Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)
Senior Scientist, Chemistry
Occupation profile for Senior Scientist, Chemistry covers 23 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $117,000.
- FY2026 certified median
- $117,000
- Total filings
- 23
- FY2026 25th–75th percentile
- $116,425–$136,050
- Top employer
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median | 25th percentile | 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 3 | $124,630 | $119,815 | $129,073 |
| FY2025 | 10 | $115,324 | $114,700 | $135,865 |
| FY2026 (Q1–Q3) | 10 | $117,000 | $116,425 | $136,050 |
FY2026 is partial (*). Its filing totals are not comparable to a full fiscal year.
Median offer by fiscal year
Top employers
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC13 filings
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company2 filings
- AbbVie Inc.1 filings
- AGIOS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.1 filings
- Arcus Biosciences, Inc.1 filings
- Kodiak Sciences Inc.1 filings
- Merck Research Laboratories Massachusetts, LLC1 filings
- MRL San Francisco LLC1 filings
- TAE Life Sciences US, LLC1 filings
- Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.1 filings
Top cities
- Rahway12 filings
- Cambridge2 filings
- Hayward1 filings
- Palo Alto1 filings
- Santa Monica1 filings
- South San Francisco1 filings
- North Chicago1 filings
- Boston1 filings
- Rockville1 filings
- New Brunswick1 filings
Filings by employer and title
Prevailing wages by area and occupation
The OFLC wage year runs from July through June. Worksites use the area of the most frequently reported county with a matching wage area for their city.
| Wage year | Area | SOC | Level I | Level II | Level III | Level IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 35620 | 19-2031 | $66,186 | $81,994 | $97,781 | $113,589 |
| 2026-27 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 35620 | 19-1021 | $85,966 | $102,669 | $119,371 | $136,074 |
| 2026-27 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 14460 | 19-2031 | $77,002 | $103,626 | $130,250 | $156,874 |
| 2026-27 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-INArea 16980 | 19-2031 | $65,603 | $82,950 | $100,277 | $117,624 |
| 2026-27 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAArea 31080 | 19-1021 | $91,582 | $115,357 | $139,152 | $162,926 |
| 2026-27 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MDArea 37980 | 19-2031 | $62,899 | $82,888 | $102,898 | $122,886 |
| 2026-27 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 41860 | 19-1042 | $108,909 | $133,099 | $157,310 | $181,501 |
| 2026-27 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 41860 | 19-2031 | $82,410 | $106,517 | $130,624 | $154,731 |
| 2026-27 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 41940 | 19-2031 | $78,312 | $99,715 | $121,139 | $142,542 |
| 2026-27 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WVArea 47900 | 19-2031 | $94,786 | $119,538 | $144,310 | $169,062 |