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Companies hiring Microbiologists in California: 178 certified H-1B and PERM cases, FY2023 to FY2026
77 employers had 178 certified H-1B and PERM cases for Microbiologists (occupation code 19-1022) with a worksite in California, decided through June 2, 2026; the median offered wage is $91,052 a year.
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Employers hiring Microbiologists in California
| Employer | Worksite cities | Cases | Job titles | Median offered | Median prevailing | Latest decision | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Leland Stanford, Jr University | Stanford, Menlo Park | 18 | Basic Life Research Scientist; Postdoctoral Research Affiliate; Life Science Research Professional 3 | $77,688 | $62,670 | November 7, 2025 | dol.gov |
| University of California, Berkeley | Berkeley, Emeryville | 12 | Postdoctoral Scholar Employee; Assistant Project Scientist; Associate Project Scientist | $81,435 | $81,435 | January 21, 2026 | dol.gov |
| University of California, San Francisco | San Francisco | 9 | Postdoctoral Scholar; Associate Specialist; Assistant Researcher | $80,000 | $79,200 | May 18, 2026 | dol.gov |
| Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Berkeley | 9 | Postdoc; Principal Research Associate; Sr. Research Associate | $78,156 | $77,376 | January 2, 2026 | dol.gov |
| University of California, Davis | Davis, Sacramento | 8 | Postdoctoral Scholar; Assistant Project Scientist; Assistant Specialist | $71,290 | $65,516 | April 16, 2026 | dol.gov |
| Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC | Livermore | 7 | Research Scientist; Postdoctoral Research Staff (Microbiologist); Postdoctoral Research Staff | $133,428 | $91,104 | March 12, 2026 | dol.gov |
| The Scripps Research Institute | La Jolla | 5 | Staff Scientist; Assistant Professor; Research Scientist(PhD) | $72,000 | $55,806 | February 17, 2026 | dol.gov |
| 10x Genomics, Inc. | Pleasanton | 5 | Scientist 2; Senior Research Associate 2 - Product Integration; Senior Research Associate II | $125,000 | $115,440 | December 11, 2023 | dol.gov |
| University Of California, San Diego | La Jolla | 4 | Postdoctoral Scholar-Employee; Associate Project Scientist; Postdoctoral Scholar Employee | $69,208 | $69,208 | November 4, 2025 | dol.gov |
| Antheia, Inc. | Menlo Park | 4 | Scientist 1, Strain Engineering; Scientist II, Strain Engineering; Scientist III, Fermentation | $126,474 | $126,474 | May 4, 2026 | dol.gov |
| Nivagen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Sacramento, Davis | 4 | Director- Microbiology; Director- Microbiologist; Microbiologist | $140,000 | $112,278 | October 2, 2024 | dol.gov |
| Cepheid | Sunnyvale | 3 | Senior Scientist I; Staff Scientist, R&D MEMP | $128,500 | $113,710 | February 17, 2026 | dol.gov |
| DNA Twopointo, Inc. | Newark | 3 | Scientist, R&D; Production Associate II; CLD Production Associate I | $90,000 | $75,254 | April 9, 2026 | dol.gov |
| Ntess, LLC | Livermore | 3 | Postdoctoral Appointee - Bacteriophages; Postdoctoral Appointee - Bacteriophages; Postdoctoral Appointee - Microbiology | $99,000 | $84,365 | May 28, 2026 | dol.gov |
| Agrowth | San Leandro | 3 | Bioanalyst | $91,104 | $88,379 | December 4, 2025 | dol.gov |
| Sutro Biopharma, Inc. | South San Francisco | 3 | Sr. Scientist, Upstream Process Development; Scientist | $176,743 | $116,605 | June 30, 2025 | dol.gov |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | Los Angeles | 3 | Postdoctoral Scientist; Project Scientist | $76,648 | $76,648 | October 21, 2024 | dol.gov |
| Metagenomi, Inc. | Emeryville | 3 | Scientist II; Senior Scientist; Research Associate | $110,000 | $107,952 | August 23, 2024 | dol.gov |
| Zymergen Inc. | Emeryville | 3 | Senior Research Associate; Technology Manager; Scientist II | $135,000 | $131,019 | January 27, 2023 | dol.gov |
| SRI International | Menlo Park | 2 | Sr. Scientist - Pharmaceutical Science | $102,876 | $102,876 | January 16, 2026 | dol.gov |
| Alpha Teknova, Inc. | Hollister | 2 | Senior Director of Sterility Assurance; Sr. Director of Sterility Assurance | $204,176 | $128,856 | May 5, 2026 | dol.gov |
| Nurix Therapeutics, Inc. | Brisbane | 2 | Scientist I, Preclinical Pharmacology; Research Associate III, Discovery Biology | $124,153 | $120,058 | June 2, 2026 | dol.gov |
| List Biological Laboratories, Inc. | Campbell | 2 | Fermentation Associate | $98,414 | $106,829 | November 20, 2025 | dol.gov |
| Kite Pharma Inc. | Santa Monica | 2 | Senior Associate Scientist; QC Microbiologist I | $87,380 | $87,380 | May 14, 2025 | dol.gov |
| Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center | Torrance | 2 | Research Fellow | $68,714 | $66,550 | June 5, 2024 | dol.gov |
| The University of Southern California | Los Angeles | 2 | Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate; Research Associate | $54,902 | $54,902 | April 25, 2024 | dol.gov |
| Nitto Avecia Pharma Services, Inc. | Irvine | 2 | Microbiologist | $59,415 | $57,283 | April 5, 2024 | dol.gov |
| Specific Diagnostics LLC | San Jose | 2 | Microbiologist; Senior Scientist | $74,728 | $74,183 | March 8, 2024 | dol.gov |
| Allure Labs, LLC | Hayward | 2 | QC Microbiologist Lead | $104,437 | $104,437 | December 20, 2023 | dol.gov |
| Federation Bio Inc. | South San Francisco | 2 | Scientist 1 (synthetic biology and microbiology); Microbiology Research Associate II | $90,000 | $75,254 | April 18, 2023 | dol.gov |
| Prolific Machines, Inc. | Emeryville | 1 | Senior Research Associate | $110,406 | $110,406 | February 10, 2026 | dol.gov |
| California Institute of Technology | Pasadena | 1 | Postdoc Scholar Research Associate in Biology & Bio. Eng. | $74,262 | $72,723 | March 26, 2026 | dol.gov |
| Quantitative Biosciences, Inc. | San Diego | 1 | Scientist III | $120,016 | $120,016 | April 29, 2026 | dol.gov |
| Voro Therapeutics, Inc. | San Diego | 1 | Senior Research Associate | $95,000 | $83,491 | May 5, 2026 | dol.gov |
| Team Young Inc. | Baldwin Park | 1 | Laboratory Scientist | $79,622 | $79,622 | September 4, 2025 | dol.gov |
| San Diego Biomedical Research Institute | San Diego | 1 | Staff Scientist | $85,000 | $83,491 | August 25, 2025 | dol.gov |
| University Of California, Irvine | Irvine | 1 | Assistant Project Scientist | $78,000 | $78,000 | June 23, 2025 | dol.gov |
| Vir Biotechnology, Inc. | San Francisco | 1 | Scientist II | $146,260 | $107,952 | June 17, 2025 | dol.gov |
| GenMark Diagnostics, Inc. | San Diego | 1 | Senior Scientist Microbiology | $103,813 | $103,813 | June 10, 2025 | dol.gov |
| Aemtek, Inc. | Fremont | 1 | Food Research Microbiologist | $100,000 | $90,667 | May 14, 2025 | dol.gov |
| Advanced Cell Diagnostics, Inc. | Newark | 1 | Sr. Scientist, Clinical Product Development | $127,317 | $125,258 | May 13, 2025 | dol.gov |
| Bionova Scientific LLC | Fremont | 1 | QC Manager - EM and Microbial Testing | $142,542 | $142,542 | May 8, 2025 | dol.gov |
| Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. | Thousand Oaks | 1 | Associate Scientist | $73,000 | $72,426 | May 6, 2025 | dol.gov |
| Stilla Technologies, Inc. | San Francisco | 1 | Regional Technical Sales Manager | $180,000 | $125,258 | April 7, 2025 | dol.gov |
| Science AI Corporation | San Francisco | 1 | Research Scientist, Microbiology | $91,000 | $90,667 | November 18, 2024 | dol.gov |
| Stovall Ranches LLC | Albany | 1 | Research Microbiologist | $93,320 | $90,667 | November 1, 2024 | dol.gov |
| BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | Novato | 1 | Supervisor, QC Microbiology | $107,952 | $107,952 | August 29, 2024 | dol.gov |
| CarbonDrop, Inc. | San Carlos | 1 | Scientific Advisor - Bioenergetics | $145,600 | $142,002 | June 12, 2024 | dol.gov |
| Genista Biosciences Inc. | San Jose | 1 | Research Associate | $79,456 | $79,456 | May 28, 2024 | dol.gov |
| VedaBio, Inc. | San Diego | 1 | Application Scientist and Lab Assay Manager | $115,000 | $83,158 | May 1, 2024 | dol.gov |
| Twist Bioscience Corporation | South San Francisco | 1 | Sr. Research Associate | $85,564 | $85,564 | April 25, 2024 | dol.gov |
| Vulcan Biologics, Inc. | Claremont | 1 | Scientist | $58,323 | $58,323 | April 24, 2024 | dol.gov |
| Isolation Bio, Inc. | San Carlos | 1 | Research Associate III, Microbiology | $85,654 | $85,654 | April 22, 2024 | dol.gov |
| Pharmavite LLC | San Fernando | 1 | Scientist, Microbiologist | $114,493 | $58,323 | April 1, 2024 | dol.gov |
| Sanford Laboratories for Innovative Medicines | San Diego | 1 | Staff Scientist | $105,000 | $97,469 | January 30, 2024 | dol.gov |
| International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) | San Diego | 1 | PD Associate, HIV Antibody Discovery & Vaccine Responses | $80,000 | $68,869 | January 16, 2024 | dol.gov |
| Beckman Coulter, Inc. | West Sacramento | 1 | Senior Staff Development Scientist | $148,500 | $131,414 | September 8, 2023 | dol.gov |
| Retro Biosciences, Inc. | Redwood City | 1 | Senior Research Associate | $105,000 | $104,437 | August 30, 2023 | dol.gov |
| Genomatica, Inc. | San Diego | 1 | Research Scientist I | $120,000 | $84,906 | July 20, 2023 | dol.gov |
| ProteinSimple | San Jose | 1 | Advanced Field Applications Scientist | $120,120 | $90,563 | July 5, 2023 | dol.gov |
| Cerus Corporation | Concord | 1 | Microbiologist (Scientist) | $115,500 | $115,440 | June 16, 2023 | dol.gov |
| Global Viral | Burlingame | 1 | Scientist | $95,400 | $95,347 | May 22, 2023 | dol.gov |
| Global Viral | San Francisco | 1 | Scientist | $95,400 | $95,347 | May 11, 2023 | dol.gov |
| Genentech, Inc. | South San Francisco | 1 | Senior Principal Scientist Translational Medicine | $247,272 | $135,533 | April 28, 2023 | dol.gov |
| La Jolla Institute for Immunology | La Jolla | 1 | Staff Scientist | $64,168 | $64,168 | April 19, 2023 | dol.gov |
| Specific Diagnostics, Inc. | San Jose | 1 | Validation and Verification Microbiologist | $68,910 | $68,910 | March 15, 2023 | dol.gov |
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC | South San Francisco | 1 | Scientist, Oligonucleotide Biology | $145,140 | $135,533 | March 10, 2023 | dol.gov |
| Spotlight Therapeutics, Inc. | Hayward | 1 | Research Associate | $65,000 | $61,859 | March 9, 2023 | dol.gov |
| Synthekine, Inc. | Menlo Park | 1 | Scientist, Molecular Biology | $113,500 | $95,347 | March 6, 2023 | dol.gov |
| Fahimeh Sasan, D.O., P.C. | San Francisco | 1 | Senior Embryologist | $150,000 | $115,440 | February 22, 2023 | dol.gov |
| Bludiagnostics LLC | Milpitas | 1 | BioAssay Scientist II | $185,200 | $90,563 | February 9, 2023 | dol.gov |
| Codexis, Inc. | Redwood City | 1 | Senior Research Associate, Upstream Bioprocess Development | $110,000 | $107,702 | February 8, 2023 | dol.gov |
| The Pennsylvania State University | Salinas | 1 | Postdoctoral Scholar | $57,000 | $47,424 | December 14, 2022 | dol.gov |
| Aether Biomachines, Inc. | Menlo Park | 1 | Product Manager-Microbiology | $135,533 | $135,533 | November 16, 2022 | dol.gov |
| Aligos Therapeutics, Inc. | South San Francisco | 1 | Scientist | $131,019 | $131,019 | November 9, 2022 | dol.gov |
| Arsenal Biosciences, Inc. | South San Francisco | 1 | Scientist I - Synthetic Biology | $125,000 | $95,347 | October 27, 2022 | dol.gov |
| MycoWorks | Berkely | 1 | Principal Scientist, Mycology & Genomics | $135,533 | $135,533 | October 19, 2022 | dol.gov |
Updated June 2, 2026. Read from US Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification. Public domain (U.S. government work). A certified labor condition application (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3) or PERM labor certification is an employer filing the Department of Labor approved. It is not a count of people hired or visas issued. Wages are as the employer filed them, converted to a yearly figure at 2,080 hours; a wage whose unit is missing is left blank. The files show the first worksite of a case. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.