Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute H-1B wage filings
La Jolla, CA. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute filed 49 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $78,749, 16.6% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Staff Scientist (13 filings, median $78,749).
- Filings
- 49
- Positions covered
- 48
- Certified
- 98.0%
- Job titles
- 19
- Worksite cities
- 1
- Filings since FY2020
- 162
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +25%
Offered wage since 2020
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute's median H-1B wage offer rose 25%, from $63,159 in fiscal 2020 to $78,749 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 5.0% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2023, with 30 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.
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 41 | $78,749 | −1.6% | $77,168 | +5.0% |
| 2025 | 27 | $80,000 | +17.6% | $65,156 | +18.8% |
| 2024 | 26 | $68,016 | +5.5% | $52,250 | +32.1% |
| 2023 | 30 | $64,480 | +3.3% | $48,381 | +27.5% |
| 2022 | 24 | $62,400 | +2.2% | $53,414 | +10.0% |
| 2021 | 6 | $61,048 | −3.3% | $61,048 | at the minimum |
| 2020 | 8 | $63,159 | n/a | $56,899 | +15.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff Scientist | 13 | $78,749 | +1.6% | +12% since 2024 | |
| Postdoctoral Associate | 12 | $77,168 | at the minimum | +26% since 2022 | |
| Scientist I | 3 | $88,000 | +45.2% | ||
| Scientist II | 3 | $110,000 | +72.9% | ||
| Assistant Professor | 2 | $162,500 | +42.3% | ||
| Research Associate I | 2 | $49,962 | +19.2% | ||
| Senior Bioinformatician | 2 | $120,000 | +20.3% | ||
| Bioinformatician | 1 | $80,000 | +12.9% | ||
| Bioinformatics Specialist | 1 | $84,843 | at the minimum | ||
| Cloud and AI Infrastructure Architect | 1 | $150,000 | +37.2% | ||
| Lab Manager, Codex Core Facility | 1 | n/a | |||
| Manager, Codex Core Facility | 1 | $109,366 | at the minimum | ||
| Postdoctoral Associate/Fellow | 1 | $75,587 | at the minimum | ||
| Postdoctoral Fellow/Associate | 1 | $78,749 | at the minimum | ||
| Research Assistant II | 1 | $50,003 | +3.7% | ||
| Research Assistant Professor | 1 | $120,000 | +20.3% | ||
| Resesarch Associate II | 1 | $55,016 | +52.0% | ||
| Scientist | 1 | $79,185 | +24.2% | ||
| Scientist - Drug Discovery | 1 | $64,480 | +35.7% | ||
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| La Jolla, CA | 49 | $78,749 |
By visa type: 49 H-1B. By outcome: 23 certified, 25 certified and later withdrawn, 1 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 Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute 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.
- 1 filing is 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.