University of California, Berkeley H-1B wage filings
Berkeley, CA. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
University of California, Berkeley filed 233 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $89,000, 2.1% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Postdoctoral Scholar Employee (80 filings, median $77,179).
- Filings
- 233
- Positions covered
- 229
- Certified
- 98.3%
- Job titles
- 45
- Worksite cities
- 6
- Filings since FY2020
- 1,232
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +5%
Offered wage since 2020
University of California, Berkeley's median H-1B wage offer rose 5%, from $88,716 in fiscal 2020 to $92,970 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 3.5% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2025, with 207 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.
University of California, Berkeley by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 178 | $92,970 | +4.5% | $82,836 | +3.5% |
| 2025 | 207 | $89,000 | +11.3% | $80,034 | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 190 | $80,000 | +2.5% | $74,576 | +3.6% |
| 2023 | 187 | $78,020 | +2.9% | $74,090 | at the minimum |
| 2022 | 179 | $75,800 | +1.1% | $64,426 | +5.7% |
| 2021 | 142 | $75,000 | −15.5% | $63,544 | +7.4% |
| 2020 | 149 | $88,716 | n/a | $63,622 | +7.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postdoctoral Scholar Employee | 80 | $77,179 | at the minimum | +30% since 2020 | |
| Assistant Project Scientist | 40 | $89,000 | at the minimum | +27% since 2020 | |
| Assistant Professor | 34 | $138,950 | +68.4% | +16% since 2020 | |
| Lecturer | 7 | $77,561 | at the minimum | +10% since 2020 | |
| Assistant Researcher | 6 | $130,850 | at the minimum | +12% since 2020 | |
| Associate Project Scientist | 4 | $126,700 | +25.7% | ||
| Staff Research Associate | 4 | $76,930 | at the minimum | ||
| Data Systems Analyst | 3 | $125,904 | +68.0% | ||
| Project Policy Analyst | 3 | $97,000 | +6.8% | ||
| Research and Development Engineer | 3 | $80,400 | at the minimum | ||
| Specialist | 3 | $128,400 | at the minimum | ||
| Acting Assistant Professor | 2 | $205,250 | +103.7% | ||
| Assistant Field Hockey Coach | 2 | $66,000 | +38.5% | ||
| Assistant Project Scientists | 2 | $87,000 | at the minimum | ||
| Assistant Tennis Coach | 2 | $75,000 | +57.3% | ||
| Associate Specialist | 2 | $95,040 | +20.0% | ||
| Behavorial Health Counseling Manager | 2 | $181,632 | +102.1% | ||
| Business Systems Analyst | 2 | $126,872 | +24.8% | ||
| Computational and Data Science Research Specialist | 2 | $124,356 | +24.2% | ||
| Continuing Lecturer | 2 | $110,327 | at the minimum | ||
| Planning Specialist | 2 | $130,000 | +76.6% | ||
| Research Data Analyst | 2 | $80,305 | +2.2% | ||
| Research Engineer | 2 | $185,900 | +50.4% | ||
| Academic Coordinator | 1 | $160,230 | +29.5% | ||
| Academic Coordinator (Executive Director) | 1 | $108,347 | +19.3% | ||
| Academic Researcher | 1 | $161,600 | at the minimum | ||
| Acting Assistant Professor & Acting Environmental Economist | 1 | $203,000 | +101.4% | ||
| Applications Programmer | 1 | $110,772 | +11.6% | +6% since 2021 | |
| Assistant Specialist | 1 | $67,000 | at the minimum | ||
| Associate Adjunct Professor | 1 | $138,200 | +38.2% | ||
| Associate Professor | 1 | $167,400 | +85.7% | ||
| Associate Researcher | 1 | $193,400 | at the minimum | ||
| Associate Specialist (Academic Researcher) | 1 | $87,984 | at the minimum | ||
| Business Intelligence Specialist | 1 | $112,063 | +39.2% | ||
| Data Systems Analyst 4 | 1 | $155,927 | +21.9% | ||
| Dean & Professor | 1 | $443,800 | +134.2% | ||
| Director of Programs | 1 | $122,592 | +3.9% | ||
| Director, Revenue Accounting & Analysis | 1 | $92,880 | +6.2% | ||
| Facilities Project Management Specialist | 1 | $95,985 | +8.1% | ||
| Full Specialist | 1 | $128,400 | at the minimum | ||
Showing the 40 most-filed of 45 job titles.
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley, CA | 225 | $89,000 |
| Richmond, CA | 4 | $102,000 |
| Berkeely, CA | 1 | $147,400 |
| Berkeleey, CA | 1 | $360,300 |
| Emeryville, CA | 1 | $74,281 |
| Washington, DC | 1 | $77,402 |
By visa type: 233 H-1B. By outcome: 197 certified, 32 certified and later withdrawn, 4 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 University of California, Berkeley 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.
- 10 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.