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University of California, San Diego

Employer · California, United States

Employer address
California, United States
Applications on record
4,539
FY2025 applications
315
FY2026 to 30 June
235
Programmes
LCA · PERM
Certified (last three years)
99.9%
Median offered wage
$81,000
Most common occupation
Biochemists and Biophysicists
H-1B dependent (as declared)
No
Certified99.9%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, San Diego appears in 4,539 applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor between fiscal 2008 and fiscal 2026 (to 30 June). In fiscal 2025 it filed 315.

Applications by fiscal year — University of California, San Diego

161321FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
161321FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008236
FY2009212
FY2010202
FY2011179
FY2012177
FY2013180
FY2014252
FY2015196
FY2016276
FY2017260
FY2018244
FY2019243
FY2020211
FY2021212
FY2022321
FY2023289
FY2024299
FY2025315
FY2026*235
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*2323
FY20253096
FY20242963
FY20232863
FY202230813
FY20212075
FY202019516
FY20192367
FY201823311
FY201724812
FY201625620
FY201518610
FY201423418
FY20131791
FY20121725
FY20111754
FY201018715
FY20092039
FY20082288
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, San Diego: applications by worksite state

1+1+1+2+3+
1+1+1+2+3+
Data table
StateApplications
CA4,512
CO7
OH5
TX3
OR3
MA2
WA1
VA1
NY1
CT1
TN1
GA1
IL1
Worksite states
  1. California4,512
  2. Colorado7
  3. Ohio5
  4. Texas3
  5. Oregon3
  6. Massachusetts2
  7. Washington1
  8. Virginia1
  9. New York1
  10. Connecticut1
Worksite cities
  1. La Jolla, CA4,260
  2. San Diego, CA222
  3. El Centro, CA4
  4. Cincinnati, OH4
  5. Boulder, CO3
  6. Hillsboro, OR3
  7. Encinitas, CA2
  8. San Francisco, CA2
  9. Oceanside, CA2
  10. Escondido, CA2
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 Biophysicists965
  2. Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists786
  3. Biological Scientists, All Other302
  4. Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary151
  5. Biological Technicians111
  6. Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary110
  7. Physicists105
  8. Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary88
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Assistant Project Scientist1,023
  2. Postdoctoral Scholar Employee751
  3. Assistant Professor375
  4. Postdoctoral Scholar-employee365
  5. Postdoctoral Scholar346
  6. Staff Research Associate III196
  7. Assistant Adjunct Professor73
  8. Staff Research Associate 370

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

Median $81,000; middle half $74,425 to $100,825 · median prevailing wage $77,179 (marker) · 800 applications.

$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k
$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I148
  2. Level II53
  3. Level III12
  4. Level IV23
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. Canada32
  2. China18
  3. Italy13
  4. India12
  5. Germany10
  6. France9
  7. Mexico9
  8. United Kingdom7
  9. South Korea5
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)

97193FY2014FY2015FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023
97193FY2014FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2023
Data table
FY20142
FY2015139
FY2018125
FY2019159
FY2020167
FY2021137
FY2022193
FY202366
Fiscal yearInitial approvalsInitial denialsContinuing approvalsContinuing denials
FY2023371291
FY20221261673
FY2021832540
FY20201011661
FY2019960631
FY2018580672
FY2015870521
FY20142000
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 | Immigration8
  2. Larrabee Albi Coker LLP1
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, San Diego has 4,539 work visa applications on record (FY2008–FY2026), ranking #44 of 30,712 sponsoring employers in California and #199 of 168,030 in the United States; that is 0.22% of the applications filed by employers based in California.

Rank in California
44 of 30,712
Rank in the United States
199 of 168,030
Share of California's applications
0.22%
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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