H-1B and green card employer
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA NAICS 611310 Cap-exempt
University of California, San Diego is cap-exempt: its new H-1B hires skip the lottery.
299certified H-1B LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$83,268median offer · middle half $77k to $103k
24%218 vs. 176 LCAs, Oct 2025 to Jun 2026 vs. a year earlier
3certified 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, San Diego's offers
University of California, San Diego 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, San Diego offers
299 certified LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026$50k$100k$150k$200k$250k$300k
Level IIIIIIIVunder Level I = 5 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
218 FY2026 to Jun 2026
Median offer
$85,000 FY2026
Certified green card cases
3 FY2026 to Jun 2026
Jobs and worksites
Jul 2025 to Jun 2026Top jobs
| Job | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Biochemists and Biophysicists | 75 | $80,800 |
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | 36 | $80,800 |
| Biological Technicians | 30 | $78,247 |
| Physicists | 15 | $91,000 |
| Biological Scientists, All Other | 11 | $79,300 |
| Atmospheric and Space Scientists | 10 | $117,446 |
| Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary | 10 | $131,550 |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists | 8 | $93,100 |
Top worksite cities
| City | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| La Jolla, CA | 283 | $82,836 |
| San Diego, CA | 12 | $100,450 |
Green card (PERM) labor certifications
by fiscal year of decision| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Median offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 3 | 0 | $130,000 |
| FY2024 | 3 | 0 | $127,000 |
| FY2025 | 6 | 0 | $124,900 |
| FY2026 to Jun 2026 | 3 | 0 | $125,700 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Staff Research Associate IV | $84,667 | |
| Postdoctoral Scholar-Employee | $66,868 | |
| Assistant Professor | $139,800 | |
| Assistant Teaching Professor (LPSOE) | $113,300 | |
| Staff Research Associate III | $80,925 | |
| Associate Professor | $148,400 | |
| Assistant Project Scientist | $85,000 | |
| Postdoctoral Scholar-Employee | $74,425 | |
| Assistant Professor | $115,800 | |
| Postdoctoral Scholar-Employee | $79,881 | |
| Postdoctoral Scholar-Employee | $87,419 | |
| Staff Research Associate III | $62,324 | |
| Postdoctoral Scholar-Employee | $82,677 | |
| Assistant Project Scientist | $85,152 | |
| Postdoctoral Scholar-Employee | $85,736 | |
| Postdoctoral Scholar-Employee | $74,281 | |
| Assistant Professor | $159,400 | |
| Computational and Data Science Research P4 | $126,588 | |
| Assistant Professor | $119,000 | |
| Assistant Professor | $216,300 | |
| Assistant Professor | $216,300 | |
| Staff Research Associate 3 | $90,204 | |
| Computational and Data Science Research P4 | $126,588 | |
| Research & Development Engineer 3 | $92,000 | |
| Research & Development Engineer 3 | $92,000 |