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Postdoc salary in California

A real-employer view of Postdoc 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 August 3, 2026
Real disclosed salaries

Postdoc 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: $81,048. 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 Postdoc in California. Median offer is across all of that employer's filings. Click a company for its full H-1B salary breakdown.

EmployerMost-filed titleFilingsMedian
Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryPostdoc6$81,048

Recent sample filings

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

  • Postdoc at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    $95,844
    BerkeleyDecided Feb 25, 2026I-200-26049-649024
  • Postdoc at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    $82,836
    BerkeleyDecided Feb 2, 2026I-200-26026-590518
  • Postdoc at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    $105,936
    BerkeleyDecided Jan 28, 2026I-200-26021-578203
  • Postdoc at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    $79,260
    BerkeleyDecided Dec 29, 2025I-200-25353-497835
  • Postdoc at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    $71,769
    BerkeleyDecided Apr 7, 2025I-200-25090-814938
  • Postdoc at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    $78,912
    BerkeleyDecided Mar 17, 2025I-200-25069-761794

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 Only certified filings are shown — denied and withdrawn cases are excluded.