Salaries / Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers / San Francisco
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers salaries in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 116 certified H-1B applications for bioengineers and biomedical engineers in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 62 employers.
The middle half of offers were $105,000 to $160,000 a year, with a median of $139,000: 31% above the national median for this job ($106,000).
The most common wage level was Level IV (38% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $101,005 at Level I and $120,411 at Level II.
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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) | 10% | $101,005 |
| Level II (qualified) | 22% | $120,411 |
| Level III (experienced) | 29% | $139,818 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 38% | $159,224 |
Who sponsors bioengineers and biomedical engineers here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California, San Francisco | 17 | $80,000 | — |
| Labs for Humanity, Inc. | 8 | $209,500 | — |
| University of California, Berkeley | 6 | $81,500 | — |
| 10x Genomics, Inc. | 6 | $165,000 | — |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 4 | $130,000 | 2 |
| Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. | 4 | $132,000 | 3 |
| Twist Bioscience Corporation | 3 | $155,000 | 1 |
| Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 3 | $156,500 | 1 |
| Neptune Medical, Inc. | 3 | $122,000 | — |
| CZ Biohub SF, LLC | 2 | $149,500 | — |
| Neuralink Corp. | 2 | $139,000 | — |
| Insight Rx, Inc. | 2 | $165,000 | — |
| Pheast Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $156,500 | — |
| Promaxo, Inc. | 2 | $158,000 | — |
| Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | 2 | $90,000 | — |
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Common titles filed under this occupation: Postdoctoral Scholar, Postdoctoral Associate, Postdoctoral Fellow, Biomedical Engineer, Research Scientist, Research Associate, Scientist, Postdoctoral Research Associate.
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.