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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 4, 2026
Real disclosed salaries

Postdoctoral Scholar in California: actual employer-disclosed pay

Public records from 6 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Median offered wage: $71,771. 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, Los AngelesPostdoctoral Scholar3$71,769
Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryPostdoctoral Scholar (in Energy Chemical Engineering)2$87,552
University of California at Santa BarbaraPostdoctoral Scholar1$71,769

Recent sample filings

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

  • Postdoctoral Scholar at University of California, Los Angeles
    $77,179
    Los AngelesDecided Jun 27, 2025I-200-25171-116754
  • Postdoctoral Scholar (in Energy Chemical Engineering) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    $71,772
    BerkeleyDecided Jun 11, 2025I-200-25155-051399
  • Postdoctoral Scholar at University of California at Santa Barbara
    $71,769
    Santa BarbaraDecided Nov 6, 2024I-200-24304-443914
  • Postdoctoral Scholar (in Chemical Sciences/Engineering) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    $103,332
    BerkeleyDecided Apr 30, 2025I-200-25113-895886
  • Postdoctoral Scholar at University of California, Los Angeles
    $71,769
    Los AngelesDecided Jan 28, 2025I-200-25021-631850
  • Postdoctoral Scholar at University of California, Los Angeles
    $66,737
    Los AngelesDecided Oct 17, 2024I-200-24283-395273

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 Only certified filings are shown — denied and withdrawn cases are excluded.