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Assistant Project Scientist in La Jolla, CA

Job title · La Jolla, California

Job title as filed
Assistant Project Scientist
City
La Jolla, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
330
Median offered wage
$78,000
Most common occupation
Biochemists and Biophysicists
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 La Jolla.

Applications by fiscal year

3774FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
3774FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202272
FY202367
FY202465
FY202574
FY2026*52
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
2
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, San Diego327
  2. University of California, Santa Cruz3
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 $72,000 to $83,200 · median prevailing wage $76,700 (marker) · 317 applications.

$60k$70k$80k$90k$100k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I5
  2. Level III1
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 La Jolla 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 La Jolla
30.6%
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 La Jolla job market

La Jolla has 2,514 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 420 job titles and 185 employers; "Assistant Project Scientist" ranks #1 by applications, with 13.1% of them.

Applications in La Jolla, all job titles
2,514
Job titles filed
420
Rank of Assistant Project Scientist in La Jolla
1
Median offered wage in La Jolla, all job titles
$77,327
National median wage, Biochemists and Biophysicists (all job titles)
$72,928
Other job titles in La Jolla
  1. Postdoctoral Scholar-employee282
  2. Postdoctoral Associate192
  3. Staff Scientist175
  4. Assistant Professor158
  5. Postdoctoral Fellow143
  6. Postdoctoral Scholar Employee128
  7. Staff Research Associate III62
  8. Staff Research Associate 360
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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