H-1B and green card employer
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA NAICS 611310 Cap-exempt
California Institute of Technology is cap-exempt: its new H-1B hires skip the lottery.
188certified H-1B LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$86,880median offer · middle half $74k to $129k
3%118 vs. 115 LCAs, Oct 2025 to Jun 2026 vs. a year earlier
2certified green card (PERM) cases, FY2026 to Jun 2026
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
Lottery entries at California Institute of Technology's offers
California Institute of Technology files mostly as a college or university or as a nonprofit research organization. Those employers are exempt from the H-1B cap, so their hires do not go through the lottery and no entry mix is shown.
What California Institute of Technology offers
188 certified LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026$50k$100k$150k$200k$250k$300k
Level IIIIIIIVunder Level I = 2 LCAs = 5 LCAs
$10,000 bands, coloured by the level each salary reaches for its own job and area.
By fiscal year
October to September · hatched: FY2026 to Jun 2026Certified H-1B LCAs
118 FY2026 to Jun 2026
Median offer
$94,666 FY2026
Certified green card cases
2 FY2026 to Jun 2026
Jobs and worksites
Jul 2025 to Jun 2026Top jobs
| Job | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Physicists | 25 | $97,000 |
| Biological Scientists, All Other | 18 | $72,862 |
| Engineers, All Other | 14 | $145,590 |
| Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers | 12 | $89,940 |
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | 11 | $78,786 |
| Physical Scientists, All Other | 10 | $121,160 |
| Data Scientists | 8 | $119,943 |
| Electrical Engineers | 8 | $86,880 |
Top worksite cities
| City | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Pasadena, CA | 170 | $86,880 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 5 | $82,180 |
| Richland, WA | 3 | $110,696 |
Green card (PERM) labor certifications
by fiscal year of decision| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Median offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 1 | 0 | – |
| FY2024 | 2 | 0 | – |
| FY2025 | 3 | 0 | $107,453 |
| FY2026 to Jun 2026 | 2 | 0 | – |
Review takes about a year, so a pause in filing shows up a year later. Medians only for years with 3 or more certifications.
Recent certified LCAs
latest 25 · salary is the low end of the offered range| Job title | Salary | Entries |
|---|---|---|
| Assistant Professor of Economics | $191,500 | |
| Research Scientist | $113,300 | |
| Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Biology & Bio Eng | $78,009 | |
| Optical Engineer | $170,664 | |
| Research Scientist | $120,000 | |
| Research Engineer | $97,000 | |
| Postdoctoral Scholar | $86,880 | |
| Robotics Technologist | $169,770 | |
| Technologist | $170,664 | |
| Electronics Engineer | $100,320 | |
| Sr. Postdoc Scholar Research Associate in Bio and Bio Eng | $75,268 | |
| Sr. Postdoc Scholar Research Associate in Chem. Engineering | $75,268 | |
| Robotics Technologist | $105,040 | |
| Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Med. Engineering | $72,723 | |
| Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in BBE | $79,900 | |
| Senior Research Technician | $80,350 | |
| Adaptive Optics Scientist | $135,000 | |
| Detector Engineer | $101,000 | |
| Data Scientist | $138,860 | |
| Postdoctoral Scholar | $86,880 | |
| Postdoctoral Scholar Research Assoc. in Chemical Engineering | $76,491 | |
| Postdoctoral Scholar | $85,180 | |
| Scientist | $128,024 | |
| Senior Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Physics | $81,151 | |
| Research Scientist | $72,723 |