2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

University OF California Berkeley

Offered base salaries from 139 certified H-1B filings, across 15 roles in 1 metro areas.

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

Half of University OF California Berkeley's certified filings offered $89,000 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $77,030 and $123,000. 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$85,900$74k – $191k20
Chemists$82,836$72k – $128k9
Biochemists and Biophysicists$74,281$72k – $85k8
Physicists$80,034$72k – $99k7
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary$97,562$68k – $109k6
Chemical Engineers$77,179$74k – $85k5
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists$80,034$67k – $101k5
Astronomers$115,600$83k – $193k5
Psychologists, All Other$74,425$69k – $77k5
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary$135,700$136k – $144k5
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$89,000$60k – $430k138
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

Each row compares University OF California Berkeley'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 Francisco$85,90020−37.8%
Chemists — San Francisco$82,8369−35.2%
Biochemists and Biophysicists — San Francisco$74,2818−55.0%
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary — San Francisco$97,5626−15.2%
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists — San Francisco$80,0345−50.0%
Psychologists, All Other — San Francisco$74,4255−55.7%
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary — San Francisco$135,7005−22.5%
Sources

How this page was made

Employer pay
US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
Coverage
139 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 University OF California Berkeley'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.