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University of California Berkeley

Polymer & materials science hiring snapshot · last 8 months

1Open role
$57–128KSalary range
0.4Roles / month
PhDTypical degree

Open role (1)

Degree requirements

PhD 67%
Bachelor 33%

Top material classes

Composites 33%
Thermosets 33%
Thermoplastics 33%
Biomaterials 33%

Most-requested techniques

solid-state NMR 67%
solution-state NMR 67%
DNP 33%
data analysis 33%
sample preparation 33%
solid-state DNP 33%
Bruker NMR operation 33%
NMR 33%

Role mix

R&D / Research 100%

Where they hire

CA 100%

Industries

Biotechnology 33%

Work arrangement

100%On-site

H-1B filings for scientists and engineers

University of California Berkeley filed 51 H-1B labor applications for scientist and engineer roles from Jan to Dec 2025, at a median filed pay of $80K a year.

Universities are exempt from the H-1B cap, so roles here skip the lottery.

Title filedFilingsMedian filed pay
Postdoctoral Scholar Employee32$77K
Assistant Project Scientist10$85K
Lecturer3$92K
Assistant Professor2·
Full Specialist1·
Academic Program Manager1·

By occupation: Chemists 14 · Physicists 13 · Chemical engineers 7 · Biomedical engineers 6. Worksites: CA 51.

From U.S. Department of Labor Labor Condition Application disclosure data, certified filings only, in chemist, materials, chemical and mechanical engineering, physics, R&D management and science faculty occupations. A filing is a record of past hiring, not a promise about any role. Pay shown needs 3 filings. Compare every employer's filings.

Posting volume · last 8 months

3 roles posted across 8 months, averaging 0.4/month.

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