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Offered wages

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO — H-1B salaries

Every offered wage disclosed on UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO's certified labor condition applications — 151 positions — grouped into $5,000 bands and cut by occupation and by metro. Percentiles are computed from those bands at read time.

Full filing record
Median offered wage
$83,370

Interpolated inside a $5,000 band, so it reads as a point in a range rather than a salary anyone was paid.

151 disclosed positions

25th percentile
$74,948

A quarter of disclosed positions were offered less than this.

75th percentile
$96,607

A quarter of disclosed positions were offered more than this.

Occupations
41

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.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO — offered wage distributionUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO: wage distribution across 151 disclosed positions, from $60k to $375k, median $83,370.median $83k$60k$375k

25th $74,948 · median $83,370 · 75th $96,607 · 151 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.

Percentiles are computed per occupation from that occupation's bands. They do not average to the figure above, and they are not supposed to — the all-occupations figure is the summed distribution, not the mean of these rows.
Occupation (SOC)Disclosed positions25thMedian75thPrevailing wage level
19-1021.00 · Biochemists and Biophysicists42$73,250$80,556$86,250Not stated 42
19-1042.00 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists21$75,179$78,929$83,750Not stated 21
19-4021.00 · Biological Technicians13$72,813$78,750$83,438I 1 · Not stated 12
19-1029.01 · Bioinformatics Scientists9$72,083$77,500$86,875Not stated 9
19-2012.00 · Physicists6$82,500$92,500$101,250Not stated 6
15-1221.00 · Computer and Information Research Scientists6$76,250$80,000$97,500I 2 · Not stated 4
25-1063.00 · Economics Teachers, Postsecondary4$105,000$190,000$210,000I 2 · II 1 · Not stated 1
25-1065.00 · Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary3$141,875$143,750$146,250I 3
25-1042.00 · Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary3$103,750$127,500$141,250I 3
19-2021.00 · Atmospheric and Space Scientists3$93,750$102,500$116,250Not stated 3
19-2043.00 · Hydrologists3$88,750$96,250$98,125I 2 · Not stated 1
25-1071.00 · Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary2$172,500$175,000$222,500II 1 · IV 1
19-2042.00 · Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers2$132,500$135,000$137,500Not stated 2
15-1296.00 · Software Developers, R&D2$97,500$100,000$122,500I 1 · II 1
17-2031.00 · Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers2$77,500$80,000$87,500Not stated 2
19-2032.00 · Materials Scientists2$77,500$80,000$87,500Not stated 2
17-2141.00 · Mechanical Engineers2$72,500$75,000$77,500Not stated 2
19-4061.00 · Social Science Research Assistants2$71,250$72,500$73,750II 2
15-2051.00 · Data Scientists2$67,500$70,000$87,500II 1 · Not stated 1
29-1224.00 · Radiologists1$371,250$372,500$373,750IV 1
29-1249.00 · Surgeons, All Other1$301,250$302,500$303,750IV 1
25-1032.00 · Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary1$166,250$167,500$168,750I 1
25-1021.00 · Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary1$146,250$147,500$148,750II 1
25-1022.00 · Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary1$146,250$147,500$148,750I 1
17-2051.00 · Civil Engineers1$121,250$122,500$123,750Not stated 1
25-1052.00 · Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary1$106,250$107,500$108,750I 1
15-2041.01 · Biostatisticians1$106,250$107,500$108,750II 1
25-1054.00 · Physics Teachers, Postsecondary1$101,250$102,500$103,750I 1
19-1029.04 · Biologists1$101,250$102,500$103,750Not stated 1
25-1066.00 · Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary1$96,250$97,500$98,750I 1
13-2051.00 · Financial and Investment Analysts1$96,250$97,500$98,750II 1
17-2071.00 · Electrical Engineers1$96,250$97,500$98,750Not stated 1
13-2011.00 · Accountants and Auditors1$91,250$92,500$93,750II 1
25-1124.00 · Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary1$81,250$82,500$83,750Not stated 1
19-3051.00 · Urban and Regional Planners1$81,250$82,500$83,750Not stated 1
27-2022.00 · Coaches and Scouts1$81,250$82,500$83,750I 1
19-1041.00 · Epidemiologists1$76,250$77,500$78,750Not stated 1
25-1069.00 · Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other1$71,250$72,500$73,750Not stated 1
17-2131.00 · Materials Engineers1$71,250$72,500$73,750Not stated 1
19-1022.00 · Microbiologists1$66,250$67,500$68,750Not stated 1
19-2041.00 · Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health1$61,250$62,500$63,750Not 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.

19-1021.00 · Biochemists and Biophysicists42 disclosed positions · 1 metro

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO — 19-1021.00 · Biochemists and Biophysicists — offered wage distributionUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO — 19-1021.00 · Biochemists and Biophysicists: wage distribution across 42 disclosed positions, from $65k to $105k, median $80,556.median $81k$65k$105k

25th $73,250 · median $80,556 · 75th $86,250 · 42 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.

19-1042.00 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists21 disclosed positions · 2 metros

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO — 19-1042.00 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists — offered wage distributionUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO — 19-1042.00 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists: wage distribution across 21 disclosed positions, from $60k to $90k, median $78,929.median $79k$60k$90k

25th $75,179 · median $78,929 · 75th $83,750 · 21 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.

19-4021.00 · Biological Technicians13 disclosed positions · 1 metro

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO — 19-4021.00 · Biological Technicians — offered wage distributionUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO — 19-4021.00 · Biological Technicians: wage distribution across 13 disclosed positions, from $65k to $120k, median $78,750.median $79k$65k$120k

25th $72,813 · median $78,750 · 75th $83,438 · 13 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.

Only bands recorded against a named city and state appear here, so these rows can sum to less than the total above.
Metro areaDisclosed positions25thMedian75thOccupations
La Jolla, CA146$74,891$83,261$95,35740
San Diego, CA3$73,750$77,500$171,2503
El Centro, CA1$371,250$372,500$373,7501
Laguna Beach, CA1$206,250$207,500$208,7501

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.

A level-heavy split toward I and II means the roles were filed as junior, whatever the job title says.
LevelPositionsShare
Level I2013.2%
Level II106.6%
Level IV32.0%
Not stated11878.1%

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 (151 positions); no median is stored anywhere in the dataset. How the derivation works.