University of California, Merced
Employer · California, United States
- Employer address
- California, United States
- Applications on record
- 278
- FY2025 applications
- 22
- FY2026 to 30 June
- 14
- Programmes
- LCA · PERM
- Certified (last three years)
- 98.6%
- Median offered wage
- $80,464
- Most common occupation
- Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary
- H-1B dependent (as declared)
- No
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Applications year by year
University of California, Merced appears in 278 applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor between fiscal 2011 and fiscal 2026 (to 30 June). In fiscal 2025 it filed 22.
Applications by fiscal year — University of California, Merced
Data table
| FY2011 | 1 |
| FY2012 | 14 |
| FY2013 | 7 |
| FY2014 | 16 |
| FY2015 | 16 |
| FY2016 | 17 |
| FY2017 | 11 |
| FY2018 | 19 |
| FY2019 | 24 |
| FY2020 | 26 |
| FY2021 | 28 |
| FY2022 | 26 |
| FY2023 | 18 |
| FY2024 | 19 |
| FY2025 | 22 |
| FY2026* | 14 |
| Fiscal year | LCA | PERM |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026* | 12 | 2 |
| FY2025 | 18 | 4 |
| FY2024 | 17 | 2 |
| FY2023 | 18 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 23 | 3 |
| FY2021 | 27 | 1 |
| FY2020 | 23 | 3 |
| FY2019 | 22 | 2 |
| FY2018 | 15 | 4 |
| FY2017 | 11 | 0 |
| FY2016 | 11 | 6 |
| FY2015 | 15 | 1 |
| FY2014 | 12 | 4 |
| FY2013 | 5 | 2 |
| FY2012 | 13 | 1 |
| FY2011 | 1 | 0 |
Where the jobs are
Worksite of each application as filed (first worksite where several are listed).
University of California, Merced: applications by worksite state
Data table
| State | Applications |
|---|---|
| CA | 278 |
- California278
- Merced, CA269
- Atwater, CA6
- Livermore, CA3
What they hire for and pay
Occupations, job titles and offered wages as stated on the applications.
- Assistant Professor73
- Postdoctoral Scholar59
- Assistant Project Scientist15
- Associate Specialist8
- Lecturer8
- Assistant Teaching Professor7
- Counseling Psychologist6
- Professor5
Offered annual wage, FY2024–FY2026, 10th to 90th percentile
Median $80,464; middle half $71,769 to $112,651 · median prevailing wage $73,150 (marker) · 46 applications.
- Level I17
- Level II3
- Level III1
- Level IV2
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)
Data table
| FY2012 | 9 |
| FY2013 | 8 |
| FY2015 | 13 |
| FY2016 | 10 |
| FY2017 | 11 |
| FY2018 | 11 |
| FY2019 | 19 |
| FY2020 | 19 |
| FY2021 | 19 |
| FY2022 | 19 |
| FY2023 | 6 |
| Fiscal year | Initial approvals | Initial denials | Continuing approvals | Continuing denials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| FY2021 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| FY2016 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| FY2015 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| FY2013 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| FY2012 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Law firms on the filings
Firms named as the employer's representative (firm names only).
Among employers in California
University of California, Merced has 278 work visa applications on record (FY2011–FY2026), ranking #818 of 30,712 sponsoring employers in California and #5,067 of 168,030 in the United States; that is 0.01% of the applications filed by employers based in California.
- Rank in California
- 818 of 30,712
- Rank in the United States
- 5,067 of 168,030
- Share of California's applications
- 0.01%
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- 1,108
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