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Postdoctoral Scholar in Los Angeles, CA

Job title · Los Angeles, California

Job title as filed
Postdoctoral Scholar
City
Los Angeles, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
256
Median offered wage
$69,385
Most common occupation
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Median wage$69,385certified 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 "Postdoctoral Scholar" and a worksite in Los Angeles.

Applications by fiscal year

3059FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
3059FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202249
FY202357
FY202453
FY202559
FY2026*38
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, Los Angeles251
  2. California Institute of Technology5
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 $69,385; middle half $64,480 to $74,589 · median prevailing wage $69,366 (marker) · 254 applications.

$60k$70k$80k$90k$100k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I5
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 "Postdoctoral Scholar" appears on 3,588 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 61 employers for worksites in 99 cities; the median offered wage is $65,000, so the median in Los Angeles is 6.7% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
3,588
Employers nationwide
61
Cities with filings
99
National median offered wage
$65,000
Share of national filings in Los Angeles
7.1%
Cities with the most applications for Postdoctoral Scholar
  1. San Francisco, CA642
  2. Chicago, IL584
  3. Los Angeles, CA256
  4. Davis, CA227
  5. Seattle, WA227
  6. Evanston, IL212
  7. University Park, PA144
  8. Portland, OR115
  9. Irvine, CA105
  10. Corvallis, OR99
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Los Angeles job market

Los Angeles has 19,929 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 7,000 job titles and 4,329 employers; "Postdoctoral Scholar" ranks #4 by applications, with 1.3% of them.

Applications in Los Angeles, all job titles
19,929
Job titles filed
7,000
Rank of Postdoctoral Scholar in Los Angeles
4
Median offered wage in Los Angeles, all job titles
$107,869
National median wage, Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists (all job titles)
$70,762
Other job titles in Los Angeles
  1. Software Engineer663
  2. Associate319
  3. Assistant Professor291
  4. Senior Associate169
  5. Designer165
  6. Software Developer162
  7. Assistant Project Scientist160
  8. Research Associate158
  9. Manager147
  10. Senior Software Engineer135
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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