Staff Scientist salary at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Based on 13 certified work-visa filings, the median filed wage is $75,587. That is 1% below the $76,480 median across all employers filing this title.

Median: $75,587
25th pct: $75,587
75th pct: $80,000
90th pct: $80,000
Filings: 13

How Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute compares

Other employers filing Staff Scientist

Employers filing Staff Scientist, compared with Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Employer	Filings	Median	vs. this page
Washington University	115	$65,359	-14%
National Institutes of Health, HHS	45	$123,790	+64%
Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope	27	$83,459	+10%
The Scripps Research Institute	26	$78,000	+3%
Albert Einstein College of Medicine	17	$75,000	-1%
Baylor College of Medicine	16	$75,055	-1%
California Institute of Technology	13	$76,500	+1%
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute	13	$75,587	—
The University of Chicago	13	$75,000	-1%
University of Rochester	11	$60,000	-21%
Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab	8	$148,000	+96%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center	6	$110,806	+47%
Children's Hospital Corporation	6	$86,995	+15%
City of Hope National Medical Center	6	$83,711	+11%
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC	5	$197,169	+161%
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center	5	$72,500	-4%
Georgetown University	5	$69,495	-8%
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	4	$86,767	+15%
University of Florida	4	$74,063	-2%
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	4	$72,583	-4%
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans	4	$60,000	-21%
Sirius Xm Radio LLC	3	$230,000	+204%
Oregon Health & Science University	3	$101,281	+34%
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies	3	$84,548	+12%
The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology	3	$80,080	+6%

Individual filings

Certified determinations for this role

Certified Staff Scientist filings at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Location	Wage	Prevailing	Level	Visa	Decided
La Jolla, CA	$80,000	$78,749	I	H-1B	Sep 12, 2025
La Jolla, CA	$80,000	$53,269	I	H-1B	Aug 29, 2025
La Jolla, CA	$80,000	$53,269	I	H-1B	Aug 25, 2025
La Jolla, CA	$75,587	$75,587	I	H-1B	Jun 30, 2025
La Jolla, CA	$75,587	$75,587	I	H-1B	Jun 30, 2025
La Jolla, CA	$98,675	$98,675	III	H-1B	Jun 27, 2025
La Jolla, CA	$75,587	$75,587	I	H-1B	Jun 27, 2025
La Jolla, CA	$75,587	$75,587	I	H-1B	Jun 27, 2025
La Jolla, CA	$75,587	$75,587	I	H-1B	May 2, 2025
La Jolla, CA	$75,000	$66,685	II	H-1B	Apr 7, 2025
La Jolla, CA	$80,000	$75,587	I	H-1B	Dec 26, 2024
La Jolla, CA	$75,005	$53,206	I	H-1B	Dec 13, 2024
La Jolla, CA	$80,000	$75,587	I	H-1B	Dec 10, 2024

All roles at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute →

Every job title this employer sponsors

Staff Scientist across all employers →

Market rate for this role

Figures are base salary as filed with the US Department of Labor and exclude bonus and equity. SponsorWage does not provide immigration advice.