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Berkeley, CA H-1B salaries

Employers filed 1,555 certified H-1B applications for jobs in Berkeley, CA between Jan 2023 and Jun 2026. Half paid more than $114,800 a year.

Median salary offered
$114,800
Middle half earn
$82,836 to $155,394
Top 10% earn over
$191,890
Certified filings
1,555

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Top employers

EmployerFilingsMedianMiddle half
University of California, Berkeley518$85,900$77,030 – $120,700
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory403$115,272$87,732 – $155,412
Typical Set, LLC49$180,960$147,368 – $210,000
Form Energy, Inc.24$162,500$155,562 – $181,000
Howard Hughes Medical Institute16$81,070$78,212 – $83,811
Bayer U.S. LLC14$151,201$135,693 – $171,015
Msci, Inc.12$136,000$127,100 – $150,450
Redwood Research Group Inc.10$180,000$180,000 – $180,000
Model Evaluation and Threat Research Inc.10$227,694$210,593 – $257,795
Bayer HealthCare LLC10$157,180$146,745 – $165,105
FAR AI, Inc.9$135,000$112,710 – $140,000
Twelve Benefit Corporation9$160,000$139,517 – $165,635
Locally Compact, Inc.8$199,500$185,910 – $210,986
Zendar Inc.8$168,625$158,500 – $181,625
Liberate Innovations, Inc.7$190,000$180,050 – $215,000
Center for Applied Rationality6$150,000$130,000 – $170,000
Cognitiv Corp6$203,438$200,000 – $206,876
AirCapture LLC6$122,500$110,000 – $168,750
Advanced Food Concepts, Inc.6$107,214$104,270 – $182,369
Ernst & Young U.S. LLP6$97,150$94,075 – $122,500
Microsoft Corporation6$188,155$164,405 – $208,748
Tipping Structural Engineers5$90,565$89,000 – $92,934
Peter Walker and Partners Landscape Architecture Incorporated5$76,000$75,000 – $86,500
OneReach, Inc.5$83,283$71,510 – $155,605
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.5$134,926$130,996 – $137,095
Siemens Corporation5$144,116$138,567 – $150,500
International Computer Science Institute5$79,934$79,934 – $94,910
Atomic Machines, Inc.4$185,480$156,520 – $190,000
AIMATX, Inc4$142,730$126,131 – $159,328
Caribou Biosciences, Inc.4$98,325$92,488 – $115,500
Graduate Theological Union4$75,840$73,182 – $81,770
HS Solutions Inc4$111,624$108,978 – $117,057
Alignment Research Center4$204,000$187,500 – $208,000
Machine Intelligence Research Institute4$120,000$112,500 – $140,000
Promatrix Corp4$136,750$117,775 – $155,712
RTX Technology Research Center, a Division of RTX Corporation4$120,016$120,016 – $121,659
Rigetti & Co, LLC4$168,550$157,750 – $177,575
Battelle Memorial Institute4$99,106$96,625 – $99,106
Voleon Capital Management, LP4$128,515$117,500 – $145,272
SigIQ.ai Inc.4$156,006$121,250 – $204,010
Azalea Robotics Corporation3$150,000$145,000 – $155,000
Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College, Berkeley3$70,000$70,000 – $70,000
Shu Ren International School3$80,000$80,000 – $102,500
StimScience Inc.3$155,000$137,500 – $155,000
Synereo Inc.3$360,000$360,000 – $360,000
SwingVision, Inc3$135,200$117,520 – $140,400
Eurofins Professional Scientific Services West, LLC3$68,661$68,661 – $68,661
Solidaridad North America3$102,742$102,742 – $102,747
Prellis Biologics Inc.3$121,038$120,519 – $121,151
Moore Iacofano Goltsman3$132,500$132,500 – $132,500

Top job titles

Job titleFilingsMedianMiddle half
Postdoctoral Scholar Employee178$77,030$74,263 – $80,034
Assistant Professor87$131,900$118,650 – $143,000
Assistant Project Scientist73$85,000$82,100 – $90,500
Postdoc46$79,086$72,816 – $103,086
Computer Systems Engineer 333$172,824$167,124 – $183,180
Lecturer25$81,491$73,840 – $98,249
Software Engineer23$147,368$135,416 – $170,000
Assistant Researcher14$101,850$98,275 – $142,475
Data Scientist14$126,989$112,784 – $158,642
Senior Software Engineer11$188,000$181,386 – $215,098
Staff Research Associate10$69,271$61,524 – $91,033
Research Scientist10$143,620$104,932 – $168,000
Scientific Engineering Associate10$94,800$93,174 – $95,757
Associate Project Scientist9$120,000$109,320 – $127,900
Postdoctoral Scholar9$78,156$71,769 – $82,440
Sr Scientific Engineering Associate9$123,600$113,100 – $128,170
Senior Research Associate8$73,130$71,202 – $83,970
Applications Programmer8$152,274$141,738 – $159,609
Physicist Research Scientist/Engineer8$157,506$140,010 – $164,235
Landscape Designer8$75,500$74,330 – $81,250
Member of Research Staff8$225,000$204,000 – $225,000
Computer Systems Engineer 28$135,108$131,940 – $137,739
Associate Professor7$142,700$134,850 – $164,650
Mechanical Engineer7$135,000$126,131 – $150,720
Postdoctoral Associate7$81,149$75,893 – $83,287
Member of Technical Staff7$208,000$189,000 – $225,279
Computational Research Scientist/Engineer6$175,674$169,332 – $189,513
Chief Operating Officer6$182,590$151,500 – $296,045
Senior Machine Learning Research Scientist6$203,438$200,000 – $206,876
Postdoctoral Scholar (in Materials Sciences)6$71,772$69,954 – $73,878
Continuing Lecturer6$93,304$83,380 – $103,070
Architectural Designer5$80,080$80,080 – $81,120
Chief Technology Officer5$180,000$168,588 – $273,915
Structural Designer5$90,565$89,000 – $92,934
Research Specialist5$85,384$81,141 – $89,400
Data Systems Analyst5$125,904$125,904 – $153,684
Earth Research Scientist5$136,188$134,400 – $138,168
Computer Systems Engineer 15$108,420$105,504 – $114,192
Member of Technical Staff (AI)5$180,000$180,000 – $180,000
Software Developer5$108,000$108,000 – $109,152
Postdoctoral Researcher5$79,934$79,934 – $87,732
Controls Software Engineer4$146,250$141,309 – $148,500
Postdoctoral Scholar (in Chemical Sciences)4$73,104$71,166 – $75,159
Energy/Environmental Technology Researcher4$114,720$105,060 – $131,649
Computer Systems Engineer 44$217,272$213,237 – $223,494
Research Associate4$85,393$73,572 – $95,000
Research Data Analyst4$75,805$72,600 – $81,260
Specialist4$112,300$96,200 – $128,400
Associate Specialist4$87,920$79,725 – $95,040
Senior Engineer, Research4$120,016$120,016 – $121,659

By year

Year filedFilingsMedian
2023137$109,800
2024525$107,500
2025562$109,200
2026331$130,500