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Staff Scientist in La Jolla, CA

Job title · La Jolla, California

Job title as filed
Staff Scientist
City
La Jolla, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
175
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 "Staff Scientist" and a worksite in La Jolla.

Applications by fiscal year

2345FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2345FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202225
FY202335
FY202440
FY202545
FY2026*30
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
6
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 Scripps Research Institute117
  2. Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute43
  3. The Salk Institute for Biological Studies8
  4. La Jolla Institute for Immunology3
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 $64,700 to $80,000 · median prevailing wage $60,590 (marker) · 173 applications.

$60k$70k$80k$90k$100k
$60k$70k$80k$90k$100k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I45
  2. Level II126
  3. Level III2
  4. Level IV2
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 "Staff Scientist" appears on 1,898 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 129 employers for worksites in 105 cities; the median offered wage is $75,000, so the median in La Jolla is 4.0% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
1,898
Employers nationwide
129
Cities with filings
105
National median offered wage
$75,000
Share of national filings in La Jolla
9.2%
Cities with the most applications for Staff Scientist
  1. St. Louis, MO444
  2. Bethesda, MD255
  3. La Jolla, CA175
  4. Duarte, CA123
  5. Houston, TX86
  6. Chicago, IL83
  7. Seattle, WA71
  8. The Bronx, NY63
  9. Rochester, NY47
  10. Jupiter, FL39
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; "Staff Scientist" ranks #4 by applications, with 7.0% of them.

Applications in La Jolla, all job titles
2,514
Job titles filed
420
Rank of Staff Scientist in La Jolla
4
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. Assistant Project Scientist330
  2. Postdoctoral Scholar-employee282
  3. Postdoctoral Associate192
  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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