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Assistant Project Scientist in Irvine, CA

Job title · Irvine, California

Job title as filed
Assistant Project Scientist
City
Irvine, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
93
Median offered wage
$78,000
Most common occupation
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Median wage$78,000certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition applications with the job title "Assistant Project Scientist" and a worksite in Irvine.

Applications by fiscal year

1224FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1224FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202211
FY202324
FY202420
FY202523
FY2026*15
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. University of California, Irvine93
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $78,000; middle half $71,500 to $81,450 · median prevailing wage $78,000 (marker) · 91 applications.

$60k$70k$80k$90k$100k
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, the job title "Assistant Project Scientist" appears on 1,079 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 11 employers for worksites in 20 cities; the median offered wage is $78,250, so the median in Irvine is 0.3% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
1,079
Employers nationwide
11
Cities with filings
20
National median offered wage
$78,250
Share of national filings in Irvine
8.6%
Cities with the most applications for Assistant Project Scientist
  1. La Jolla, CA330
  2. Davis, CA162
  3. Los Angeles, CA160
  4. Berkeley, CA146
  5. Irvine, CA93
  6. Riverside, CA75
  7. Santa Cruz, CA21
  8. San Diego, CA19
  9. Sacramento, CA19
  10. Santa Barbara, CA11
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Irvine job market

Irvine has 14,414 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 5,387 job titles and 2,651 employers; "Assistant Project Scientist" ranks #7 by applications, with 0.6% of them.

Applications in Irvine, all job titles
14,414
Job titles filed
5,387
Rank of Assistant Project Scientist in Irvine
7
Median offered wage in Irvine, all job titles
$120,000
National median wage, Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists (all job titles)
$70,762
Other job titles in Irvine
  1. Software Engineer547
  2. Software Developer367
  3. Software Development Engineer II183
  4. Senior Software Engineer159
  5. Software Development Engineer I136
  6. Postdoctoral Scholar105
  7. Assistant Professor90
  8. Design Engineer89
  9. Business Analyst84
  10. Accountant77
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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