Visa Wage Index

University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley made 178 filings covering 178 positions in this release. Across them it committed to pay at least a median of $110,772 a year. 178 of those 178 state a minimum and no maximum, which is what an employer is required to file — it is the floor it is bound to, not a salary offered.

Green-card sponsorship

University of California, Berkeley filed 11 permanent labour certifications between 2025-11-06 and 2026-05-27, of which 11 were certified. That is the step an employment-based green card starts with, so this employer does sponsor them.

What it filed, by role and place

OccupationWhereLevelWage yearFilings PositionsMedianPrevailing
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level I 2025-26 5 5 $207,000 $100,780
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level I 2025-26 4 4 $145,700 $80,770
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level I 2025-26 4 4 $144,400 $90,850
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level I 2025-26 4 4 $144,400 $81,530
Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level I 2025-26 4 4 $124,300 $67,380
Database Architects San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level I 2025-26 3 3 $125,904 $74,922
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level I 2025-26 2 2 $117,850 $78,380
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level II 2025-26 2 2 $118,400 $111,710
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level II 2025-26 2 2 $181,632 $89,877
Coaches and Scouts San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level I 2025-26 2 2 $72,500 $47,670
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level I 2025-26 2 2 $147,699 $84,515
Education Administrators, Postsecondary San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level I 2025-26 2 2 $102,674 $90,792
Urban and Regional Planners San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level II 2025-26 2 2 $130,000 $73,611
Accountants and Auditors San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level II 2025-26 1 1 $92,880 $87,443
Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level I 2025-26 1 1 $167,400 $90,160
Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level I 2025-26 1 1 $118,900 $95,780
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level I 2025-26 1 1 $119,300 $76,150
Astronomers San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level I 2025-26 1 1 $104,500 $63,565
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level I 2025-26 1 1 $122,300 $85,850
Business Teachers, Postsecondary San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level I 2025-26 1 1 $289,400 $65,350
Civil Engineers San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $171,400 $123,614
Civil Engineers, R&D San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $185,900 $123,614
Data Scientists San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level I 2025-26 1 1 $88,009 $87,901
Economists San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level I 2025-26 1 1 $72,600 $69,680
Education Administrators, Postsecondary San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level II 2025-26 1 1 $160,230 $123,698
Education Administrators, Postsecondary San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $443,800 $189,530
Environmental Engineers San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level I 2025-26 1 1 $95,985 $88,816
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level I 2025-26 1 1 $118,400 $69,860
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level III 2025-26 1 1 $132,000 $114,192
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level II 2025-26 1 1 $138,200 $99,987
History Teachers, Postsecondary San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level I 2025-26 1 1 $115,400 $80,190
Instructional Coordinators San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level II 2025-26 1 1 $137,544 $92,830
Law Teachers, Postsecondary San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $360,300 $179,320
Operations Research Analysts San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level I 2025-26 1 1 $112,063 $80,517
Physics Teachers, Postsecondary San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level I 2025-26 1 1 $158,600 $84,680
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level I 2025-26 1 1 $144,200 $65,990
Social Science Research Assistants Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Level II 2025-26 1 1 $77,402 $55,307
Sociologists San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level III 2025-26 1 1 $122,592 $118,019
Software Developers, Non R&D San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level II 2025-26 1 1 $110,772 $99,237
Software Developers, Non R&D San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level III 2025-26 1 1 $116,200 $114,566
Molecular and Cellular Biologists San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level not stated 22 22 $85,368 $85,439
Physicists San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level not stated 15 15 $82,836 $91,727
Chemists San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level not stated 10 10 $85,000 $84,465
Biochemists and Biophysicists San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level not stated 7 7 $77,030 $84,660
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level not stated 7 7 $89,000 $85,714
Psychologists, All Other San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level not stated 7 7 $79,881 $79,740
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level not stated 6 6 $83,918 $85,314
Computer and Information Research Scientists San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level not stated 4 4 $76,015 $75,066
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level not stated 4 4 $86,627 $90,527
Chemical Engineers San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level not stated 3 3 $80,400 $80,054
Civil Engineers, R&D San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level not stated 3 3 $95,040 $90,300
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level not stated 3 3 $107,600 $101,700
Mechanical Engineers, R&D San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level not stated 3 3 $77,030 $79,994
Astronomers San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level not stated 2 2 $134,200 $133,841
Environmental Engineers San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level not stated 2 2 $82,353 $77,030
Microbiologists San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level not stated 2 2 $79,641 $79,641
Aerospace Engineers San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level not stated 1 1 $74,281 $74,281
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level not stated 1 1 $77,561 $77,561
Atmospheric and Space Scientists San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level not stated 1 1 $92,200 $89,000
Business Teachers, Postsecondary San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level not stated 1 1 $172,286 $172,286
Curators San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level not stated 1 1 $66,983 $66,983
Education Administrators, Postsecondary San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level not stated 1 1 $87,984 $87,984
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level not stated 1 1 $92,248 $92,248
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level not stated 1 1 $74,281 $71,769
Mathematicians San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level not stated 1 1 $89,000 $89,000
Nuclear Engineers San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level not stated 1 1 $89,116 $82,836
Project Management Specialists San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level not stated 1 1 $103,272 $103,272
Sociologists San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level not stated 1 1 $128,400 $97,700
Soil and Plant Scientists San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Level not stated 1 1 $82,179 $79,881

A wage is shown against the prevailing wage for the library year the filing itself cites, not the year current today — measured against the wrong year, a correctly-filed wage reads as underpaid.

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Source: Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data, US Department of Labor (public domain), and the OFLC prevailing wage library. Figures are what employers filed, not what they paid.