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University of California, San Francisco

Employer · California, United States

Employer address
California, United States
Applications on record
5,569
FY2025 applications
401
FY2026 to 30 June
302
Programmes
LCA · PERM
Certified (last three years)
99.9%
Median offered wage
$87,100
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 Francisco appears in 5,569 applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor between fiscal 2008 and fiscal 2026 (to 30 June). In fiscal 2025 it filed 401.

Applications by fiscal year — University of California, San Francisco

206411FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
206411FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008307
FY2009292
FY2010295
FY2011253
FY2012255
FY2013217
FY2014242
FY2015236
FY2016245
FY2017217
FY2018239
FY2019300
FY2020312
FY2021309
FY2022375
FY2023361
FY2024411
FY2025401
FY2026*302
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*28121
FY20253956
FY20244038
FY20233601
FY20223696
FY202129712
FY20203048
FY20192928
FY20182354
FY20172143
FY20162414
FY20152351
FY20142375
FY20132143
FY20122496
FY20112458
FY201027916
FY200927715
FY20083007
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 Francisco: applications by worksite state

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Data table
StateApplications
CA5,558
TX3
IL2
FL2
TN1
SC1
GA1
MN1
Worksite states
  1. California5,558
  2. Texas3
  3. Illinois2
  4. Florida2
  5. Tennessee1
  6. South Carolina1
  7. Georgia1
  8. Minnesota1
Worksite cities
  1. San Francisco, CA5,484
  2. Oakland, CA19
  3. Brisbane, CA10
  4. Fresno, CA6
  5. Sacramento, CA6
  6. South San Francisco, CA4
  7. Fremont, CA3
  8. Salinas, CA3
  9. Novato, CA2
  10. Berkeley, 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 Biophysicists2,625
  2. Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary608
  3. Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists361
  4. Biological Scientists, All Other327
  5. Physicians, All Other251
  6. Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers130
  7. Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists123
  8. Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other53
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Postdoctoral Scholar1,966
  2. Associate Specialist731
  3. Specialist342
  4. Assistant Specialist240
  5. Assistant Researcher175
  6. Visiting Assistant Professor126
  7. Assistant Professional Researcher99
  8. Assistant Adjunct Professor96

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

Median $87,100; middle half $76,500 to $120,000 · median prevailing wage $82,836 (marker) · 1,042 applications.

$60k$100k$140k$180k$220k
$60k$100k$140k$180k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I35
  2. Level II121
  3. Level III65
  4. Level IV43
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. India21
  2. Philippines15
  3. Canada13
  4. Germany7
  5. Mexico6
  6. China6
  7. Malaysia6
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)

611FY2009FY2010FY2012FY2015FY2016FY2018FY2022
611FY2009FY2012FY2016FY2022
Data table
FY200910
FY20106
FY20129
FY201510
FY20162
FY201811
FY20221
Fiscal yearInitial approvalsInitial denialsContinuing approvalsContinuing denials
FY20221000
FY20185061
FY20160020
FY20156040
FY20120090
FY20100061
FY20094160
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. Van Der Hout LLP188
  2. Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.45
  3. Van Der Hout, Brigagliano & Nightingale, LLP14
  4. Simmons & Ungar LLP6
  5. Aronson & Associates, PA1
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 Francisco has 5,569 work visa applications on record (FY2008–FY2026), ranking #33 of 30,712 sponsoring employers in California and #149 of 168,030 in the United States; that is 0.27% of the applications filed by employers based in California.

Rank in California
33 of 30,712
Rank in the United States
149 of 168,030
Share of California's applications
0.27%
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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