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Berkeley, California

City · California, United States

Applications on record
11,241
FY2025
680
FY2026 to 30 June
559
Share of U.S. total
0.09%
Median offered wage (LCA)
$114,146
Median wage$114,146certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

All Department of Labor work visa applications with a worksite in Berkeley, California.

Applications by fiscal year — Berkeley, California

352703FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
352703FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008524
FY2009520
FY2010538
FY2011462
FY2012479
FY2013474
FY2014508
FY2015584
FY2016630
FY2017618
FY2018619
FY2019650
FY2020657
FY2021684
FY2022703
FY2023693
FY2024659
FY2025680
FY2026*559
Fiscal yearH-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*049663
FY2025060674
FY2024161345
FY2023064548
FY2022064657
FY2021060084
FY2020057978
FY2019059456
FY2018055861
FY2017055068
FY2016255672
FY2015053054
FY2014046939
FY2013045618
FY2012043643
FY2011043725
FY2010048157
FY2009050713
FY2008048836
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Largest sponsoring employers

Employers with the most applications for jobs in Berkeley, California.

Applications by employer
  1. University of California, Berkeley3,275
  2. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory2,825
  3. Typical Set, LLC218
  4. Msci, Inc.205
  5. Howard Hughes Medical Institute144
  6. Bayer U.S. LLC69
  7. Here North America, LLC65
  8. Microsoft Corporation62
  9. Bayer Healthcare LLC59
  10. Newfield Wireless, Inc.57
  11. Ocean Cities Pizza, Inc.50
  12. Bayer U.S. LLC47
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Occupations and routes

SOC 2018 occupation and visa programme of the applications.

Occupations
  1. Software Developers855
  2. Biological Scientists, All Other630
  3. Physicists607
  4. Biochemists and Biophysicists591
  5. Computer and Information Research Scientists430
  6. Chemists378
  7. Computer Occupations, All Other300
  8. Engineers, All Other273
  9. Materials Scientists266
  10. Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers245
Visa routes
  1. H-1B9,466
  2. PERM labour certification991
  3. E-3 (Australia)252
  4. H-1B1 (Chile)24
  5. H-1B1 (Singapore)24
  6. H-2B non-agricultural workers3
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $114,146; middle half $82,734 to $155,439 · median prevailing wage $90,850 (marker) · 1,670 applications.

$60k$95k$130k$165k$200k
$60k$95k$130k$165k$200k
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Among cities in California

Berkeley, California ranks #28 of 571 cities in California by work visa applications on record, with 0.50% of the applications for worksites in the state's cities that have their own page.

Rank in California
28 of 571
Share of California's city applications
0.50%
Share of U.S. total
0.09%
Cities in California with the most applications
  1. San Francisco, CA264,290
  2. San Jose, CA207,366
  3. Sunnyvale, CA167,630
  4. Mountain View, CA138,682
  5. Santa Clara, CA128,958
  6. Los Angeles, CA105,784
  7. San Diego, CA103,047
  8. Palo Alto, CA69,888
  9. Irvine, CA61,408
  10. Fremont, CA59,493
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Job titles with their own pages

Titles with at least 30 labor condition applications here since FY2022.

  • Assistant Professor
  • Assistant Project Scientist
  • Computer Systems Engineer 3
  • Lecturer
  • Postdoc
  • Postdoctoral Scholar Employee
  • Software Engineer
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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