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University of California, Santa Cruz

Employer · California, United States

Employer address
California, United States
Applications on record
761
FY2025 applications
40
FY2026 to 30 June
34
Programmes
LCA · PERM
Certified (last three years)
100.0%
Median offered wage
$101,300
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, Santa Cruz appears in 761 applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor between fiscal 2008 and fiscal 2026 (to 30 June). In fiscal 2025 it filed 40.

Applications by fiscal year — University of California, Santa Cruz

2957FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
2957FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200850
FY200937
FY201042
FY201123
FY201229
FY201327
FY201430
FY201530
FY201628
FY201741
FY201849
FY201948
FY202038
FY202155
FY202249
FY202357
FY202454
FY202540
FY2026*34
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*2410
FY2025346
FY2024486
FY2023525
FY2022454
FY2021496
FY2020362
FY2019417
FY2018427
FY2017383
FY2016262
FY2015264
FY2014300
FY2013270
FY2012290
FY2011230
FY2010393
FY2009325
FY2008464
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, Santa Cruz: applications by worksite state

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Data table
StateApplications
CA750
MA3
IL2
NE1
CT1
NM1
NC1
HI1
NJ1
Worksite states
  1. California750
  2. Massachusetts3
  3. Illinois2
  4. Nebraska1
  5. Connecticut1
  6. New Mexico1
  7. North Carolina1
  8. Hawaii1
  9. New Jersey1
Worksite cities
  1. Santa Cruz, CA666
  2. Mountain View, CA17
  3. La Jolla, CA11
  4. Monterey, CA9
  5. Santa Clara, CA6
  6. Berkeley, CA5
  7. Scotts Valley, CA4
  8. Sacramento, CA3
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 Biophysicists81
  2. Biological Scientists, All Other58
  3. Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary40
  4. Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary35
  5. Astronomers32
  6. Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary28
  7. Economics Teachers, Postsecondary28
  8. Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists23
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Assistant Professor171
  2. Postdoctoral Scholar108
  3. Assistant Project Scientist75
  4. Associate Specialist32
  5. Associate Project Scientist27
  6. Associate Scientist25
  7. Assistant Researcher24
  8. Lecturer18

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

Median $101,300; middle half $85,900 to $130,000 · median prevailing wage $86,000 (marker) · 105 applications.

$60k$85k$110k$135k$160k
$60k$85k$110k$135k$160k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I29
  2. Level II13
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. China7
  2. Canada6
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)

1733FY2022FY2023
1733FY2022FY2023
Data table
FY202233
FY202315
Fiscal yearInitial approvalsInitial denialsContinuing approvalsContinuing denials
FY202310051
FY2022181151
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 | Immigration56
  2. Law Offices of Ursula Trimming, ESQ.1
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, Santa Cruz has 761 work visa applications on record (FY2008–FY2026), ranking #307 of 30,712 sponsoring employers in California and #1,812 of 168,030 in the United States; that is 0.04% of the applications filed by employers based in California.

Rank in California
307 of 30,712
Rank in the United States
1,812 of 168,030
Share of California's applications
0.04%
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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