Salaries / Biological Scientists, All Other / Los Angeles
Biological Scientists, All Other salaries in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 126 certified H-1B applications for biological scientists, all other in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 31 employers.
The middle half of offers were $72,000 to $104,500 a year, with a median of $83,500: 2% below the national median for this job ($85,000).
The most common wage level was Level I (37% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $68,806 at Level I and $86,861 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) | 37% | $68,806 |
| Level II (qualified) | 31% | $86,861 |
| Level III (experienced) | 21% | $104,915 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 11% | $122,970 |
Who sponsors biological scientists, all other here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | 27 | $71,000 | 2 |
| University Of California, Irvine | 17 | $81,000 | — |
| California Institute of Technology | 16 | $72,500 | — |
| The University of Southern California | 11 | $71,000 | — |
| University of California, Los Angeles | 11 | $81,000 | — |
| Fulgent Therapeutics, LLC | 6 | $107,000 | 1 |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | 4 | $78,000 | — |
| A-New Bio Inc | 3 | $108,000 | — |
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | 2 | $91,000 | — |
| Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope | 2 | $92,500 | — |
| Aureka Biotechnologies, Inc. | 2 | $84,000 | — |
| DeepNephro, Inc. | 2 | $110,000 | — |
| Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian | 2 | $105,000 | — |
| PrimeGen US. Inc | 2 | $87,500 | — |
| FUJIFILM Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $103,000 | — |
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Common titles filed under this occupation: Research Fellow, Postdoctoral Associate, Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Associate, Research Scientist, Postdoctoral Scholar, Scientist, Postdoctoral Research Fellow.
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.