2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

The Leland Stanford JR University

Offered base salaries from 402 certified H-1B filings, across 24 roles in 2 metro areas.

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

Half of The Leland Stanford JR University's certified filings offered $85,000 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $77,376 and $106,000. 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
Biological Scientists, All Other$84,800$72k – $156k87
Biochemists and Biophysicists$77,900$54k – $207k82
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists$86,940$78k – $139k36
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers$80,891$71k – $178k23
Physicists$84,460$79k – $140k18
Statisticians$101,228$75k – $164k13
Data Scientists$86,162$74k – $150k9
Natural Sciences Managers$77,315$72k – $114k5
Engineers, All Other$85,000$80k – $105k5
Chemists$89,000$81k – $130k5
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$85,000$54k – $475k382
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$126,429$75k – $167k13
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

Each row compares The Leland Stanford JR University's median offer with the median for everyone in that occupation and metro, from federal wage statistics.

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Biological Scientists, All Other — San Jose$84,80086−36.6%
Biochemists and Biophysicists — San Jose$77,90082−37.2%
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists — San Jose$86,94036−45.4%
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers — San Jose$80,50021−41.0%
Physicists — San Jose$83,20016−52.0%
Statisticians — San Jose$105,99712−47.7%
Data Scientists — San Jose$100,3327−45.8%
Natural Sciences Managers — San Jose$77,3155−70.7%
Engineers, All Other — San Jose$85,0005−49.9%
Psychologists, All Other — San Jose$78,0005−55.5%
Sources

How this page was made

Employer pay
US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
Coverage
402 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 The Leland Stanford JR University'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.