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California Institute of Technology

PASADENA, CA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Website
541
H-1B filings (all years)
89.6%
Certification rate
0
Denied
$81,220
Median wage (latest FY)
0.5%
% of workforce (FY2026)

Workforce: 9,100 employees · reported on 2 of 5 PERM filings.

Pay vs. local median (FY2025): 48 of 51 matched filings (94.1%) offer less than the local median for the job. Median gap: −$44,665. How we measure this

WARN layoff notices, FY2025 (CA): 1 notice to lay off 328 workers, counted across all names of this company. Source

Green card (PERM) filings certified in FY2025: 3. On 3, the worker already worked for this employer. Source

By fiscal year · H-1B

FYFilingsCertifiedDeniedWithdrawnWorkers% of workforceMedian wageTop worksite state
FY20205884.5%09580.5%$63,796CA
FY20217494.6%04740.8%$69,000CA
FY20229481.9%017940.8%$71,335CA
FY20239093.3%06900.9%$76,496CA
FY20246889.7%07680.7%$76,400CA
FY202510791.6%091071.1%$78,553CA
FY20265092.0%04500.5%$81,220CA

Top certified roles

Based on the most recent 1,000 certified filings

Job titleSOCCertified filingsMedian wage
Research Scientist19-2042.0022$82,100
Staff Scientist19-2011.0022$84,666
Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in BBE19-1029.0318$72,723
Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Physics19-2012.0015$72,723
Senior Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in BBE19-1042.0015$70,264
Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Chemistry19-1021.0013$70,264
Research Engineer17-2031.0010$97,000
POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLAR RESEARCH ASSOC. IN BBE19-1099.0010$62,400
Applications Developer15-1295.009$107,700
Postdoctoral Scholar in Chemistry19-2031.009$58,240
Postdoctoral Scholar in Physics19-2012.009$70,000
Detector Engineer19-2012.008$101,000
RESEARCH SCIENTIST19-2099.018$75,000
POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLAR IN BIOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING19-10298$56,000
Scientific Researcher19-2042.007$74,880