University of California at Santa Barbara

122 certified · Median $85,506 a year · Santa Barbara, CA

Also filed as University of California, Santa Barbara

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, 2026503200
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025722320

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
$75,000
Median
$85,506
75th percentile
$116,388

A year, from 112 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.

Job titles

  • Postdoctoral ScholarPhysicists · median $74,71349
  • Assistant ProfessorMathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary · median $132,65022
  • Project ScientistEnvironmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health · median $82,90011
  • LecturerEnglish Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary · median $74,2048
  • Applications ProgrammerSoftware Developers · median $104,1964
  • Academic CoordinatorEnvironmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health · median $93,8813
  • Associate SpecialistChemical Engineers · median $84,0003
  • SpecialistMechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians · median $92,5003
  • ProfessorMathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary · median $168,9002
  • Assistant Project ScientistBiochemists and Biophysicists · median $87,1001

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

Places

  • Santa Barbara, CA117
  • Mammoth Lakes, CA1
  • Milpitas, CA1
  • Riverside, CA1
  • Ventura, CA1
  • Batavia, IL1

Certified filings by the first worksite.

Filings 179