Merck: H-1B filings and open tech jobs
Merck filed 156 H-1B Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) for tech roles that the Department of Labor certified, from Oct 2024 to Jun 2026. 21% were for new H-1B employment and the median wage on them was $136K a year. FiledFor lists 15 open tech jobs there right now.
Open tech jobs at Merck
15 open tech jobs that don't say they rule out visa sponsorship. The 10 newest are below.
- Associate Scientist, Postdoctoral Fellow – AI/ML and Agentic AI for Drug Discovery
- Associate Scientist, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, AI-Guided Functional Immunology
- Senior Scientist Statistical Programming, Late-Stage (Hybrid)
- Sr. Specialist, Cybersecurity Engineering
- Associate Principal Scientist Statistical Programming, Submission Data Standards Quality Management (Hybrid)
- Senior Data Scientist, Predictive Immune Biomarker Foundation Models
- Associate Director, AI/ML Engineering
- Associate Principal Scientist, Combination Product Design Verification (Associate Director Equivalent)
- Associate Scientist, Post Doc Fellow- AI/ML & Computational Biology for Antigen Design
- Associate Scientist, Post Doc Fellow- Computational Pathology & Spatial AI
Filings by field
| Field | Filings | New employment | Level I-II | Median wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data | 108 | 24 | 53% | $131K |
| AI/ML | 44 | 13 | 52% | $132K |
| Software | 20 | 0 | 72% | $132K |
| Product | 7 | 0 | n/a | n/a |
| IT & Cloud | 6 | 0 | n/a | n/a |
| Security | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a |
One filing can count in more than one field: Software Developer filings count toward software, AI/ML and data, because those roles are often filed under that job code. Level I-II is the share of filings at the lower two of four prevailing wage levels. n/a means fewer than 10 filings in that field, too few for a share or a median.
Filings by quarter
Tech LCA filings by the quarter they were decided. Quarters are federal fiscal quarters: FY25 Q1 runs from October to December 2024.
- FY25 Q1Oct to Dec 202416
- FY25 Q2Jan to Mar 202512
- FY25 Q3Apr to Jun 202544
- FY25 Q4Jul to Sep 202513
- FY26 Q1Oct to Dec 202513
- FY26 Q2Jan to Mar 202625
- FY26 Q3Apr to Jun 202633
Very few filings were decided in October 2025 across all employers, while the federal government was shut down, so FY2026 Q1 looks low for every company.
Job titles filed most
| Job title as filed | Filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Associate Principal Scientist, Statistical Programming | 22 | $143K |
| Senior Scientist, Statistical Programming | 22 | $115K |
| Associate Principal Scientist, Biostatistics | 13 | $140K |
| Senior Scientist, Biostatistics | 13 | $117K |
| Senior Specialist, Data Science | 7 | $140K |
| Sr. Specialist, Data Science | 7 | $129K |
| Scientist, Statistical Programming | 5 | $94K |
| Senior Specialist, Software Engineering | 5 | $132K |
| Associate Director, Data Science | 4 | $154K |
| Senior Specialist, Data Engineering | 4 | $145K |
Worksite cities
| City | Filings |
|---|---|
| Rahway, NJ | 82 |
| North Wales, PA | 50 |
| West Point, PA | 8 |
| Cambridge, MA | 3 |
| Boston, MA | 2 |
| Fuquay Varina, NC | 2 |
| Atlanta, GA | 1 |
| Austin, TX | 1 |
From the same tech filings, decided Oct 4, 2024 to Jun 30, 2026. Wages are yearly medians as filed.
Similar sponsors
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- Equinix 168
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- MUFG 156
- Southwest Airlines 155
- Affirm 142
- Novartis 140
- LendingClub 125
What these numbers mean
An LCA (Labor Condition Application) is a filing an employer makes with the Department of Labor before hiring or keeping an H-1B worker in a role, at a stated wage. It is not a visa approval or a hire: one LCA can cover a role that is never filled, and the visa itself is decided later by USCIS. Certified means the Department of Labor accepted the filing.
Counts here are certified H-1B LCAs for tech roles (computer occupations, plus hardware engineers and IT managers), including ones the employer withdrew after certification. New employment means a filing for a new H-1B job, often a person's first H-1B (this can include someone already working at the company on student work authorization), as opposed to an extension or a transfer from another employer. Wage levels I to IV are the prevailing wage levels for the role and city, from entry level (I) to the most experienced (IV).
Source: U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosure data, decisions from Oct 2024 to Jun 2026, matched to companies by employer tax ID (FEIN). DOL performance data.
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