Salaries / Biochemists And Biophysicists / San Francisco
Biochemists And Biophysicists salaries in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data
Employers filed 230 certified H-1B applications for biochemists and biophysicists in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 72 employers.
The middle half of offers were $83,000 to $138,000 a year, with a median of $103,000: 30% above the national median for this job ($79,500).
The most common wage level was Level II (46% 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) | 19% | — |
| Level II (qualified) | 46% | — |
| Level III (experienced) | 24% | — |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 11% | — |
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 Francisco | 90 | $83,000 | — |
| Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 10 | $115,500 | 12 |
| Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | 9 | $82,500 | — |
| University of California, Berkeley | 8 | $80,000 | — |
| Genentech, Inc. | 7 | $115,500 | 1 |
| Vaxcyte, Inc. | 6 | $172,000 | 1 |
| CZ Biohub SF, LLC | 4 | $130,000 | — |
| Amgen Inc. | 4 | $160,000 | 7 |
| Vitalant | 3 | $82,500 | — |
| Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC | 3 | $184,500 | — |
| Calico Life Sciences LLC | 3 | $160,000 | 1 |
| 10x Genomics, Inc. | 3 | $142,000 | 7 |
| Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. | 3 | $162,000 | — |
| Arcus Biosciences, Inc. | 3 | $129,000 | 1 |
| Nautilus Subsidiary, Inc | 3 | $142,000 | — |
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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.