California Institute of Technology — 359 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 83
- Filings · FY2025
- $78k
- Median base · FY2025
- Staff Scientist
- Top role · 29 all-time
- CA
- Top state · 340 all-time
California Institute of Technology filed 83 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 144% from the year before), with a median base salary of $78k and the middle 50% of offers between $73k and $98k. That is 15% below the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 359 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Staff Scientist in California.
How much does California Institute of Technology pay H-1B workers?
Certified base salary by fiscal year: each box is the p25–p75 range, the heavy line the median, the whiskers reach p10–p90. $78k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has California Institute of Technology's H-1B hiring changed by year?
10 certified filings in FY2016 → 46 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 46 | −45% | $80k |
| FY2025 | 83 | +144% | $78k |
| FY2024 | 34 | +13% | $75k |
| FY2023 | 30 | +50% | $79k |
| FY2022 | 20 | +82% | $80k |
| FY2021 | 11 | −15% | $73k |
| FY2020 | 13 | −81% | $69k |
| FY2019 | 68 | +100% | $67k |
| FY2018 | 34 | +240% | $59k |
| FY2017 | 10 | 0% | $70k |
| FY2016 | 10 | — | $62k |
Which wage levels does California Institute of Technology file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 12% of California Institute of Technology's filings sit at Level III–IV. A heavy I–II skew reads as entry-level or contractor-style hiring; a heavy IV skew as senior in-house roles — and higher levels earn more lottery entries.
Share of 249 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I62.2%155
- Level II26.1%65
- Level III6.4%16
- Level IV5.2%13
What jobs does California Institute of Technology sponsor for H-1B?
The most-filed job titles across all years (DOL titles, employer pay-grade codes stripped), with base-salary percentiles.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Staff Scientist | 29 | $76k |
| Research Scientist | 21 | $78k |
| Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Bbe | 14 | $71k |
| Research Engineer | 12 | $92k |
| Senior Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Bbe | 11 | $70k |
| Researcher | 10 | $48k |
| Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Chemistry | 9 | $71k |
| Postdoctoral Scholar (Researcher) | 8 | $50k |
| Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Physics | 7 | $78k |
| Applications Developer | 7 | $106k |
Where does California Institute of Technology hire H-1B workers?
Worksite states on the certified filings, all years. Deeper pink = more filings; hover a state for its figures.
| State | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| CA | 340 | $75k |
| LA | 6 | $98k |
| WA | 6 | $81k |
| MA | 2 | $111k |
| IL | 2 | $72k |
| MD | 1 | $112k |
| PA | 1 | $73k |
| AZ | 1 | $76k |
What has California Institute of Technology filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 359 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about California Institute of Technology's H-1B filings
- How much does California Institute of Technology pay H-1B workers?
- California Institute of Technology's median certified H-1B base salary is $78k (FY2025), from 83 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does California Institute of Technology sponsor?
- California Institute of Technology has 359 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does California Institute of Technology sponsor for H-1B?
- California Institute of Technology's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Staff Scientist, Research Scientist, Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Bbe, Research Engineer.
- Where does California Institute of Technology hire H-1B workers?
- California Institute of Technology's top H-1B worksite states are CA, LA, WA, MA.
- Does a certified LCA mean an H-1B visa was approved?
- No. A Labor Condition Application (LCA) is the Department of Labor attestation an employer must have certified before filing an H-1B petition with USCIS. It records the job, worksite and offered wage, but not whether the petition was filed, selected in the lottery, or approved. Filing counts measure intent to sponsor, not headcount.
- What salary do these figures show?
- The base annual wage offered on the certified LCA, converted to a yearly amount. Bonus, equity, overtime and benefits are not included, so total compensation is typically higher. Figures are medians and percentiles over certified filings; wages above $5,000,000 a year are excluded as data-entry errors.
- What do prevailing-wage levels I–IV mean?
- The Department of Labor assigns each LCA an OES wage level from I (entry) to IV (fully competent) for the occupation and area. Under the FY2027 wage-weighted H-1B lottery rule, a higher level earns more selection entries, so an employer's level mix is a proxy for how senior its sponsored roles are.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — certified LCA disclosure data through June 2026 (FY2016–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →