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University of California at Santa Barbara

Employer · California, United States

Employer address
California, United States
Applications on record
1,652
FY2025 applications
110
FY2026 to 30 June
85
Programmes
LCA · PERM
Certified (last three years)
100.0%
Median offered wage
$82,836
Most common occupation
Biochemists and Biophysicists
H-1B dependent (as declared)
No
Certified100.0%of decided applications, last three years
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

University of California at Santa Barbara appears in 1,652 applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor between fiscal 2008 and fiscal 2026 (to 30 June). In fiscal 2025 it filed 110.

Applications by fiscal year — University of California at Santa Barbara

55110FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
55110FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200898
FY2009102
FY201093
FY201159
FY201271
FY201374
FY201472
FY201554
FY201688
FY2017102
FY201892
FY2019102
FY202092
FY202190
FY202294
FY202396
FY202478
FY2025110
FY2026*85
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*823
FY20251100
FY2024762
FY2023960
FY2022895
FY2021855
FY2020875
FY20198814
FY20187418
FY20178616
FY20167711
FY2015513
FY2014675
FY2013704
FY2012656
FY2011581
FY20107320
FY20091002
FY2008935
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite of each application as filed (first worksite where several are listed).

University of California at Santa Barbara: applications by worksite state

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Data table
StateApplications
CA1,644
IL4
UT2
MA1
NC1
Worksite states
  1. California1,644
  2. Illinois4
  3. Utah2
  4. Massachusetts1
  5. North Carolina1
Worksite cities
  1. Santa Barbara, CA1,628
  2. Batavia, IL3
  3. Goleta, CA3
  4. Camarillo, CA2
  5. San Diego, CA2
  6. Riverside, CA1
  7. Berkeley, CA1
  8. San Bruno, CA1
  9. Cary, NC1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

What they hire for and pay

Occupations, job titles and offered wages as stated on the applications.

Occupations (SOC 2018)
  1. Biochemists and Biophysicists143
  2. Materials Scientists105
  3. Biological Technicians104
  4. Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other70
  5. Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary65
  6. Physicists65
  7. Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary63
  8. Physical Scientists, All Other56
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Postdoctoral Scholar300
  2. Assistant Professor207
  3. Postdoctoral Scholar- Employee121
  4. Postdoctoral Scholar - Employee94
  5. Assistant Project Scientist91
  6. Associate Specialist87
  7. Lecturer84
  8. Project Scientist65

Offered annual wage, FY2024–FY2026, 10th to 90th percentile

Median $82,836; middle half $74,281 to $107,522 · median prevailing wage $77,400 (marker) · 261 applications.

$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k
$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I46
  2. Level II44
  3. Level III17
  4. Level IV3
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Green card sponsorship (PERM)

Country of citizenship of the workers named in certified and pending PERM applications (countries with fewer than five applications are not shown).

PERM applications by country of citizenship
  1. Canada16
  2. China13
  3. India11
  4. United Kingdom9
  5. Spain9
  6. Germany6
  7. France5
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — PERM disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

H-1B petitions decided by USCIS

Approvals and denials of Form I-129 petitions, by USCIS fiscal year. Linked by employer name, state and the last four digits of the tax ID.

Approved H-1B petitions (initial + continuing)

3774FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023
3774FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023
Data table
FY202074
FY202155
FY202270
FY202333
Fiscal yearInitial approvalsInitial denialsContinuing approvalsContinuing denials
FY2023190140
FY2022310391
FY2021260291
FY2020341401
Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services — H-1B Employer Data Hub (FY2009–FY2023)Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Law firms on the filings

Firms named as the employer's representative (firm names only).

Applications by law firm
  1. Wolfsdorf Rosenthal LLP17
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Among employers in California

University of California at Santa Barbara has 1,652 work visa applications on record (FY2008–FY2026), ranking #140 of 30,712 sponsoring employers in California and #695 of 168,030 in the United States; that is 0.08% of the applications filed by employers based in California.

Rank in California
140 of 30,712
Rank in the United States
695 of 168,030
Share of California's applications
0.08%
Employers in the same industry group (NAICS 611) in California
1,108
Largest sponsoring employers in California
  1. Google LLC100,642
  2. HCL America, Inc.65,516
  3. Facebook, Inc.63,530
  4. Intel Corporation61,185
  5. Apple Inc.60,673
  6. Google Inc.34,245
  7. Cisco Systems, Inc.26,767
  8. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.25,216
  9. UST Global Inc.25,160
  10. Linkedin Corporation17,398
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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