Ionis Pharmaceuticals

Hiring · 36 open jobs

General information

Ionis Pharmaceuticals makes medicines that target RNA and DNA to treat genetic diseases. Its product Spinraza treats spinal muscular atrophy, a disease that weakens muscles. Tegsedi treats a hereditary form of amyloidosis, and Waylivra treats a rare fat-processing disorder called familial chylomicronemia syndrome. Qalsody treats a form of ALS linked to the SOD1 gene. The company is based in Carlsbad, California.

Ionis was founded in 1989 by Stanley T. Crooke under the name ISIS Pharmaceuticals. It changed its name to Ionis in December 2015. In 2024, the company had 1,069 employees and generated revenue of $705.1 million. It is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the ticker IONS. That is a small company by headcount, but its medicines treat rare diseases that affect small numbers of patients worldwide.

Currently, there's a total of 31 job openings at Ionis Pharmaceuticals. Over the last 30 days, 34 jobs were added and 3 were removed (job postings usually stay up ~3 days before being removed). Historically, the median salary is ~$150,000. Ionis Pharmaceuticals is an H-1B sponsor.¹

Website

ionispharma.com

Headquarters

carlsbad, United States

Industry

Healthcare & Life Sci

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Pay

What does Ionis Pharmaceuticals actually pay? Based on previous and active job listings with specified pay ranges, the median annual pay is $157,956. Note that 35% 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.³

Share of salaried jobs in each pay bracket

Share of salaried jobs in each pay bracket
Bracket	Jobs
Under $100k	4 jobs (15%)
$100k to $150k	3 jobs (11%)
$150k to $200k	14 jobs (52%)
$200k and up	6 jobs (22%)

Posted ranges on jobs open now³

Vice President, Compliance$280,000 – $325,000

Executive Director, Head of Payer Account Management$227,000 – $295,000

Executive Director, GMP Quality$221,151 – $288,783

$65k$325k

Assistant Director/ Associate Director/ Director, Patient Safety Operations$132,140 – $268,875

Assistant Director/Associate Director, Toxicology$142,551 – $255,000

Associate Director, Clinical Development - Neurology$168,820 – $250,502

Associate Director, Biometrics$164,760 – $222,888

Associate Director, US Value & Access$190,000 – $216,000

Associate Director, Regulatory and Medical Writer$142,588 – $201,472

Associate Director, Corporate Operations - Process Improvement & Optimization Leader$134,204 – $197,100

Associate Director, Development Quality Assurance$154,500 – $196,873

Assistant/Associate Director, Pharmacovigilance Quality Assurance$121,205 – $196,548

Protein Scientist, Assistant Director or Associate Director$144,200 – $196,444

Assistant Director / Associate Director, Pharmaceutical Development ‒ Regulatory Writing$93,200 – $186,749

Functional Genomics Senior Scientist/Assistant Director$137,666 – $178,246

Clinical Account Specialist, Daytona Beach, FL$140,000 – $160,000

Clinical Account Specialist, Downtown LA, CA$140,000 – $160,000

Clinical Account Specialist (CAS), Millville, NJ$140,000 – $160,000

Clinical Account Specialist (CAS), Manchester, NH$140,000 – $160,000

Clinical Account Specialist, Central Coast, CA$140,000 – $160,000

Clinical Account Specialist - St. Louis, MO$140,000 – $160,000

Senior Scientist, Analytical Development & Quality Control (ADQC)$113,856 – $150,241

Assistant Director, Sales & Operations Execution Planning$97,090 – $141,725

Manager/Senior Manager, GMP Quality - Drug Substance$70,844 – $126,585

Postdoctoral Researcher: Precision Delivery of RNA Therapeutics$65,000 – $87,000

Postdoctoral Fellow - Neurology Research$65,000 – $87,000

Manager/ QA Associate, GxP Quality Systems$70,844 – $82,088

Visa sponsorship

Does Ionis Pharmaceuticals 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. Ionis Pharmaceuticals is a likely employer for applicants who require sponsorship. Currently, they have 4 jobs certified for sponsorship in 2026, at a median pay of $144,115.⁴

Visa petitions approved each year (USCIS)⁴

H1B petitions approved, by fiscal year (USCIS)
Fiscal year	Approved
FY2021	5
FY2022	5
FY2023	0

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 Ionis Pharmaceuticals hiring now?

Yes. There are 36 open jobs.

Does Ionis Pharmaceuticals sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Government records show 4 jobs certified for FY2026, at a median pay of $144,115.

How much does Ionis Pharmaceuticals pay?

Posted pay runs $65,000 to $325,000 a year, and the median is $157,956. We only show pay the company printed itself, never estimates.

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Notes & sources

50 daily listing observations, Aug 26 to Sep 12 windowRechecked daily, last September 12, 2026

1. Company description. Written by InterviewOS from Ionis Pharmaceuticals's public materials and press coverage; facts are checked against the sources below.
2. Live counts. Deduplicated live listings observed daily on Ionis Pharmaceuticals's own hiring system; last check September 12, 2026. Stale and syndicated posts on aggregator sites are not counted.
3. Posted pay. Ranges extracted from the text of Ionis Pharmaceuticals's own listings; a range appears only when the employer printed one. Extraction is still rolling out, so this table can lag the board.
4. Federal visa records. USCIS H1B Employer Data Hub and US Department of Labor LCA disclosure files, matched to this company by name.

Sources
ionispharma.com, checked daily
USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub
US Department of Labor LCA disclosure files
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