Postdoctoral Scholar salary at University of California at Santa Barbara

Based on 31 certified work-visa filings, the median filed wage is $74,281. That is 7% above the $69,209 median across all employers filing this title.

Median

$74,281

25th pct

$71,510

75th pct

$78,064

90th pct

$81,700

Filings

$66,737$87,893

How University of California at Santa Barbara compares

Other employers filing Postdoctoral Scholar

Employer	Filings	Median	vs. this page
University of California, San Francisco	129	$77,030	+4%
Northwestern University	101	$64,356	-13%
The University of Chicago	62	$64,356	-13%
University of California, Davis	61	$71,769	-3%
University of California, Los Angeles	58	$74,344	+0%
The Pennsylvania State University	42	$62,058	-16%
University of Washington	41	$76,491	+3%
University of California at Santa Barbara	31	$74,281	—
Oregon State University	31	$62,232	-16%
University of Chicago	26	$65,533	-12%
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center	25	$56,368	-24%
Oregon Health & Science University	24	$71,777	-3%
University of California, Irvine	23	$71,769	-3%
Case Western Reserve University	18	$65,424	-12%
California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory	15	$85,350	+15%
University of Kentucky	13	$61,008	-18%
The Florida State University	13	$58,000	-22%
University of California, Merced	9	$71,769	-3%
Tufts University	9	$69,000	-7%
Regents of the University of California at Riverside	6	$72,935	-2%
East Carolina University	5	$61,884	-17%
University of Nevada, Reno	5	$58,656	-21%
University of California, Santa Cruz	4	$74,605	+0%
Texas State University	4	$63,541	-14%
The University of Alabama at Birmingham	4	$57,317	-23%

Individual filings

Certified determinations for this role

Location	Wage	Prevailing	Level	Visa	Decided
Santa Barbara, CA	$82,836	$82,836	—	H-1B	Sep 24, 2025
Santa Barbara, CA	$80,034	$80,034	—	H-1B	Sep 15, 2025
Santa Barbara, CA	$92,882	$92,882	—	H-1B	Sep 11, 2025
Santa Barbara, CA	$70,000	$70,000	—	H-1B	Aug 15, 2025
Santa Barbara, CA	$95,000	$95,000	—	H-1B	Aug 12, 2025
Santa Barbara, CA	$74,281	$74,281	—	H-1B	Aug 5, 2025
Santa Barbara, CA	$69,209	$69,209	—	H-1B	Jul 21, 2025
Santa Barbara, CA	$71,769	$71,769	—	H-1B	Jul 18, 2025
Santa Barbara, CA	$71,769	$71,769	—	H-1B	Jul 8, 2025
Santa Barbara, CA	$69,209	$69,209	—	H-1B	Jul 7, 2025
Santa Barbara, CA	$69,209	$69,209	—	H-1B	May 23, 2025
Santa Barbara, CA	$75,000	$75,000	—	H-1B	May 21, 2025
Santa Barbara, CA	$79,881	$79,881	—	H-1B	May 20, 2025
Santa Barbara, CA	$75,000	$75,000	—	H-1B	May 6, 2025
Santa Barbara, CA	$71,510	$71,510	—	H-1B	Apr 25, 2025
Santa Barbara, CA	$74,263	$74,263	—	H-1B	Apr 25, 2025
Santa Barbara, CA	$74,425	$74,425	—	H-1B	Apr 22, 2025
Santa Barbara, CA	$71,769	$60,590	II	H-1B	Apr 11, 2025
Santa Barbara, CA	$78,800	$78,800	—	H-1B	Apr 7, 2025
Santa Barbara, CA	$69,209	$69,209	—	H-1B	Mar 14, 2025
Santa Barbara, CA	$71,510	$71,510	—	H-1B	Mar 12, 2025
Santa Barbara, CA	$74,425	$65,582	I	H-1B	Mar 12, 2025
Santa Barbara, CA	$66,737	$66,737	—	H-1B	Feb 21, 2025
Santa Barbara, CA	$66,737	$66,737	—	H-1B	Feb 19, 2025
Santa Barbara, CA	$74,425	$74,425	—	H-1B	Feb 7, 2025

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