H-1B Salaries in Berkeley, CA

514 certified full-time H-1B filings for worksites in Berkeley, California, decided Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026.

$125,242Median salary

$88,31225th percentile

$169,70175th percentile

514Filings

Top H-1B employers in Berkeley, CA

Employer	Filings	Median	Middle 50%
University of California, Berkeley	182	$92,540	$79,881 – $125,678
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	122	$130,404	$94,476 – $172,122
Typical Set	18	$195,000	$172,823 – $225,000
Bayer HealthCare	7	$157,360	$154,490 – $163,404
Form Energy	7	$170,000	$125,808 – $180,000
Liberate Innovations	7	$190,000	$180,050 – $215,000
Redwood Research Group	5	$180,000	$180,000 – $180,000
Aimatx	4	$142,730	$126,131 – $159,328
Bayer U.S.	4	$171,984	$158,437 – $180,078
Howard Hughes Medical Institute	4	$83,192	$79,873 – $86,885
Locally Compact	4	$210,000	$195,000 – $245,000
Model Evaluation and Threat Research	4	$277,130	$247,054 – $296,464
Promatrix	4	$136,750	$117,775 – $155,712
Rigetti & Co	4	$168,550	$157,750 – $177,575
Zendar	4	$167,500	$158,500 – $178,000
AirCapture	3	$180,000	$145,000 – $192,500
Enigma Sciences	3	$172,000	$171,810 – $172,000
Eurofins Professional Scientific Services West	3	$68,661	$68,661 – $68,661
Far AI	3	$185,000	$160,000 – $205,000
Microsoft	3	$189,990	$173,545 – $202,495

Job title	Filings	Median	Middle 50%
Postdoctoral Scholar Employee	63	$78,786	$74,712 – $82,836
Assistant Professor	34	$136,150	$121,250 – $149,875
Assistant Project Scientist	27	$89,000	$85,000 – $100,300
Computer Systems Engineer	22	$182,184	$172,122 – $194,439
Postdoc	19	$87,732	$80,796 – $104,628
Software Engineer	9	$151,500	$113,277 – $170,000
Member of Technical Staff	8	$180,000	$180,000 – $184,500
Research Scientist	7	$150,000	$141,120 – $168,000
Senior Research Associate	6	$78,704	$72,368 – $84,037
Postdoctoral Scholar	6	$90,828	$84,339 – $97,134
Data Scientist	5	$195,000	$170,000 – $195,000
Senior Software Engineer	5	$230,000	$215,000 – $247,000
AI Agent Engineer	4	$180,050	$171,250 – $186,325
Machine Learning Researcher	4	$260,732	$215,000 – $296,464
Assistant Researcher	4	$157,200	$144,025 – $159,400
Scientific Engineering Associate	4	$107,286	$93,444 – $121,659
Systems Analyst	4	$136,750	$117,775 – $155,712
Mechanical Engineer	4	$133,786	$126,131 – $151,080
Member of Research Staff	4	$225,000	$225,000 – $231,250
Software Engineering	3	$213,512	$201,751 – $214,256

At least 5 filings in Berkeley, CA.

Employer	Filings	Median
Typical Set	18	$195,000
Liberate Innovations	7	$190,000
Redwood Research Group	5	$180,000
Form Energy	7	$170,000
Bayer HealthCare	7	$157,360
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	122	$130,404
University of California, Berkeley	182	$92,540

Level I29% · 98

Level II26% · 89

Level III29% · 98

Level IV16% · 53

Prevailing-wage level the employer selected (I = entry, IV = fully competent).