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Gilead Sciences, Inc.
OSHA: 3 insp.Injuries: 3 yrLabor: no recordImmigration: 441 LCAContracts: not listed
The federal record for Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, California, consists of 3 OSHA inspections, 441 labor condition applications, 146 PERM applications and 3 years of injury summaries; the employer is classified under Chemical Manufacturing.
OSHA opened 3 inspections at Gilead Sciences, Inc. sites in California since 2016, issuing 2 citations. Current penalties total $600 (initially $1,050), $200 per inspection, below the national figure of $3,754. 1 inspection has at least one contested citation.
On its 2025 Form 300A summary the employer reported 820 employees and 5 recordable cases, a total recordable case rate of 0.6 per 100 full-time workers, lower than the pooled rate for its industry (1.4; median establishment 0.9).
It filed 441 labor condition applications with OFLC across fiscal years 2025–2026, covering 2,137 worker positions. The median offered wage is $143,606 a year against a median prevailing wage of $139,256, in line with the median across all employers for its most common occupation ($127,075). The most common prevailing wage level is Level IV (29% of filings).
OFLC records 146 PERM labor certification applications from the employer with a median offered wage of $159,321; the employer reported 4,452 employees on payroll.
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Citations may be contested; the status shown reflects the record at the data date. Enforcement data through 14 Sep 2026.
Inspections by year
Compared with industry, state and nation
| Measure | This employer | NAICS 325 | California | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citations per inspection | 0.7 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| Current penalty per inspection | $200 | $6,783 | $3,729 | $3,754 |
| Share of inspections with a contested citation | 33% | — | 27% | 8% |
| Share of inspections with final orders on every citation | 67% | — | 59% | 56% |
Inspections with no citations count as "issued" with zero citations. Industry and state figures cover every inspection in the enforcement data since 2016, including employers without a page.
Citations by standard
| Standard | Subject | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 3664(A) | — | 1 |
| 5191(F) | — | 1 |
Standard numbers as the record labels them (29 CFR section; 5(a)(1) is the General Duty Clause). State-plan agencies such as Cal/OSHA cite their own codes, which appear here as recorded. Counted from the first twelve citations of each inspection.
Inspections
| Opened | Type | Scope | Citations | Current penalty | Status | Cited standards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 May 2024 | Complaint · Health | Partial | 1 | $600 | Final order | 3664(A) |
| 20 Dec 2022 | Accident · Health | Partial | 1 | $0 | Contested, final order | 5191(F) |
| 30 Nov 2022 | Complaint · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed |
Status is per inspection: "Contested" when any citation has a contest date and "Final order" when every citation has a final order date; "Issued" otherwise. Violation types: S serious, W willful, R repeat. Each date links to the inspection detail on osha.gov.
Injuries OSHA Injury Tracking Application, Form 300A
Establishments submit their own Form 300A summaries; OSHA publishes the data as submitted and does not verify it. Rates are per 100 full-time workers (cases × 200,000 ÷ hours worked). Calendar years 2023–2025.
Injury rate vs industry
Total recordable case rate for 2025. The industry median is the median rate across establishments with at least 20,000 hours in NAICS 325 (quartiles 0.0–3.1); "overall" rates pool all hours and cases.
By year
| Year | Establishments | Employees | Hours | Deaths | Days away | Restricted/transfer | Other | TRC rate | DART rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 1,051 | 2,011,148 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.9 |
| 2024 | 2 | 951 | 1,856,464 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| 2025 | 2 | 820 | 1,603,328 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
Figures sum every establishment filed under this employer name in California. Rates are blank where fewer than 2,000 hours were reported.
Labor Wage and Hour Division
The Wage and Hour Division publishes concluded compliance actions since fiscal year 2005; amounts are back wages the employer agreed to pay and civil money penalties assessed, as recorded at case conclusion. Data through 15 Jun 2026.
No concluded Wage and Hour Division compliance action names this employer in California in the data since fiscal year 2005.
Immigration Office of Foreign Labor Certification
Employer-specific case information was provided to OFLC by employers who submitted foreign labor certification applications. These are not employer responses to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' survey. Wage levels I–IV are as the employer stated on the application. LCA data through 30 Jun 2026; PERM through 30 Jun 2026.
H-1B labor condition applications
Applications by fiscal year
Prevailing wage levels
Level I 2%Level II 28%Level III 20%Level IV 29%Not stated 21%
| Measure | This employer | SOC 15-2041 | California | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median offered wage | $143,606 | $127,075 | $156,853 | $122,221 |
| Offered wage, 25th–75th percentile | $120,078–$171,360 | $99,403–$156,520 | — | — |
| Share at Level I or II | 30% | 55% | 42% | 56% |
Wages annualised from the rate and unit on the application (hourly × 2,080). Medians use up to 400 sampled applications per employer. The occupation column is the employer's most common SOC code, Statisticians, across all employers.
Top job titles
| Job title | Filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Manager, Statistical Programming | 13 | $137,218 |
| Post Doc Scientist | 10 | $112,258 |
| Manager, Biostatistics | 9 | $103,272 |
| Director, Marketing Sciences | 8 | $194,177 |
| Associate Scientist, Process Development | 8 | $117,300 |
| R&D Info Systems Analyst II | 7 | $110,388 |
| Sr Manager, Biostatistics | 7 | $178,214 |
| Stat Programmer II | 6 | $103,272 |
| Senior Stat Programmer | 5 | $146,078 |
| Associate Clinical Pharmacology Director | 5 | $172,099 |
| Senior Manager, IT Data Engineering | 4 | $152,691 |
| Senior Manager, R&D Information Systems | 4 | $183,377 |
Occupations (SOC)
| Occupation | Filings | SOC median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Statisticians | 64 | $127,075 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | 57 | $200,006 |
| Biochemists and Biophysicists | 38 | $77,898 |
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | 37 | $75,000 |
| Data Scientists | 31 | $123,741 |
| Bioinformatics Scientists | 27 | $82,100 |
| Chemists | 25 | $88,508 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | 18 | $114,808 |
Worksite states
California 334 · North Carolina 64 · New Jersey 12 · Washington 11 · Texas 7 · Virginia 4 · Wisconsin 2 · Arizona 2
Visa classes: H-1B 438, H-1B1 Singapore 3. Applications are attributed to the employer's state on the form (California); worksites may be elsewhere.
PERM labor certification (green card sponsorship)
Top PERM job titles
| Job title | Applications |
|---|---|
| Sr. Manager, IT | 7 |
| Sr. Statistical Programmer | 6 |
| Manager, Statistical Programming | 5 |
| Associate Director, IT | 4 |
| Sr. IT Services Engineer | 4 |
| Sr. Research Associate I, Analytical Operations | 3 |
| Manager, Biostatistics | 3 |
| Sr. Technical Manager | 3 |
| Associate Director, Marketing Sciences | 3 |
| Sr. Manager, Government Pricing & Contracting | 2 |
PERM occupations
Contracts USAspending.gov
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Not among the top 3,903 federal contract recipients loaded from USAspending for the latest twelve months. Smaller awards can be searched on USAspending.gov.
Questions and answers
Has OSHA inspected Gilead Sciences, Inc.?
Yes. OSHA records 3 inspections at Gilead Sciences, Inc. sites in California since 2016, most recently opened 9 May 2024.
Were there penalties, and are they final?
2 citations with current penalties totalling $600. 2 inspections have a final order on every citation, 1 has a contested citation and 1 is recorded as issued. Citations may be contested; the status shown reflects the record at the data date.
Did the Labor Department find back wages due from Gilead Sciences, Inc.?
No concluded Wage and Hour Division compliance action names Gilead Sciences, Inc. in California in the data since fiscal year 2005.
Does Gilead Sciences, Inc. sponsor H-1B workers, and at what wages?
It filed 441 labor condition applications in fiscal years 2025–2026; 438 were certified. The median offered wage is $143,606 a year; the most common job title is Manager, Statistical Programming.
Does Gilead Sciences, Inc. sponsor green cards (PERM)?
OFLC records 146 PERM applications in fiscal years 2024–2026, 135 of them certified.
Does Gilead Sciences, Inc. hold federal contracts?
It is not among the top federal contract recipients loaded from USAspending; smaller awards are not covered on this site.
Have there been union elections at Gilead Sciences, Inc.?
NLRB election results are not loaded on this site at present, so this page cannot say either way. The NLRB publishes recent election results and a case search on nlrb.gov.
Is this the same company as the one I am looking for?
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Provenance
OSHA inspections and violations: US Department of Labor enforcement data, data.dol.gov, through 14 Sep 2026, inspections opened since 2016. Injury summaries: OSHA Injury Tracking Application Form 300A data, calendar years 2023, 2024, 2025. Wage and Hour compliance actions: data.dol.gov, concluded cases through 15 Jun 2026. LCA and PERM: OFLC disclosure files, fiscal years 2025–2026 through 30 Jun 2026. Federal contracts: USAspending recipient API, latest twelve months at 1 Oct 2026. NLRB election results are not loaded in this build. US government works, public domain; USAspending data is released under CC0. Page built 1 Oct 2026; errors in processing are corrected at the next build (corrections). Disputes about a record go to the agency that holds it.