H-1B and green card employer
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA NAICS 611310 Cap-exempt
University of California, Los Angeles is cap-exempt: its new H-1B hires skip the lottery.
261certified H-1B LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$95,481median offer · middle half $80k to $145k
2%184 vs. 181 LCAs, Oct 2025 to Jun 2026 vs. a year earlier
15certified 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 University of California, Los Angeles's offers
University of California, Los Angeles 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 University of California, Los Angeles offers
261 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
184 FY2026 to Jun 2026
Median offer
$98,744 FY2026
Certified green card cases
15 FY2026 to Jun 2026
Jobs and worksites
Jul 2025 to Jun 2026Top jobs
| Job | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | 57 | $80,800 |
| Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | 21 | $142,800 |
| Software Developers | 20 | $162,363 |
| Biological Scientists, All Other | 13 | $80,800 |
| Data Scientists | 9 | $154,800 |
| Physicists | 8 | $78,940 |
| Biochemists and Biophysicists | 7 | $82,836 |
| Atmospheric and Space Scientists | 7 | $79,881 |
Top worksite cities
| City | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles, CA | 249 | $93,400 |
| Oakland, CA | 6 | $175,470 |
| Riverside, CA | 3 | $183,120 |
Green card (PERM) labor certifications
by fiscal year of decision| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Median offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 13 | 0 | $118,400 |
| FY2024 | 11 | 0 | $111,259 |
| FY2025 | 6 | 0 | $96,544 |
| FY2026 to Jun 2026 | 15 | 0 | $109,283 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Institutional Research Analyst | $172,068 | |
| Institutional Research Analyst | $172,068 | |
| Machine Learning Specialist | $102,187 | |
| Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor | $187,027 | |
| Operations Manager, Nuclear Medicine | $154,804 | |
| Adjunct Assistant Professor | $135,000 | |
| Assistant Researcher | $93,400 | |
| Assistant Project Scientist | $85,000 | |
| Postdoctoral Scholar | $74,281 | |
| Clinical Research Coordinator | $77,486 | |
| Postdoctoral Scholar | $82,836 | |
| Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor | $158,200 | |
| Postdoctoral Scholar | $77,030 | |
| Assistant Project Scientist | $85,000 | |
| Survey Researcher | $81,954 | |
| Assistant Project Scientist | $89,000 | |
| Postdoctoral Scholar | $82,836 | |
| Assistant Project Scientist | $89,000 | |
| Clinical Research Coordinator | $73,059 | |
| Postdoctoral Scholar | $77,030 | |
| Assistant Project Scientist | $89,000 | |
| Psychologist | $141,274 | |
| Program Manager | $92,880 | |
| Communications and Network Technical Analyst | $203,810 | |
| Assistant Project Scientist | $85,000 |