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Basic Life Research Scientist in Palo Alto, CA

Job title · Palo Alto, California

Job title as filed
Basic Life Research Scientist
City
Palo Alto, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
60
Median offered wage
$80,000
Most common occupation
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Median wage$80,000certified 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 "Basic Life Research Scientist" and a worksite in Palo Alto.

Applications by fiscal year

917FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
917FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20226
FY202313
FY202412
FY202517
FY2026*12
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. The Leland Stanford, Jr University60
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 $80,000; middle half $76,000 to $85,000 · median prevailing wage $70,762 (marker) · 57 applications.

$60k$70k$80k$90k$100k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I42
  2. Level II17
  3. 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 "Basic Life Research Scientist" appears on 414 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 1 employers for worksites in 6 cities; the median offered wage is $79,000, so the median in Palo Alto is 1.3% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
414
Employers nationwide
1
Cities with filings
6
National median offered wage
$79,000
Share of national filings in Palo Alto
14.5%
Cities with the most applications for Basic Life Research Scientist
  1. Stanford, CA346
  2. Palo Alto, CA60
  3. Pacific Grove, CA3
  4. Redwood City, CA3
  5. La Jolla, CA1
  6. San Carlos, CA1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Palo Alto job market

Palo Alto has 16,821 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 4,724 job titles and 1,179 employers; "Basic Life Research Scientist" ranks #30 by applications, with 0.4% of them.

Applications in Palo Alto, all job titles
16,821
Job titles filed
4,724
Rank of Basic Life Research Scientist in Palo Alto
30
Median offered wage in Palo Alto, all job titles
$173,925
National median wage, Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists (all job titles)
$70,762
Other job titles in Palo Alto
  1. Software Engineer898
  2. Member of Technical Staff440
  3. Senior Software Engineer419
  4. Software Development Engineer II360
  5. Applied Scientist II205
  6. Senior Developer181
  7. R&D Engineer Software181
  8. Senior Member of Technical Staff170
  9. Staff Software Engineer161
  10. SR. Software Engineer156
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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