2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

University OF California Los Angeles

Offered base salaries from 164 certified H-1B filings, across 14 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 Los Angeles's certified filings offered $90,100 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $78,000 and $142,100. 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
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists$79,881$60k – $142k45
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary$150,500$80k – $485k24
Biological Scientists, All Other$85,000$63k – $155k8
Physicists$82,100$74k – $114k7
Data Scientists$153,092$72k – $207k6
Database Architects$178,872$161k – $198k5
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary$140,000$87k – $147k5
Epidemiologists$87,780$72k – $90k4
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers$82,100$69k – $82k3
Chemical Engineers$77,179$67k – $113k3
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$90,100$60k – $485k162
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

Each row compares University OF California Los Angeles's median offer with the median for everyone in that occupation and metro, from federal wage statistics.

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists — Los Angeles$79,88145−40.8%
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary — Los Angeles$150,50024+11.8%
Biological Scientists, All Other — Los Angeles$85,0008−11.8%
Physicists — Los Angeles$82,1007−48.8%
Data Scientists — Los Angeles$153,0926+18.0%
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary — Los Angeles$140,0005+6.8%
Sources

How this page was made

Employer pay
US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
Coverage
164 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 Los Angeles'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.