Postdoctoral Scholar salary at University of California, Santa Cruz

Based on 4 certified work-visa filings, the median filed wage is $74,605. That is 8% above the $69,209 median across all employers filing this title.

Median

$74,605

25th pct

$69,209

75th pct

$81,483

90th pct

$84,153

Filings

$69,209$85,933

How University of California, Santa Cruz compares

Other employers filing Postdoctoral Scholar

Employer	Filings	Median	vs. this page
University of California, San Francisco	129	$77,030	+3%
Northwestern University	101	$64,356	-14%
The University of Chicago	62	$64,356	-14%
University of California, Davis	61	$71,769	-4%
University of California, Los Angeles	58	$74,344	-0%
The Pennsylvania State University	42	$62,058	-17%
University of Washington	41	$76,491	+3%
University of California at Santa Barbara	31	$74,281	-0%
Oregon State University	31	$62,232	-17%
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	-4%
University of California, Irvine	23	$71,769	-4%
Case Western Reserve University	18	$65,424	-12%
California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory	15	$85,350	+14%
University of Kentucky	13	$61,008	-18%
The Florida State University	13	$58,000	-22%
University of California, Merced	9	$71,769	-4%
Tufts University	9	$69,000	-8%
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	—
Texas State University	4	$63,541	-15%
The University of Alabama at Birmingham	4	$57,317	-23%

Individual filings

Certified determinations for this role

Location	Wage	Prevailing	Level	Visa	Decided
Santa Cruz, CA	$80,000	$80,000	—	H-1B	Sep 12, 2025
Santa Cruz, CA	$69,209	$69,209	—	H-1B	Sep 3, 2025
Santa Cruz, CA	$85,933	$85,933	—	H-1B	Apr 11, 2025
Santa Cruz, CA	$69,209	$69,209	—	H-1B	Feb 28, 2025

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