H-1B wage filings in Davis, CA
Jobs with a worksite in Davis, California. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
206 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Davis, CA as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 39 employers. The median offered wage was $96,700, 17.1% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Postdoctoral Scholar (38).
- Filings
- 206
- Positions covered
- 203
- Employers
- 39
- Median offered
- $96,700
- Median prevailing wage
- $76,700
- Filings since FY2020
- 1,268
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +27%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Davis, CA rose 27%, from $74,942 in fiscal 2020 to $94,827 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 16.3% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 219 filings.
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year
Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.
Davis, CA by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 153 | $94,827 | +10.4% | $76,700 | +16.3% |
| 2025 | 219 | $85,900 | −0.8% | $74,100 | +11.6% |
| 2024 | 190 | $86,600 | +7.1% | $73,000 | +11.5% |
| 2023 | 203 | $80,891 | +3.3% | $68,400 | +11.5% |
| 2022 | 201 | $78,333 | +8.8% | $65,700 | +9.8% |
| 2021 | 162 | $72,000 | −3.9% | $65,292 | +10.8% |
| 2020 | 140 | $74,942 | n/a | $63,100 | +12.6% |
Employers filing for jobs in Davis
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 39. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Davis
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postdoctoral Scholar | 38 | $74,353 | +11.3% | |
| Assistant Project Scientist | 35 | $83,000 | +10.9% | |
| Assistant Professor | 33 | $125,800 | +43.9% | |
| Applications Programmer | 5 | $109,000 | +28.8% | |
| Assistant Researcher | 3 | $119,300 | +27.7% | |
| Associate Professor | 3 | $219,100 | +200.5% | |
| Associate Specialist | 3 | $81,400 | +7.7% | |
| Lecturer | 3 | $79,886 | +12.6% | |
| Software Engineer | 3 | $149,115 | at the minimum | |
| Staff Research Associate | 3 | $80,927 | +12.6% | |
| Veterinary Resident | 3 | $53,965 | +3.2% | |
| Chinese Teacher | 2 | $61,179 | +71.9% | |
| Data Quality Engineer | 2 | $115,000 | +6.1% | |
| Lead Application Developer | 2 | $121,164 | +51.6% | |
| Project Engineer II | 2 | $99,095 | at the minimum | |
| Project Scientist | 2 | $120,200 | +11.6% | |
| Research and Development Engineer | 2 | $93,500 | +46.5% | |
| Senior Research Scientist | 2 | $204,000 | +15.7% | |
| Veterinarian | 2 | $127,750 | +70.7% | |
| Academic Administrator | 1 | $131,906 | +20.6% | |
| AI Engineer / Machine Learning Engineer | 1 | n/a | ||
| Applications Programmer 2 | 1 | $85,000 | +28.8% | |
| Assistant Profesor | 1 | $131,900 | +56.3% | |
| Assistant Professional Researcher | 1 | $93,400 | at the minimum | |
| Assistant Professor and Assistant Agronomist | 1 | $119,300 | +15.4% | |
Seniority of the jobs filed
The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.
What these numbers are
- They are wages employers attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
- A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
- The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.
- The city is the worksite on the filing, which can be a client's office or a remote worker's home, not the employer's headquarters.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.