Top 100 H1B Visa Sponsors in Chemical Manufacturing since 2001

Rank	Company	H1B Visa Applications	H1B Visa Average Salary(2008)
1	Pfizer	1,486	101,696
2	Abbott Laboratories	1,358	92,489
3	Bristol Myers Squibb	1,330	92,620
4	Eli Lilly and	1,223	93,226
5	SmithKlineBeecham Corporation d b aGlaxoSmithKline	912	83,152
6	Merck	850	83,846
7	Wyeth	445	89,964
8	Praxair	378	85,328
9	E I Dupont DE Nemours	359	92,116
10	Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals	333	84,561
11	Forest Laboratories	329	93,483
12	Bayer	279	74,219
13	Eastman Kodak	265	94,000
14	Bayer HealthCare	245	86,605
15	sanofi aventis	242	95,057
16	Quintiles	241	75,284
17	Biogen Idec	221	97,981
17	Ecolab	221	88,516
19	Pharmaceutics International	193	57,352
20	Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories	185	63,045
21	Formosa Plastics	179	52,679
22	Hoffmann LA Roche	174	110,821
23	The BOC Group	149	-
24	Purdue Pharma	147	107,896
25	Eastman Chemical	146	85,974
26	Ohm Laboratories	141	80,667
27	Watson Laboratories	139	92,726
28	Interpharm	138	47,900
29	Alza	136	91,600
30	The Procter Gamble	129	99,418
31	Accumed	125	51,336
32	American Air Liquide	124	83,092
33	Human Genome Sciences	123	91,811
34	Amneal Pharmaceutical	119	43,339
35	Kali Laboratories	113	65,333
36	OSI Pharmaceuticals	112	84,340
37	Saint Gobain Ceramics Plastics	106	73,367
38	Celanese	105	89,073
39	Barr Laboratories	101	100,133
40	The Sherwin Williams	100	77,777
40	InvaGen Pharmaceuticals	100	53,948
42	Air Products Chemicals	98	92,115
43	Guardian Drug	86	60,106
44	Allergan	85	-
44	Hospira	85	94,559
46	Fossil Partners	84	63,056
47	W R Grace	80	88,225
47	Cabot	80	114,307
49	GRT	79	80,000
50	Sepracor	78	110,040
50	Amphastar Pharmaceuticals	78	39,047
52	Firmenich	77	77,069
53	Bausch Lomb	76	91,338
54	FMC	75	90,564
55	Andrx Pharmaceuticals	74	-
55	Morton Grove Pharmaceuticals	74	75,000
57	NAN YA Plastics Corp America	72	40,088
57	Cytokinetics	72	93,556
59	Nalco	71	79,350
60	Solutia	70	79,445
60	Sun Pharmaceutical Industries	70	68,874
62	Bactolac Pharmaceutical	69	48,630
62	Princeton Biomeditech	69	48,667
62	The Clorox	69	87,418
65	Ashland	67	66,468
65	Henkel	67	73,238
67	Capricorn Pharma	65	46,598
68	Medico Labs	64	52,219
69	Sun Chemical	63	55,650
70	Mutual Pharmaceutical	62	82,306
71	Cubist Pharmaceuticals	61	96,479
71	Tris Pharma	61	47,980
73	Astrazeneca	60	93,840
73	Synta Pharmaceuticals	60	70,783
75	Impax Laboratories	57	77,377
76	BEHR Process	56	73,625
76	Ciba Specialty Chemicals	56	71,890
76	Naturex	56	83,025
79	Novel Laboratories	54	66,357
79	Nektar Therapeutics	54	151,911
81	Health Products Research	50	81,929
81	KOS Pharmaceuticals	50	-
81	Arkema	50	77,193
81	Apr Consulting	50	49,423
85	Clariant	46	62,703
85	Dionex	46	78,701
87	Armstrong Pharmaceuticals	45	115,869
87	Derm Cosmetic Labs	45	115,478
87	PharmaNet	45	64,750
87	Diagnostic Systems Laboratories	45	-
91	Belcher Pharmaceuticals	44	42,987
91	Caremark RX	44	-
91	Roche Molecular Systems	44	96,534
94	Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America	43	99,000
95	3D International	42	-
95	Bayer Pharmaceuticals	42	-
95	Anchen Pharmaceuticals	42	56,850
98	Champion Technologies	41	78,841
99	Catalytic Solutions	40	78,627
99	UCB Research	40	115,296