The University of Southern California H-1B wage filings
Los Angeles, CA. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
The University of Southern California filed 222 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $75,774, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Postdoctoral Scholar - Research Associate (29 filings, median $68,692).
- Filings
- 222
- Positions covered
- 221
- Certified
- 99.5%
- Job titles
- 97
- Worksite cities
- 9
- Filings since FY2020
- 1,367
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +11%
Offered wage since 2020
The University of Southern California's median H-1B wage offer rose 11%, from $67,642 in fiscal 2020 to $75,387 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2025, with 241 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.
The University of Southern California by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 133 | $75,387 | −2.9% | $70,938 | at the minimum |
| 2025 | 241 | $77,630 | +12.2% | $68,578 | at the minimum |
| 2024 | 233 | $69,160 | −3.8% | $67,600 | at the minimum |
| 2023 | 170 | $71,860 | no change | $67,570 | at the minimum |
| 2022 | 208 | $71,843 | −0.4% | $71,843 | at the minimum |
| 2021 | 185 | $72,155 | +6.7% | $68,247 | at the minimum |
| 2020 | 197 | $67,642 | n/a | $63,411 | at the minimum |
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 - Research Associate | 29 | $68,692 | at the minimum | +22% since 2020 | |
| Research Associate | 22 | $70,720 | at the minimum | +28% since 2020 | |
| Assistant Professor | 20 | $117,476 | +47.7% | −1% since 2020 | |
| Research Scientist | 8 | $118,521 | +1.3% | +49% since 2021 | |
| Postdoctoral Scholar Teaching Fellow | 5 | $70,000 | at the minimum | +8% since 2023 | |
| Research Programmer I | 5 | $85,322 | at the minimum | ||
| Clinical Instructor of Surgery (Fellow) | 4 | $98,727 | at the minimum | ||
| Senior Research Associate | 4 | $86,684 | at the minimum | +14% since 2020 | |
| Assistant Professor of Computer Science | 3 | $144,900 | +86.8% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Philosophy | 3 | $112,000 | +70.4% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy | 3 | $79,550 | at the minimum | ||
| Clinical Instructor of Anesthesiology (Clinician Educator) | 3 | $248,100 | +147.1% | ||
| Programmer Analyst I | 3 | $63,752 | at the minimum | ||
| Research Lab Specialist | 3 | $85,322 | at the minimum | ||
| Statistician I | 3 | $71,323 | at the minimum | ||
| Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics | 2 | $82,359 | at the minimum | ||
| Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology | 2 | $488,889 | +660.0% | ||
| Assistant Professor of English | 2 | $112,000 | +45.3% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Latin American and Iberian Cultures | 2 | $61,945 | at the minimum | ||
| Assistant Professor of Research | 2 | $73,320 | at the minimum | ||
| Associate Professor (Teaching) | 2 | $98,125 | +37.9% | ||
| Biostatistician I | 2 | $90,318 | +26.6% | ||
| Clin. Inst. of Psy. and the Beh. Sci. (Pract.)/Therapist | 2 | $49,150 | at the minimum | ||
| Database Analyst I | 2 | $66,165 | at the minimum | ||
| Financial Analyst I | 2 | $67,267 | at the minimum | ||
| Integration Developer | 2 | $78,749 | +22.5% | ||
| IT Business Intelligence Developer | 2 | $78,208 | at the minimum | ||
| Marketing Manager I | 2 | $85,696 | at the minimum | ||
| Postdoctoral Scholar “ Research Associate | 2 | $69,925 | +27.1% | ||
| Programmer Analyst II | 2 | $64,772 | at the minimum | +8% since 2021 | |
| Project Specialist | 2 | $52,637 | +11.4% | ||
| Research Assistant Professor | 2 | $75,442 | at the minimum | ||
| Research Associate Senior | 2 | $71,792 | at the minimum | ||
| Research Program Specialist | 2 | $68,515 | at the minimum | ||
| Senior Application Administrator | 2 | $124,467 | at the minimum | ||
| Senior SharePoint Architect | 2 | $139,006 | at the minimum | ||
| Workday Integration Developer | 2 | $91,478 | at the minimum | ||
| Accounting / Financial Manager | 1 | $104,374 | at the minimum | ||
| Assistant Prof. of Research Radiation Oncology | 1 | $53,206 | at the minimum | ||
| Assistant Professor of Clinical Dentistry | 1 | $100,387 | at the minimum | ||
Showing the 40 most-filed of 97 job titles.
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles, CA | 201 | $75,535 |
| San Diego, CA | 8 | $90,428 |
| Marina Del Rey, CA | 4 | $64,772 |
| Playa Vista, CA | 4 | $74,475 |
| Arcadia, CA | 1 | $488,889 |
| Irvine, CA | 1 | $68,578 |
| Loa Angeles, CA | 1 | $112,000 |
| Madison, WI | 1 | $70,000 |
| Roseville, CA | 1 | $125,819 |
By visa type: 222 H-1B. By outcome: 177 certified, 44 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 The University of Southern California 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.