2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Offered base salaries from 88 certified H-1B filings, across 13 roles in 1 metro areas.

DOL LCA disclosures · FY 2025 Certified, full-time filings only
Table 1 — The median offer

Half of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's certified filings offered $111,516 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $87,732 and $159,396. Offered base salary excludes equity and bonus — read every figure on this page as a floor on total pay, not an average.

Table 2 — Roles

What they hire for

Offered base salary by occupation, nationwide, ordered by filing volume.

RoleMedian offerRangeFilings
Computer Occupations, All Other$168,804$108k – $189k15
Engineers, All Other$130,008$83k – $185k12
Physicists$143,976$72k – $172k7
Biological Scientists, All Other$102,852$69k – $120k6
Chemical Engineers$77,184$72k – $103k5
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers$134,400$85k – $989k5
Computer and Information Research Scientists$180,000$106k – $193k4
Environmental Engineers$111,204$67k – $153k4
Chemists$91,284$67k – $131k4
Materials Scientists$91,284$69k – $104k4
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$120,100$67k – $989k86
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

Each row compares Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's median offer with the median for everyone in that occupation and metro, from federal wage statistics.

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Computer Occupations, All Other — San Francisco$168,80415+4.4%
Engineers, All Other — San Francisco$130,00812−18.6%
Biological Scientists, All Other — San Francisco$102,8526−25.6%
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers — San Francisco$134,4005+9.9%
Sources

How this page was made

Employer pay
US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
Coverage
88 certified full-time H-1B filings. Groups under 3 filings are excluded throughout.
Market comparison
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.

Filings state the offered base salary at time of application; equity and bonus are not recorded, and visa-sponsored hiring skews toward larger employers and technical roles — this page describes Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's visa filings, not its whole workforce. Employer names are normalised from filing entities, so figures cover the filing entity named above. We take no payment from employers for how any figure is presented, and corrections are welcome at press@salaryalmanac.com.