Offered wages
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory — H-1B salaries
Every offered wage disclosed on Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's certified labor condition applications — 75 positions — grouped into $5,000 bands and cut by occupation and by metro. Percentiles are computed from those bands at read time.
- Median offered wage
- $127,917
- 25th percentile
- $94,583
- 75th percentile
- $180,313
- Occupations
- 24
Interpolated inside a $5,000 band, so it reads as a point in a range rather than a salary anyone was paid.
75 disclosed positions
A quarter of disclosed positions were offered less than this.
A quarter of disclosed positions were offered more than this.
Distinct SOC codes with at least one disclosed wage.
All disclosed wages
The whole distribution, every occupation together. The dashed line is the median, derived from these bands.
25th $94,583 · median $127,917 · 75th $180,313 · 75 disclosed positions
Offered wages from certified Labor Condition Applications, grouped into $5,000 bands. Percentiles are computed from the bands, not from a stored average.
By occupation
Each SOC code the employer filed under, with its own percentiles derived from its own bands.
| Occupation (SOC) | Disclosed positions | 25th | Median | 75th | Prevailing wage level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19-2012.00 · Physicists | 12 | $100,000 | $170,000 | $185,000 | III 3 · IV 4 · Not stated 5 |
| 15-1299.08 · Computer Systems Engineers/Architects | 9 | $180,625 | $187,500 | $197,917 | I 1 · III 6 · IV 2 |
| 17-2199.03 · Energy Engineers, Except Wind and Solar | 9 | $111,250 | $126,875 | $129,688 | II 6 · Not stated 3 |
| 19-2032.00 · Materials Scientists | 6 | $87,500 | $95,000 | $141,250 | III 1 · Not stated 5 |
| 19-1021.00 · Biochemists and Biophysicists | 5 | $81,250 | $92,500 | $101,875 | II 2 · Not stated 3 |
| 19-2031.00 · Chemists | 5 | $85,625 | $88,750 | $93,750 | Not stated 5 |
| 15-1252.00 · Software Developers | 4 | $147,500 | $150,000 | $205,000 | III 3 · IV 1 |
| 15-2021.00 · Mathematicians | 3 | $108,750 | $166,250 | $168,125 | III 2 · Not stated 1 |
| 19-2042.00 · Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers | 3 | $88,750 | $107,500 | $141,250 | III 1 · Not stated 2 |
| 19-1029.01 · Bioinformatics Scientists | 3 | $98,750 | $102,500 | $126,250 | III 1 · Not stated 2 |
| 19-1029.04 · Biologists | 2 | $117,500 | $120,000 | $122,500 | III 1 · Not stated 1 |
| 19-1022.00 · Microbiologists | 2 | $82,500 | $85,000 | $87,500 | Not stated 2 |
| 11-3021.00 · Computer and Information Systems Managers | 1 | $251,250 | $252,500 | $253,750 | IV 1 |
| 15-1221.00 · Computer and Information Research Scientists | 1 | $216,250 | $217,500 | $218,750 | III 1 |
| 17-2072.00 · Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | 1 | $206,250 | $207,500 | $208,750 | IV 1 |
| 17-2071.00 · Electrical Engineers | 1 | $206,250 | $207,500 | $208,750 | III 1 |
| 11-9199.02 · Compliance Managers | 1 | $186,250 | $187,500 | $188,750 | III 1 |
| 15-2051.01 · Business Intelligence Analysts | 1 | $181,250 | $182,500 | $183,750 | III 1 |
| 17-2051.00 · Civil Engineers | 1 | $151,250 | $152,500 | $153,750 | II 1 |
| 13-2051.00 · Financial and Investment Analysts | 1 | $126,250 | $127,500 | $128,750 | III 1 |
| 17-2141.00 · Mechanical Engineers | 1 | $106,250 | $107,500 | $108,750 | Not stated 1 |
| 17-2041.00 · Chemical Engineers | 1 | $101,250 | $102,500 | $103,750 | Not stated 1 |
| 19-1013.00 · Soil and Plant Scientists | 1 | $86,250 | $87,500 | $88,750 | Not stated 1 |
| 11-9121.02 · Water Resource Specialists | 1 | $81,250 | $82,500 | $83,750 | Not stated 1 |
Rows with fewer than 5 disclosed positions are shown because they are real filings, but a percentile over that few offers is an anecdote rather than a range. The disclosed-position column is there so you can tell which is which.
Largest occupations in detail
The same bands, drawn. Shape matters: two occupations with the same median can pay very differently at the edges.
19-2012.00 · Physicists12 disclosed positions · 1 metro
25th $100,000 · median $170,000 · 75th $185,000 · 12 disclosed positions
Offered wages from certified Labor Condition Applications, grouped into $5,000 bands. Percentiles are computed from the bands, not from a stored average.
15-1299.08 · Computer Systems Engineers/Architects9 disclosed positions · 1 metro
25th $180,625 · median $187,500 · 75th $197,917 · 9 disclosed positions
Offered wages from certified Labor Condition Applications, grouped into $5,000 bands. Percentiles are computed from the bands, not from a stored average.
17-2199.03 · Energy Engineers, Except Wind and Solar9 disclosed positions · 1 metro
25th $111,250 · median $126,875 · 75th $129,688 · 9 disclosed positions
Offered wages from certified Labor Condition Applications, grouped into $5,000 bands. Percentiles are computed from the bands, not from a stored average.
By metro area
The same wages cut by where the work is, from the metro half of each stored band key.
| Metro area | Disclosed positions | 25th | Median | 75th | Occupations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkeley, CA | 74 | $95,833 | $128,333 | $180,625 | 24 |
| Emeryville, CA | 1 | $76,250 | $77,500 | $78,750 | 1 |
Prevailing wage levels
Level I is entry, level IV is fully competent and independent. The level sets the legal floor the offered wage has to clear.
| Level | Positions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Level I | 1 | 1.3% |
| Level II | 9 | 12.0% |
| Level III | 23 | 30.7% |
| Level IV | 9 | 12.0% |
| Not stated | 33 | 44.0% |
Wages here are the OFFERED WAGE on the labor condition application — a commitment the employer made to the Department of Labor, not anyone’s actual compensation, and it excludes bonus and equity. Every percentile on this page is computed at render time from stored $5,000 band counts (75 positions); no median is stored anywhere in the dataset. How the derivation works.