1,888 certified filings with a worksite in this city · FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3)
Reported wages are what employers filed with the Department of Labor — not actual take-home pay. Filings are counted by worksite, so a company headquartered elsewhere appears here if the job is here.
FY2025 median across the 315 filings that reported a wage for a worksite in La Jolla, CA — of 1,888 certified filings in total. DOL LCA · FY2025
| Fiscal year | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (through Q3) | $85,000 median of 211 | 211 |
| FY2025 | $82,100 median of 315 | 315 |
| FY2024 | $78,000 median of 313 | 313 |
| FY2023 | $75,300 median of 352 | 352 |
| FY2022 | $71,600 median of 367 | 367 |
| FY2021 | $66,600 median of 328 | 328 |
How these wages are computed · All cities · All job titles
Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files (ETA-9035) · Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Updated 2026-08-28 · Basis worksite city as filed; median not average
Filings from La Jolla, CA fall inside the federal statistical area SAN DIEGO-CARLSBAD, CA. That area is larger than this city — it spans several cities and, where the name says so, more than one state. Everything on this page is computed from filings whose worksite city is La Jolla itself, so the numbers above are city figures, not area figures.
| Employer | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| University of California, San Diego | $77,327 median of 890 | 890 |
| The Scripps Research Institute | $70,304 median of 210 | 210 |
| The Salk Institute for Biological Studies | $72,375 median of 150 | 150 |
| Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute | $75,005 median of 97 | 97 |
| La Jolla Institute for Immunology | $70,000 median of 91 | 91 |
| Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. | $111,322 median of 43 | 43 |
| StepStone Group LP | $107,000 median of 33 | 33 |
| Howard Hughes Medical Institute | $79,393 median of 18 | 18 |
| Knack Ny Inc | $77,802 median of 18 | 18 |
| Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Insitute | $62,200 median of 16 | 16 |
| Ambrx, Inc. | 9 filings — too few for a median | 9 |
| The Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Ltd. Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 7 filings — too few for a median | 7 |
| Oracle America, Inc. | 7 filings — too few for a median | 7 |
| Proteogenomics Research Institute for Systems Medicine Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 6 filings — too few for a median | 6 |
| Singular Genomics Systems, Inc. | 6 filings — too few for a median | 6 |
| Ernst & Young U.S. LLP | 6 filings — too few for a median | 6 |
| J. Craig Venter Institute, Inc. | 5 filings — too few for a median | 5 |
| Inhibrx Inc. Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 5 filings — too few for a median | 5 |
| Altium LLC Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 5 filings — too few for a median | 5 |
| PetDx, Inc. Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 4 filings — too few for a median | 4 |
| Events.com Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 4 filings — too few for a median | 4 |
| 3i INFOTECH INC. | 4 filings — too few for a median | 4 |
| Viridos, Inc. Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 4 filings — too few for a median | 4 |
| The Lowy Medical Research Institute Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 4 filings — too few for a median | 4 |
| NVIDIA Corporation | 4 filings — too few for a median | 4 |
Ranked by number of filings, not by pay and not by quality. This is not a “best employers” list. Employers with fewer than 10 filings here show the count only. 195 employers in total filed for a worksite in La Jolla; the 25 above are those with the most filings. Those with at least 10 certified filings have their own page; the rest are counted here but do not.
Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files (ETA-9035) · Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Updated 2026-08-28 ·Basis worksite city as filed; counted across the whole coverage period, not one year
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