Occidental College — 18 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2025)
- 2
- Filings · FY2025
- $92k
- Median base · FY2025
- Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow and Music Instructor
- Top role · 3 all-time
- CA
- Top state · 18 all-time
Occidental College filed 2 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (down 50% from the year before), with a median base salary of $92k and the middle 50% of offers between $92k and $104k. That is 4% below the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 18 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow and Music Instructor in California.
How much does Occidental College 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. $92k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Occidental College's H-1B hiring changed by year?
1 certified filings in FY2016 → 2 in FY2025. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 2 | −50% | $92k |
| FY2024 | 4 | 0% | $93k |
| FY2023 | 4 | +300% | $66k |
| FY2022 | 1 | 0% | $84k |
| FY2021 | 1 | 0% | $65k |
| FY2020 | 1 | −50% | $71k |
| FY2019 | 2 | 0% | $73k |
| FY2018 | 2 | +100% | $76k |
| FY2016 | 1 | — | $66k |
Which wage levels does Occidental College file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 0% of Occidental College'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 15 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I93.3%14
- Level II6.7%1
What jobs does Occidental College 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow and Music Instructor | 3 | $66k |
| Assistant Professor, Chinese and Chinese Studies | 2 | $73k |
| Assistant Professor | 2 | $86k |
| Assistant Professor of Sociology | 2 | $66k |
| Assistant Professor of Politics | 1 | $92k |
| Assistant Professor of Computer Science | 1 | $103k |
| Assistant Professor, Computer Science | 1 | $71k |
| Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics | 1 | $80k |
| Assistant Professor, Dept of Economics | 1 | $102k |
| Assistant Prof. in the Dept. of Cognitive Science | 1 | $76k |
Where does Occidental College 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 | 18 | $76k |
What has Occidental College filed recently?
Every certified LCA on record for Occidental College: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
| FY | Job title | Base salary |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Assistant Professor of Economics | $103,500 |
| 2025 | Assistant Professor of Politics | $92,000 |
| 2024 | Assistant Professor of Computer Science | $103,000 |
| 2024 | Assistant Professor | $92,710 |
| 2024 | Assistant Professor | $85,500 |
| 2024 | Assistant Professor, Dept of Economics | $102,000 |
| 2023 | Visiting Instructor, Dept. of Computer Science | $72,930 |
| 2023 | Resident Assistant Professor, Dept. of Computer Science | $74,341 |
| 2023 | Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow and Music Instructor | $66,091 |
| 2023 | Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow and Music Instructor | $66,091 |
| 2022 | Assistant Professor, Chinese and Chinese Studies | $84,000 |
| 2021 | Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow and Music Instructor | $65,000 |
| 2020 | Assistant Professor, Computer Science | $70,780 |
| 2019 | Assistant Professor, Chinese and Chinese Studies | $72,650 |
| 2019 | Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics | $79,500 |
| 2018 | Assistant Professor of Sociology | $75,705 |
| 2018 | Assistant Prof. in the Dept. of Cognitive Science | $76,066 |
| 2016 | Assistant Professor of Sociology | $66,000 |
Common questions about Occidental College's H-1B filings
- How much does Occidental College pay H-1B workers?
- Occidental College's median certified H-1B base salary is $92k (FY2025), from 2 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Occidental College sponsor?
- Occidental College has 18 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2025).
- What jobs does Occidental College sponsor for H-1B?
- Occidental College's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow and Music Instructor, Assistant Professor, Chinese and Chinese Studies, Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor of Sociology.
- Where does Occidental College hire H-1B workers?
- Occidental College's top H-1B worksite states are CA.
- 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–FY2025). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →