Salaries / Biochemists And Biophysicists / San Diego
Biochemists And Biophysicists salaries in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data
Employers filed 108 certified H-1B applications for biochemists and biophysicists in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 30 employers.
The middle half of offers were $77,000 to $98,000 a year, with a median of $82,500: 4% above the national median for this job ($79,500).
The most common wage level was Level II (39% 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) | 34% | — |
| Level II (qualified) | 39% | — |
| Level III (experienced) | 18% | — |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 10% | — |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Of California, San Diego | 46 | $81,000 | — |
| The Scripps Research Institute | 17 | $78,000 | — |
| Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute | 5 | $88,000 | — |
| Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc. | 4 | $116,500 | 6 |
| Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 3 | $117,500 | 12 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $116,500 | 1 |
| Howard Hughes Medical Institute | 2 | $116,500 | — |
| The University of Southern California | 2 | $69,000 | — |
| The Salk Institute for Biological Studies | 2 | $82,000 | — |
| Genomatica, Inc. | 2 | $115,000 | 2 |
| Pfizer Inc. | 2 | $112,500 | — |
| Eli Lilly and Company | 2 | $139,000 | — |
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC | 2 | $115,000 | 1 |
| Quantum-Si, Incorporated | 1 | $157,500 | — |
| Replay Holdings, Inc. | 1 | $150,000 | — |
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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.