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 year
Certified
Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn
Denied
FY2026October 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026
50
32
0
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
72
23
2
0
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.