H-1B wage filings in Stanford, CA
Jobs with a worksite in Stanford, California. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
379 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Stanford, CA as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 19 employers. The median offered wage was $91,500, 17.3% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Postdoctoral Research Affiliate (80).
- Filings
- 379
- Positions covered
- 375
- Employers
- 19
- Median offered
- $91,500
- Median prevailing wage
- $79,914
- Filings since FY2020
- 2,597
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +37%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Stanford, CA rose 37%, from $70,000 in fiscal 2020 to $96,242 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 16.8% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 498 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.
Stanford, CA by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 267 | $96,242 | +13.2% | $80,350 | +16.8% |
| 2025 | 498 | $85,000 | +6.3% | $72,301 | +22.0% |
| 2024 | 441 | $80,000 | −1.1% | $60,237 | +34.2% |
| 2023 | 449 | $80,850 | +4.3% | $60,237 | +41.2% |
| 2022 | 352 | $77,500 | +7.5% | $62,525 | +34.0% |
| 2021 | 331 | $72,100 | +3.0% | $63,294 | +13.8% |
| 2020 | 259 | $70,000 | n/a | $57,200 | +28.8% |
Employers filing for jobs in Stanford
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Employer | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Leland Stanford, Jr University | 313 | $87,850 | +24.5% | |
| Stanford Health Care | 36 | $101,192 | at the minimum | |
| Howard Hughes Medical Institute | 7 | $85,384 | +5.0% | |
| Carnegie Institution of Washington d/b/a Carnegie Institution for Science | 3 | $82,467 | +9.0% | |
| Cloud Hybrid Technologies LLC | 2 | $149,365 | at the minimum | |
| Maplebear Inc. | 1 | $170,000 | +1.7% | |
| Microsoft Corporation | 1 | $175,170 | +7.6% | |
| Last Brand, Inc | 1 | $300,000 | +34.4% | |
| Trustees of Boston University | 1 | $97,750 | +18.6% | |
| Circle Internet Financial, LLC | 1 | $196,600 | +5.0% | |
| Ernst & Young U.S. LLP | 1 | $137,700 | +18.4% | |
| CZ Biohub SF, LLC | 1 | $112,154 | at the minimum | |
Showing the 12 employers with the most filings of 19. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Stanford
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postdoctoral Research Affiliate | 80 | $78,000 | +13.2% | |
| Basic Life Research Scientist | 55 | $83,000 | +15.5% | |
| Instructor | 22 | $94,000 | +16.5% | |
| Assistant Professor | 19 | $158,025 | +88.2% | |
| Physical Science Research Scientist | 19 | $90,352 | +25.7% | |
| Clinical Assistant Professor | 11 | $288,500 | +84.8% | |
| Life Science Research Professional 2 | 10 | $88,875 | +25.6% | |
| Research Engineer | 10 | $118,000 | +22.6% | |
| Life Science Research Professional 1 | 8 | $69,370 | +17.7% | |
| Postdoctoral Scientist | 7 | $85,384 | +5.0% | |
| Clinical Instructor | 6 | $167,500 | +102.4% | |
| Resident | 6 | $96,949 | at the minimum | |
| Social Science Research Scholar | 5 | $106,000 | +24.6% | |
| Life Science Research Professional 3 | 4 | $104,000 | +19.5% | |
| Market Research Analyst | 4 | $109,990 | +3.1% | |
| Posdoctoral Research Affiliate | 4 | $79,005 | +48.3% | |
| Hoover Research Fellow | 3 | $100,000 | +61.7% | |
| Neurology Resident | 3 | $101,192 | at the minimum | |
| Postdoctoral Fellow | 3 | $82,467 | +9.0% | |
| Research Fellow | 3 | $100,785 | +29.3% | |
| Senior Research Scientist-Basic Life | 3 | $114,895 | +28.3% | |
| Software Developer I | 3 | $115,000 | +39.0% | |
| Associate Professor of Surgery | 2 | $433,000 | +105.7% | |
| Clinical Fellow | 2 | $127,712 | at the minimum | |
| Clinical Professor | 2 | $378,000 | +64.6% | |
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.