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Specialty Profile · California

Specialist salary in California

A real-employer view of Specialist 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

Specialist in California: actual employer-disclosed pay

Public records from 3 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Median offered wage: $80,800. 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 Specialist in California. Median offer is across all of that employer's filings.

EmployerMost-filed titleFilingsMedian
University of California, Santa CruzSpecialist2$97,500
University of California, BerkeleyAssociate Specialist1$80,800

Recent sample filings

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

  • Specialist at University of California, Santa Cruz
    $130,000
    Santa CruzDecided Dec 24, 2025I-200-25352-492663
  • Associate Specialist at University of California, Berkeley
    $80,800
    BerkeleyDecided Dec 18, 2024I-200-24347-536918
  • Assistant Specialist at University of California, Santa Cruz
    $65,000
    Santa CruzDecided Feb 28, 2025I-200-25054-716993

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 Only certified filings are shown — denied and withdrawn cases are excluded.