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University of California, Berkeley

Employer · California, United States

Employer address
California, United States
Applications on record
3,391
FY2025 applications
230
FY2026 to 30 June
189
Programmes
LCA · PERM
Certified (last three years)
100.0%
Median offered wage
$85,000
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, Berkeley appears in 3,391 applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor between fiscal 2008 and fiscal 2026 (to 30 June). In fiscal 2025 it filed 230.

Applications by fiscal year — University of California, Berkeley

115230FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
115230FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008165
FY2009143
FY2010169
FY2011146
FY2012165
FY2013157
FY2014169
FY2015194
FY2016174
FY2017146
FY2018155
FY2019184
FY2020194
FY2021179
FY2022209
FY2023209
FY2024214
FY2025230
FY2026*189
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*17811
FY20252219
FY202420311
FY20232036
FY202219613
FY202116910
FY202017519
FY201916321
FY20181469
FY20171379
FY201614826
FY201517519
FY201415514
FY20131516
FY201215411
FY20111442
FY201014920
FY20091385
FY200815312
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, Berkeley: applications by worksite state

1+1+1+1+3+
1+1+1+1+3+
Data table
StateApplications
CA3,370
TX5
MA3
NC3
CO1
VA1
KS1
WA1
DC1
NJ1
MO1
IN1
GA1
IL1
Worksite states
  1. California3,370
  2. Texas5
  3. Massachusetts3
  4. North Carolina3
  5. Colorado1
  6. Virginia1
  7. Kansas1
  8. Washington1
  9. District of Columbia1
  10. New Jersey1
Worksite cities
  1. Berkeley, CA3,275
  2. Richmond, CA47
  3. Albany, CA18
  4. Emeryville, CA18
  5. Shrewsbury, MA2
  6. Leander, TX2
  7. Overland Park, KS1
  8. Los Angeles, CA1
  9. Houston, TX1
  10. Tysons, VA1
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 Biophysicists329
  2. Biological Scientists, All Other327
  3. Physicists161
  4. Chemists98
  5. Microbiologists89
  6. Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary83
  7. Astronomers78
  8. Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary77
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Postdoctoral Scholar Employee864
  2. Assistant Professor325
  3. Assistant Project Scientist277
  4. Associate Specialist223
  5. Postdoctoral Scholar - Employee129
  6. Lecturer128
  7. Assistant Researcher104
  8. Assistant Specialist62

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

Median $85,000; middle half $76,843 to $120,075 · median prevailing wage $79,300 (marker) · 586 applications.

$60k$85k$110k$135k$160k
$60k$85k$110k$135k$160k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I148
  2. Level II24
  3. Level III7
  4. Level IV25
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. India33
  2. United Kingdom23
  3. Germany21
  4. China18
  5. Canada16
  6. Italy10
  7. France8
  8. Australia7
  9. Japan7
  10. Netherlands6
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)

79158FY2009FY2010FY2012FY2013FY2015FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023
79158FY2009FY2012FY2015FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2023
Data table
FY2009134
FY2010105
FY2012119
FY2013143
FY2015157
FY2017114
FY2018111
FY2019145
FY2020142
FY2021132
FY2022158
FY202356
Fiscal yearInitial approvalsInitial denialsContinuing approvalsContinuing denials
FY2023281280
FY2022720860
FY2021700620
FY2020660763
FY2019790661
FY2018513602
FY2017491650
FY2015920651
FY2013590841
FY2012620572
FY2010460591
FY2009600741
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. Ware | Immigration156
  2. Ware | Gasparian13
  3. Wolfsdorf Rosenthal LLP5
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, Berkeley has 3,391 work visa applications on record (FY2008–FY2026), ranking #67 of 30,712 sponsoring employers in California and #296 of 168,030 in the United States; that is 0.16% of the applications filed by employers based in California.

Rank in California
67 of 30,712
Rank in the United States
296 of 168,030
Share of California's applications
0.16%
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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