University of California, Davis H-1B wage filings
Davis, CA. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
University of California, Davis filed 222 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $90,175, 19.9% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Postdoctoral Scholar (58 filings, median $74,281).
- Filings
- 222
- Positions covered
- 220
- Certified
- 99.1%
- Job titles
- 51
- Worksite cities
- 15
- Filings since FY2020
- 1,163
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +32%
Offered wage since 2020
University of California, Davis's median H-1B wage offer rose 32%, from $67,300 in fiscal 2020 to $89,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 19.9% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2025, with 213 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, Davis by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 165 | $89,000 | +3.7% | $75,020 | +19.9% |
| 2025 | 213 | $85,800 | +4.5% | $74,100 | +15.4% |
| 2024 | 161 | $82,100 | +6.8% | $71,500 | +15.6% |
| 2023 | 188 | $76,900 | +5.6% | $67,155 | +11.9% |
| 2022 | 164 | $72,800 | +9.3% | $62,941 | +15.2% |
| 2021 | 138 | $66,600 | −1.0% | $60,600 | +11.4% |
| 2020 | 134 | $67,300 | n/a | $59,696 | +17.1% |
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 | 58 | $74,281 | +8.5% | +24% since 2020 | |
| Assistant Professor | 41 | $127,000 | +45.5% | +4% since 2020 | |
| Assistant Project Scientist | 39 | $82,900 | +10.8% | +24% since 2020 | |
| Applications Programmer | 7 | $109,000 | +18.4% | −3% since 2023 | |
| Resident Physician | 6 | $87,016 | +12.1% | ||
| Associate Specialist | 5 | $82,100 | +7.7% | ||
| Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor | 4 | $238,000 | +102.3% | ||
| Lecturer | 4 | $87,180 | +29.7% | +10% since 2021 | |
| Assistant Researcher | 3 | $119,300 | +27.7% | ||
| Associate Professor | 3 | $219,100 | +200.5% | ||
| Staff Research Associate | 3 | $80,927 | +12.6% | ||
| Veterinarian | 3 | $140,000 | +49.4% | ||
| Veterinary Resident | 3 | $53,965 | +3.2% | ||
| Assistant Adjunct Professor | 2 | $139,000 | +106.6% | ||
| Assistant Specialist | 2 | $64,050 | +4.3% | +14% since 2023 | |
| Lead Application Developer | 2 | $121,164 | +51.6% | ||
| Project Scientist | 2 | $120,200 | +11.6% | ||
| Research and Development Engineer | 2 | $93,500 | +46.5% | ||
| Academic Administrator | 1 | $131,906 | +20.6% | ||
| Applications Programmer 2 | 1 | $85,000 | +28.8% | ||
| Assistant Clincial Professor | 1 | $247,500 | +239.4% | ||
| Assistant Clinical Professor | 1 | $246,000 | +93.1% | ||
| 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% | ||
| Assistant Professor in Residence | 1 | $155,000 | +112.6% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Teaching | 1 | $142,500 | +60.1% | ||
| Associate Clinical Professor | 1 | $211,500 | +148.5% | ||
| Associate Physician Diplomate | 1 | $511,700 | +84.2% | ||
| Associate Project Scientist | 1 | $105,100 | +11.9% | ||
| Associate Specialist in the Cooperative Education | 1 | $155,200 | +73.0% | ||
| Assoicate Specialist in the Cooperative Extension | 1 | $155,200 | +87.0% | ||
| Campus Planner and Urban Designer | 1 | $92,000 | +91.1% | ||
| Counseling Psychologist | 1 | $122,113 | +35.9% | ||
| Data Systems Analysts | 1 | $148,416 | +97.6% | ||
| Financial Analyst | 1 | $104,964 | +36.1% | ||
| Genetic Counselor | 1 | $111,847 | +26.5% | ||
| Grant and Science Writer | 1 | $83,000 | +41.5% | ||
| Health Science Assistant Clinical Professor | 1 | $235,000 | +222.3% | ||
| Health Sciences Associate Clinicial Professor | 1 | $286,400 | +236.5% | ||
Showing the 40 most-filed of 51 job titles.
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Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Davis, CA | 160 | $91,357 |
| Sacramento, CA | 44 | $86,900 |
| Turlock, CA | 3 | $186,000 |
| Discovery Bay, CA | 2 | $69,209 |
| Salinas, CA | 2 | $85,806 |
| San Jose, CA | 2 | $110,916 |
| Albany, CA | 1 | $78,281 |
| Atlanta, GA | 1 | $82,100 |
| Batavia, IL | 1 | $66,600 |
| Bodega Bay, CA | 1 | $122,800 |
| Cameron Park, CA | 1 | $511,700 |
| Rancho Cordova, CA | 1 | $148,416 |
Showing the 12 busiest of 15 worksite cities.
By visa type: 218 H-1B, 4 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 139 certified, 81 certified and later withdrawn, 1 withdrawn before a decision, 1 denied.
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, Davis 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.