Buck Institute for Research on Aging

17 certified · Median $85,384 a year · Novato, CA

Counts are Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) employers filed with the US Department of Labor. Certified means DOL accepted the LCA, the step before a visa petition: it is not a visa or a hire. Wages are what the employer wrote on it. Data sources

By year

Fiscal yearCertifiedCertified, then withdrawnWithdrawnDenied
FY2026October 1, 2025 to June 30, 20268010
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 20259000

Every decision, by when it was made. From the US Department of Labor’s LCA disclosure files for FY2025 and FY2026, all listed in Data sources.

Wages

25th percentile
$60,590
Median
$85,384
75th percentile
$104,593

A year, from 15 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.

Job titles

  • Postdoctoral ResearcherBiochemists and Biophysicists · median $85,3843
  • Research Associate IBiochemists and Biophysicists · median $52,2503
  • Associate Director of the Metabolomics Core/Staff ScientistMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $114,1301
  • Postdoctoral Researcher 3Biochemists and Biophysicists · median $60,5901
  • Research Associate 1Biochemists and Biophysicists1
  • ScientistBiological Scientists, All Other · median $85,3841
  • Scientist IIMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $131,0191
  • Senior Bioinformatics ScientistBioengineers and Biomedical Engineers · median $76,2941
  • Senior Research ScientistMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists1
  • Senior ScientistMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $131,0191

Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.

Places

  • Novato, CA17

Certified filings by the first worksite.

Filings 18