San Diego | $103,958 | 6 | −20.6% |
How this page was made
- Employer pay
- US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
- Coverage
- 197 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 Thermo Fisher Scientific'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.