Salaries / Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists / San Francisco
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists salaries in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 140 certified H-1B applications for medical scientists, except epidemiologists in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 45 employers.
The middle half of offers were $93,500 to $162,000 a year, with a median of $127,000: 67% above the national median for this job ($76,000).
The most common wage level was Level II (36% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $108,909 at Level I and $133,099 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) | 18% | $108,909 |
| Level II (qualified) | 36% | $133,099 |
| Level III (experienced) | 23% | $157,310 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 22% | $181,501 |
Who sponsors medical scientists, except epidemiologists here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California, San Francisco | 37 | $84,500 | — |
| Genentech, Inc. | 21 | $148,500 | 5 |
| Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 11 | $159,500 | 3 |
| University of California, Berkeley | 6 | $87,000 | — |
| Buck Institute for Research on Aging | 5 | $114,000 | — |
| Exelixis, Inc. | 4 | $177,000 | 3 |
| Amgen Inc. | 4 | $178,000 | 1 |
| The Leland Stanford, Jr University | 3 | $87,000 | — |
| Eli Lilly and Company | 2 | $257,500 | 1 |
| AbbVie Inc. | 2 | $130,000 | — |
| Unlearn.Ai, Inc. | 2 | — | — |
| Abbvie Biotherapeutics Inc. | 2 | $172,500 | — |
| Kite Pharma Inc. | 2 | $122,500 | 1 |
| Neuralink Corp. | 2 | $163,500 | — |
| Arcus Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $162,500 | — |
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Common titles filed under this occupation: Research Associate, Research Scientist, Research Fellow, Postdoctoral Fellow, Staff Scientist, Postdoctoral Associate, Instructor, Assistant Professor.
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.