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

$75,000$86,620

How Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute compares

Other employers filing Staff Scientist

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

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

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