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AKORN PHARMACEUTICALS - Chemists

Government-verified salary data from 46 US Department of Labor filings.

Median Salary
$76,000
40 DOL filings
Approval Rate 43.5% · most recent FY 2021
Median Salary
$76,000
Certified filings
DOL Filings
40
Certified: 20
Unique Job Titles
4
SOC occupations
Approval Rate
43.5%
Certified vs filed

Salary Range

Based on 40 certified filings
DOL-Filed Salary Range
$62,923$70,346$76,000$80,000$104,779

Salary Trend

FY2016 - FY2021

Salaries by Job Title

4 occupations with DOL-filed salary data
Job TitleFilingsMedian Salaryvs MarketSalary Range
Chemists 40 $76,000 -9.7%
$70,346$70,346$76,000$80,000$80,000
Compliance Officers 4 $63,888 -18.5%
$62,213$62,213$63,888$65,564$65,564
Chemical Engineers 1 N/A N/A
Insufficient data for salary range.
Industrial Engineers 1 N/A N/A
Insufficient data for salary range.

Individual DOL Filings for Chemists at AKORN PHARMACEUTICALS

DateSalaryPrevailing WageLevelLocationEducationStatusSource
Apr 2021 $76,752 $76,752 - Cranbury NE Master's Certified PERM
Mar 2021 $88,235 $54,205 - Decatur IL Bachelor's Certified-Expired PERM
Sep 2020 $62,923 $62,754 - Vernon Hills IL Master's Certified PERM
Aug 2020 $70,346 $70,346 - Cranbury NE Master's Certified PERM
Jul 2020 $80,210 $76,752 - Cranbury NE Master's Certified PERM
May 2020 $79,567 $70,346 - Cranbury NE Master's Certified PERM
May 2020 $76,752 $76,752 - Cranbury NE Master's Certified PERM
Apr 2020 $76,000 $62,754 - Vernon Hills IL Master's Certified PERM
Oct 2019 $83,554 $70,346 - Cranbury NE Master's Certified-Expired PERM
Oct 2019 $62,754 $62,754 - Vernon Hills IL Master's Certified-Expired PERM
Sep 2019 $88,207 $70,346 - Cranbury NE Master's Certified PERM
Jul 2019 $73,056 $62,754 - Vernon Hills IL Master's Certified PERM
May 2019 $70,000 $62,754 - Vernon Hills IL Master's Certified PERM
May 2019 $64,397 $64,397 - Amityville NE Master's Certified PERM
May 2019 $80,000 $78,707 - Somerset NE Master's Certified PERM
Apr 2019 $74,160 $70,346 - Cranbury NE Master's Certified PERM
Mar 2019 $98,679 $69,160 - Cranbury NE Master's Certified-Expired PERM
Mar 2019 $100,130 $69,160 - Cranbury NE Master's Certified-Expired PERM
Mar 2019 $93,600 $93,496 - Somerset NE Master's Certified-Expired PERM
Mar 2019 $92,000 $69,160 - Cranbury NE Master's Certified-Expired PERM
Mar 2019 $87,651 $87,651 - Cranbury NE Master's Certified-Expired PERM
Mar 2019 $77,000 $62,754 - Vernon Hills IL Master's Certified-Expired PERM
Feb 2019 $75,000 $73,840 - Somerset NE Master's Denied PERM
Jan 2019 $83,000 $70,346 - Cranbury NE Master's Certified-Expired PERM
Jan 2019 $90,202 $70,346 - Cranbury NE Master's Certified-Expired PERM
Oct 2018 $85,638 $69,160 - Cranbury NE Master's Denied PERM
Jan 2018 $65,333 $65,333 - Vernon Hills IL Master's Certified PERM
Dec 2017 $63,502 $63,502 - Copiague NY Master's Withdrawn PERM
Dec 2017 $75,000 $63,502 - Copiague NY Master's Withdrawn PERM
Oct 2017 $97,009 $66,997 - Cranbury NJ Master's Withdrawn PERM
Jul 2017 $104,779 $66,997 - Cranbury NJ Master's Certified PERM
Jul 2017 $101,443 $66,997 - Cranbury NJ Master's Certified PERM
May 2017 $74,003 $65,333 - Vernon Hills IL Master's Certified PERM
Feb 2017 $65,333 $65,333 - Vernon Hills IL Master's Certified-Expired PERM
Jan 2017 $63,502 $63,502 - Copiague NY Master's Certified-Expired PERM
Dec 2016 $63,502 $63,502 - Amityville NY Master's Certified-Expired PERM
Feb 2015 $79,755 $70,699 - Vernon Hills IL Master's Certified-Expired PERM
Sep 2012 $73,440 $53,352 - Skokie IL N/A Certified-Expired PERM

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Source: US Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) public disclosure files (PERM Form ETA-9089 and LCA Form ETA-9035), and US Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Salary figures represent employer filings and government survey estimates, not individual worker pay.

Data covers DOL filings from 2012 to 2021.