Salaries / Biochemists And Biophysicists / Los Angeles
Biochemists And Biophysicists salaries in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data
Employers filed 101 certified H-1B applications for biochemists and biophysicists in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 16 employers.
The middle half of offers were $66,500 to $81,000 a year, with a median of $74,500: 6% below the national median for this job ($79,500).
The most common wage level was Level I (73% of filings).
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Wage levels
DOL sets four wage levels by experience. The share of filings at each level, and the minimum the employer must pay for that level here.
| Level | Share of filings | Prevailing wage (minimum) |
|---|---|---|
| Level I (entry) | 73% | — |
| Level II (qualified) | 12% | — |
| Level III (experienced) | 10% | — |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 4% | — |
We don't carry prevailing wages for this occupation yet; the DOL wage search has them.
Who sponsors biochemists and biophysicists here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope | 25 | $76,500 | — |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | 18 | $65,500 | 1 |
| The University of Southern California | 17 | $53,500 | — |
| City of Hope National Medical Center | 11 | $76,500 | — |
| California Institute of Technology | 8 | $76,500 | — |
| University of California, Los Angeles | 5 | $83,000 | — |
| University Of California, Irvine | 5 | $81,000 | — |
| Chapman University | 3 | $70,500 | — |
| Kite Pharma Inc. | 2 | $145,000 | 2 |
| Avid Bioservices, Inc. | 1 | $136,500 | — |
| Harvey Mudd College | 1 | $70,500 | — |
| Xencor, Inc. | 1 | $139,000 | — |
| Paralos Bioscience Inc. | 1 | $131,000 | — |
| Quest Diagnostics Incorporated | 1 | $88,000 | 1 |
| TAE Life Sciences US, LLC | 1 | $150,000 | 1 |
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Common titles filed under this occupation: Research Associate, Research Scientist, Postdoctoral Scholar, Postdoctoral Fellow, Postdoctoral Associate, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Scientist, Staff Scientist.
About this data
Offers are the wages employers put on certified Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) for H-1B workers: Certified H-1B LCAs decided July 2025 to June 2026. An LCA is filed before a petition, so not every filing became a job, and pay excludes bonus and stock. Annual pay; hourly offers are multiplied by 2,080. Pages appear only where there were at least 100 filings. Source: DOL disclosure data and OFLC wage data. Not legal or financial advice.