California Institute of Technology H-1B wage filings
Pasadena, CA. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
California Institute of Technology filed 136 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $78,585, 15.8% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Research Scientist (10 filings, median $79,420).
- Filings
- 136
- Positions covered
- 134
- Certified
- 98.5%
- Job titles
- 77
- Worksite cities
- 10
- Filings since FY2020
- 547
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +33%
Offered wage since 2020
California Institute of Technology's median H-1B wage offer rose 33%, from $60,000 in fiscal 2020 to $80,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 14.2% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2025, with 143 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.
California Institute of Technology by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 79 | $80,000 | +4.6% | $72,723 | +14.2% |
| 2025 | 143 | $76,486 | +3.0% | $68,576 | +22.7% |
| 2024 | 89 | $74,263 | +3.6% | $58,781 | +30.6% |
| 2023 | 98 | $71,650 | −3.0% | $53,248 | +36.6% |
| 2022 | 85 | $73,830 | +12.8% | $58,781 | +26.5% |
| 2021 | 30 | $65,428 | +9.0% | $56,701 | +20.9% |
| 2020 | 23 | $60,000 | n/a | $55,515 | +18.2% |
Offered wage by job title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing | Median since 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research Scientist | 10 | $79,420 | +12.6% | +15% since 2022 | |
| Staff Scientist | 10 | $87,166 | +16.9% | −4% since 2024 | |
| Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in BBE | 7 | $74,263 | +8.9% | +20% since 2022 | |
| Senior Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in BBE | 5 | $73,862 | +13.0% | 0% since 2024 | |
| Detector Engineer | 4 | $101,493 | +60.3% | ||
| Postdoc Scholar Research Assoc in Mechanical and Civil Eng | 4 | $71,826 | +15.3% | ||
| Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Bio and Bio Eng | 4 | $75,362 | +3.6% | ||
| Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Aerospace | 3 | $73,074 | +3.1% | ||
| Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Chemistry | 3 | $72,723 | at the minimum | ||
| Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Physics | 3 | $78,384 | +9.4% | ||
| Research Engineer | 3 | $97,000 | +24.3% | ||
| Scientific Researcher | 3 | $76,320 | +14.2% | ||
| Senior Postdoc Scholar Research Assoc in Bio and Bio Eng | 3 | $84,660 | +16.4% | ||
| Detector Specialist | 2 | $81,201 | +23.5% | ||
| Lead Vacuum Engineer | 2 | $146,022 | +45.5% | ||
| Postdoc Scholar Research Assoc. in Biology & Bio. Eng | 2 | $74,631 | +2.6% | ||
| Postdoc Scholar Research Assoc in Computational Imaging | 2 | $70,264 | at the minimum | ||
| Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Biology & Bio Eng | 2 | $76,639 | +1.8% | ||
| Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Chemical Eng. | 2 | $72,723 | at the minimum | ||
| Postdoctoral Scholar Research Assoc. in Chemical Engineering | 2 | $74,607 | +4.4% | ||
| Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Mech and Civ Eng | 2 | $72,723 | at the minimum | ||
| Senior Network Design Engineer | 2 | $140,985 | +21.3% | ||
| Senior Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Physics | 2 | $82,576 | +13.7% | ||
| Adaptive Optics Scientist | 1 | $135,000 | +112.4% | ||
| Application Developer | 1 | $97,448 | +43.4% | ||
| Applications Developer | 1 | $98,404 | +44.8% | ||
| Assistant Electronics Engineer | 1 | $80,000 | +36.4% | ||
| Assistant Professor in Computing & Mathematical Sciences | 1 | $205,000 | +164.2% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering | 1 | $190,000 | +146.2% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Economics | 1 | $191,500 | +124.0% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering | 1 | $196,500 | +208.4% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Geobiology | 1 | $180,000 | +191.9% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Physics | 1 | $200,000 | +169.3% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Theoretical Physics | 1 | $215,010 | +170.2% | ||
| Associate Research Engineer in HEP and Quantum Technologies | 1 | $120,387 | +73.4% | ||
| Computational Scientist | 1 | $86,699 | +25.4% | ||
| COO Staff Astronomer | 1 | $118,976 | +88.2% | ||
| Director, Stem Cell and Embryo Engineering Center | 1 | $130,625 | +31.0% | ||
| Education Programs and Outreach Specialist | 1 | $52,770 | at the minimum | ||
| Electronics Engineer | 1 | $100,320 | +5.7% | ||
Showing the 40 most-filed of 77 job titles.
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Pasadena, CA | 122 | $77,250 |
| Richland, WA | 4 | $110,696 |
| Big Pine, CA | 2 | $95,000 |
| Livingston, LA | 2 | $101,493 |
| Batavia, IL | 1 | $81,151 |
| Cambridge, MA | 1 | $114,433 |
| Ithaca, NY | 1 | $86,699 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $80,000 |
| Riverdale Park, MD | 1 | $111,780 |
| State College, PA | 1 | $72,723 |
By visa type: 135 H-1B, 1 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 81 certified, 53 certified and later withdrawn, 2 withdrawn before a decision.
Filings by quarter
Across all employers, filings bunch up in the first half of each year around the annual H-1B lottery, so compare a quarter with the same quarter a year earlier, not with the one before it.
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 California Institute of Technology 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.
- 3 filings are for part-time work. Hourly wages are shown as full-time equivalents (2,080 hours a year) so they can be compared.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.