Salaries / Biological Scientists, All Other / San Francisco
Biological Scientists, All Other salaries in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 318 certified H-1B applications for biological scientists, all other in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 116 employers.
The middle half of offers were $92,500 to $145,000 a year, with a median of $118,000: 39% above the national median for this job ($85,000).
The most common wage level was Level II (36% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $92,955 at Level I and $120,349 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) | 23% | $92,955 |
| Level II (qualified) | 36% | $120,349 |
| Level III (experienced) | 28% | $147,742 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 13% | $175,136 |
Who sponsors biological scientists, all other here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California, San Francisco | 37 | $83,000 | — |
| University of California, Berkeley | 27 | $89,000 | — |
| Genentech, Inc. | 14 | $140,000 | 4 |
| The J. David Gladstone Institutes | 12 | $73,000 | — |
| CZ Biohub SF, LLC | 11 | $140,000 | 2 |
| Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 11 | $168,000 | 3 |
| Calico Life Sciences LLC | 11 | $173,000 | 1 |
| Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | 8 | $111,000 | 4 |
| Insitro, Inc. | 7 | $112,500 | 1 |
| Abbvie Biotherapeutics Inc. | 7 | $133,000 | 3 |
| Illumina, Inc. | 6 | $148,500 | 12 |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | 4 | $130,500 | 3 |
| Zifo Technologies, Inc | 4 | $100,000 | 3 |
| Howard Hughes Medical Institute | 4 | $103,500 | — |
| Altos Labs Inc. | 4 | $141,000 | 3 |
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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.