H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Assistant Project Scientist

Occupation profile for Assistant Project Scientist covers 601 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $85,000.

FY2026 certified median
$85,000
Total filings
601
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$80,800–$89,000
Top employer
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY2024187$79,300$75,300$82,900
FY2025218$82,100$78,000$85,900
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)196$85,000$80,800$89,000

FY2026 is partial (*). Its filing totals are not comparable to a full fiscal year.

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Assistant Project ScientistFY2024 $79,300; FY2025 $82,100; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $85,000$0$30,000$60,000$90,000FY2024$79,300FY2025$82,100FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$85,000Certified median offer, Assistant Project ScientistFY2024 $79,300; FY2025 $82,100; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $85,000$0$30k$60k$90kFY2024$79,300FY2025$82,100FY2026*$85,000
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO176 filings
  2. University of California, Los Angeles97 filings
  3. University of California, Davis95 filings
  4. University of California, Berkeley87 filings
  5. Regents of the University of California at Riverside59 filings
  6. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE53 filings
  7. University of California, Santa Cruz17 filings
  8. Regent of University California of Riverside7 filings
  9. University of California, Merced4 filings
  10. University of California at Santa Barbara3 filings

Top cities

  1. La Jolla166 filings
  2. Los Angeles97 filings
  3. Davis88 filings
  4. Berkeley80 filings
  5. Riverside59 filings
  6. Irvine53 filings
  7. Santa Cruz12 filings
  8. San Diego11 filings
  9. Sacramento8 filings
  10. Parlier7 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · Assistant Project Scientist176 filings
  2. University of California, Los Angeles · Assistant Project Scientist97 filings
  3. University of California, Davis · Assistant Project Scientist95 filings
  4. University of California, Berkeley · Assistant Project Scientist87 filings
  5. Regents of the University of California at Riverside · Assistant Project Scientist59 filings
  6. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE · Assistant Project Scientist53 filings
  7. University of California, Santa Cruz · Assistant Project Scientist17 filings

Prevailing wages by area and occupation

The OFLC wage year runs from July through June. Worksites use the area of the most frequently reported county with a matching wage area for their city.

Annual prevailing wage levels
Wage yearAreaSOCLevel ILevel IILevel IIILevel IV
2026-27Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAArea 3108019-1042$91,312$111,488$131,664$151,840
2026-27San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CAArea 4174019-1021$81,827$104,270$126,693$149,136
2026-27San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CAArea 4174019-1042$87,464$108,160$128,856$149,552
2026-27Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CAArea 4014019-1029$65,187$82,306$99,424$116,542
2026-27Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CAArea 4090019-1029$67,621$84,427$101,234$118,040
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186019-1029$92,955$120,349$147,742$175,136
2026-27Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAArea 3108019-1029$68,806$86,861$104,915$122,970
2026-27Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CAArea 4090019-1013$71,282$87,838$104,395$120,952
2026-27San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CAArea 4174019-1029$75,795$95,930$116,085$136,219
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186019-2012$140,650$171,142$201,635$232,128