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Postdoctoral Scholar salary in California

A real-employer view of Postdoctoral Scholar pay, clustered from DOL OFLC certified filings. Variants like Senior, Lead, and II/III titles fold into this cluster — the wage range below reflects all of them.

Adrian Serafin, founder and editor of RateOrchardBy Adrian SerafinFounderUpdated May 5, 2026
Real disclosed salaries

Postdoctoral Scholar in California: actual employer-disclosed pay

Public records from 18 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Median offered wage: $74,516. Every figure below is an actual offered salary an employer attested to under federal law.

Top employers filing for this role

Companies with the most certified filings for Postdoctoral Scholar in California. Median offer is across all of that employer's filings.

EmployerMost-filed titleFilingsMedian
University of California, DavisPostdoctoral Scholar7$74,425
University of California, San FranciscoPostdoctoral Scholar7$74,606
University of California, Los AngelesPostdoctoral Scholar2$73,194
University of California, Santa CruzPostdoctoral Scholar1$79,881
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINEPOSTDOCTORAL SCHOLAR1$82,836

Recent sample filings

A snapshot of recent certified offers. Each line is a real, public, verifiable record.

  • Postdoctoral Scholar at University of California, Santa Cruz
    $79,881
    Santa CruzDecided Dec 19, 2025I-200-25346-478860
  • POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLAR at UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE
    $82,836
    IRVINEDecided Dec 15, 2025I-200-25343-467075
  • Postdoctoral Scholar at University of California, Davis
    $74,425
    SacramentoDecided Nov 18, 2025I-200-25314-394259
  • POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLAR at University of California, San Francisco
    $72,000
    San FranciscoDecided Nov 18, 2025I-203-25314-395362
  • Postdoctoral Scholar at University of California, San Francisco
    $77,030
    San FranciscoDecided Nov 14, 2025I-200-25308-370975
  • Postdoctoral Scholar at University of California, San Francisco
    $79,881
    San FranciscoDecided Sep 29, 2025I-200-25266-326566
  • Postdoctoral Scholar at University of California, Davis
    $82,836
    SacramentoDecided Sep 19, 2025I-200-25255-307128
  • Postdoctoral Scholar at University of California, Davis
    $71,769
    SacramentoDecided Aug 7, 2025I-200-25212-212321

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification. Disclosed wages reflect what employers attested to pay; actual paid wages may differ. Only certified filings are shown — denied and withdrawn cases are excluded.