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: 4

How University of California, Santa Cruz compares

Other employers filing Postdoctoral Scholar

Employers filing Postdoctoral Scholar, compared with University of California, Santa Cruz
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

Certified Postdoctoral Scholar filings at University of California, Santa Cruz
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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