Worksite city · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA wage area
H-1B salaries in Berkeley, CA
14% of new-employment offers here reach Level IV; 49% get a single lottery entry.
605certified H-1B LCAs with a worksite here, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$123,427median offer
14%of new-employment offers reach Level IV
147new-employment LCAs
Source U.S. Dept. of Labor, OFLC disclosure files Covers decisions Jul 2025 to Jun 2026 Release FY2026 Q3, published Aug 7, 2026 Wage levels OFLC 2026-27
Wage levels for the top jobs here
same scale for every row · black mark: median offerunder Level ILevel IIIIIIIV and upmedian offerscale $73k to $244k
Lottery entries
147 new-employment LCAs1 entry · Level I2 · Level II3 · Level III4 · Level IVunder Level I, still 1 entry
How this is calculated
New-employment H-1B LCAs only, the filings behind most cap petitions; extensions, transfers and amendments do not go through the lottery, and cap-exempt universities and nonprofit research organizations are left out. Each offered salary (low end of the range) is compared with the OFLC Level I to IV wages for its occupation and worksite area, wage year 2026-27; a filing with several worksites counts at its lowest level, as the rule requires. Numbers on the right are LCAs. Full methodology.
Jobs and employers
Jul 2025 to Jun 2026Top jobs
| Job | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Biological Scientists, All Other | 48 | $89,000 |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists | 41 | $172,000 |
| Software Developers | 36 | $189,995 |
| Physicists | 35 | $95,844 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | 32 | $182,236 |
| Engineers, All Other | 25 | $132,725 |
| Chemists | 25 | $85,000 |
| Biochemists and Biophysicists | 22 | $82,582 |
| Data Scientists | 21 | $175,000 |
| Chemical Engineers | 15 | $84,415 |
| Mechanical Engineers | 14 | $117,618 |
| Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers | 12 | $100,978 |
| Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers | 11 | $85,000 |
| Electrical Engineers | 10 | $137,500 |
| Materials Scientists | 10 | $90,828 |
Top employers
| Employer | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| University of California, Berkeley | 222 | $89,000 |
| Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | 135 | $130,008 |
| Typical Set, LLC | 23 | $195,000 |
| Bayer HealthCare LLC | 7 | $157,360 |
| Form Energy, Inc. | 7 | $170,000 |
| Liberate Innovations, Inc. | 7 | $190,000 |
| Howard Hughes Medical Institute | 6 | $83,192 |
| Redwood Research Group Inc. | 5 | $180,000 |
| AIMATX, Inc | 4 | $142,730 |
| Bayer U.S. LLC | 4 | $171,984 |
| International Computer Science Institute | 4 | $79,934 |
| Locally Compact, Inc. | 4 | $210,000 |
| Model Evaluation and Threat Research Inc. | 4 | $277,130 |
| Msci, INC. | 4 | $133,350 |
| Promatrix Corp. | 4 | $136,750 |
| Rigetti & Co, LLC | 4 | $168,550 |
| Zendar Inc. | 4 | $167,500 |
| Advanced Food Concepts, Inc. | 3 | $206,440 |
| AirCapture LLC | 3 | $180,000 |
| Enigma Sciences LLC | 3 | $172,000 |
| All other employers | 148 | – |