Salaries / Biological Scientists, All Other / San Jose
Biological Scientists, All Other salaries in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 154 certified H-1B applications for biological scientists, all other in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 28 employers.
The middle half of offers were $80,000 to $110,500 a year, with a median of $88,000: 4% above the national median for this job ($85,000).
The most common wage level was Level I (61% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $86,029 at Level I and $114,026 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) | 61% | $86,029 |
| Level II (qualified) | 24% | $114,026 |
| Level III (experienced) | 9% | $142,022 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 5% | $170,019 |
Who sponsors biological scientists, all other here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Leland Stanford, Jr University | 97 | $83,000 | — |
| Arc Research Institute | 17 | $105,000 | — |
| Guardant Health, Inc. | 5 | $168,000 | 6 |
| Howard Hughes Medical Institute | 4 | $85,500 | — |
| Zifo Technologies, Inc | 3 | $117,500 | 3 |
| Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $139,500 | 1 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 2 | $165,500 | 2 |
| Dnanexus, Inc. | 2 | $168,000 | 1 |
| Greenstone Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $97,500 | — |
| Carnegie Institution of Washington d/b/a Carnegie Institution for Science | 1 | $78,000 | — |
| Michigan State University | 1 | $82,500 | — |
| Esoterix Genetic Labs LLC | 1 | $112,000 | — |
| Takara Bio USA Inc. | 1 | $105,000 | — |
| Complete Genomics LLC | 1 | $110,000 | 1 |
| ImpriMed, Inc. | 1 | $111,000 | — |
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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.