Gilead Health
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Gilead Sciences is a biopharmaceutical company that researches and makes medicines. It sells more than 25 medicines focused on virology, including HIV and viral hepatitis, plus oncology and inflammation. Drugs include Truvada and Sovaldi for HIV and hepatitis, and Trodelvy for cancer. The company is based in Foster City, United States.
Gilead was founded on June 22, 1987, in Foster City, California, by Michael L. Riordan. It is a public company on NASDAQ under ticker GILD, and a member of the Nasdaq-100 and S&P 500. Gilead bought NeXstar Pharmaceuticals in 1999, Pharmasset for $10.4 billion in 2011, and Kite Pharma for $11.9 billion in 2017. It now has about 17,000 employees and $29.44 billion in revenue. That matters: the Pharmasset and Kite deals show Gilead buys its way into new fields like cancer treatment.
Currently, there's a total of 355 job openings at Gilead Health. Over the last 30 days, 283 jobs were added and 444 were removed (job postings usually stay up ~22 days before being removed). Historically, the median salary is ~$259,447. Gilead Health is a top-tier H-1B sponsor.1
Hiring activity
New jobs added per week2
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| Week beginning | New listings |
|---|---|
| July 20, 2026 | 0 |
| July 27, 2026 | 0 |
| August 3, 2026 | 142 |
| August 10, 2026 | 49 |
| August 17, 2026 | 47 |
| August 24, 2026 | 44 |
| August 31, 2026 | 42 |
| September 7, 2026 (in progress) | 159 |
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What does Gilead Health actually pay? Based on previous and active job listings with specified pay ranges, the median annual pay is $204,068. Note that 31% of jobs don't list any pay information, so figures may be skewed towards cities like NYC, where pay disclosure is mandated for each posting.4
Share of salaried jobs in each pay bracket
| Bracket | Jobs |
|---|---|
| Under $100k | 4 jobs (1%) |
| $100k to $150k | 54 jobs (15%) |
| $150k to $200k | 122 jobs (33%) |
| $200k and up | 187 jobs (51%) |
Plus 99 hourly jobs at $19 to $55 an hour.
Posted ranges on jobs open now4
Hourly jobs
Visa sponsorship
Does Gilead Health sponsor visas? Using USCIS data, we've collected the number of H-1Bs granted from 2021 to 2023 as well as the number of petitions they've requested so far this year. Gilead Health is a top employer for applicants who require sponsorship. Currently, they have 160 jobs certified for sponsorship in 2026, at a median pay of $159,070.5
Visa petitions approved each year (USCIS)5
| Fiscal year | Approved |
|---|---|
| FY2021 | 156 |
| FY2022 | 197 |
| FY2023 | 75 |
Based on public USCIS and Department of Labor records. Past filings do not guarantee future sponsorship. Browse all H1B sponsors →
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Common questions
Is Gilead Health hiring now?
Yes. There are 494 open jobs, with 304 added in the last 30 days. They close fast though, often within 26 days, so don't wait.
Does Gilead Health sponsor H-1B visas?
Yes. Government records show 160 jobs certified for FY2026, at a median pay of $159,070.
How much does Gilead Health pay?
Posted pay runs $210,375 to $451,660 a year, and the median is $204,068. We only show pay the company printed itself, never estimates.
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Notes & sources
- 1. Company description. Written by InterviewOS from Gilead Health's public materials and press coverage; facts are checked against the sources below.
- 2. Weekly counts. A count is the number of listings the pipeline saw for the first time in that week. Weeks begin Monday; the onboarding week is excluded from the scale and every average.
- 3. Live counts. Deduplicated live listings observed daily on Gilead Health's own hiring system; last check September 12, 2026. Stale and syndicated posts on aggregator sites are not counted.
- 4. Posted pay. Ranges extracted from the text of Gilead Health's own listings; a range appears only when the employer printed one. Extraction is still rolling out, so this table can lag the board.
- 5. Federal visa records. USCIS H1B Employer Data Hub and US Department of Labor LCA disclosure files, matched to this company by name.
Sources
gilead.com, checked daily
USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub
US Department of Labor LCA disclosure files
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