H-1B Salaries in La Jolla, CA

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

$85,000Median salary

$78,00025th percentile

$110,12575th percentile

281Filings

Top H-1B employers in La Jolla, CA

Employer	Filings	Median	Middle 50%
University of California, San Diego	145	$85,000	$77,030 – $100,950
The Scripps Research Institute	34	$78,000	$70,886 – $78,000
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute	25	$80,000	$78,749 – $110,000
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies	19	$80,000	$78,541 – $83,776
La Jolla Institute for Immunology	11	$78,532	$71,760 – $85,322
StepStone Group	7	$150,000	$129,776 – $153,782
Avery Bio	3	$125,000	$125,000 – $131,000
Alliance for Energy Innovation	2	$106,548	$102,560 – $110,536
Brandes Investment Partners	2	$150,000	$150,000 – $150,000
Burns & McDonnell Western Enterprises	2	$145,024	$139,088 – $150,959
Orrba Systems	2	$116,490	$109,642 – $123,339
Thirty Two Lines	2	$166,026	$166,026 – $166,026
University of California, Santa Cruz	2	$91,000	$88,450 – $93,550
Airbnb	1	$191,000	$191,000 – $191,000
Balboa Bay Partners	1	$190,000	$190,000 – $190,000
Cargill	1	$159,099	$159,099 – $159,099
Cisco Systems	1	$272,397	$272,397 – $272,397
Context Capital Management	1	$160,000	$160,000 – $160,000
Coyotarts	1	$126,000	$126,000 – $126,000
Elsevier	1	$150,000	$150,000 – $150,000

Job title	Filings	Median	Middle 50%
Postdoctoral Scholar Employee	41	$77,030	$74,281 – $82,677
Assistant Project Scientist	38	$85,000	$80,800 – $89,000
Staff Scientist	25	$80,000	$78,000 – $85,322
Staff Research Associate	24	$80,925	$75,936 – $83,102
Postdoctoral Associate	21	$70,886	$70,304 – $78,749
Postdoctoral Fellow	16	$78,541	$74,113 – $79,270
Assistant Professor	12	$146,300	$139,950 – $160,150
Research Scientist	7	$78,000	$78,000 – $80,500
Assistant Adjunct Professor	4	$126,600	$119,062 – $129,825
Associate Project Scientist	3	$93,300	$93,300 – $106,550
Lecturer	3	$101,198	$92,975 – $102,716
Senior Scientist	3	$125,000	$125,000 – $131,000
Computational and Data Science Research P4	3	$126,588	$123,576 – $135,888
Scientist	3	$110,000	$99,000 – $110,000
Senior Bioinformatician	2	$120,000	$120,000 – $120,000
Technical Program Manager	2	$166,026	$166,026 – $166,026
Instructor	2	$88,544	$85,441 – $91,648
Data Scientist AI & Data Science	2	$133,673	$133,673 – $133,673
Research Data Analyst P3	2	$102,820	$99,230 – $106,410
Computational and Data Science Research P3	2	$101,508	$99,354 – $103,662

At least 5 filings in La Jolla, CA.

Employer	Filings	Median
StepStone Group	7	$150,000
University of California, San Diego	145	$85,000
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute	25	$80,000
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies	19	$80,000
La Jolla Institute for Immunology	11	$78,532
The Scripps Research Institute	34	$78,000

Level I47% · 76

Level II35% · 57

Level III9% · 14

Level IV9% · 15

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