H1B Visa Sponsors in California

Total H1B Applications
1,102,405
H1B Employers
86,001
Average Salary
$102,994
Top City
SAN FRANCISCO
Top Employer
Google LLC

H1B Visa Sponsorship Overview

California is an active state for H1B visa sponsorship, with 1,102,405 labor condition applications filed by 86,001 employers with the U.S. Department of Labor. The average salary offered on H1B applications in California is $102,994.

The top H1B sponsor in California is Google LLC, and the most commonly sponsored occupation is 15-1132. Employers in California must comply with federal and state prevailing wage requirements when filing H1B petitions.

The leading H1B metro area in California is san francisco with 128,058 filings, followed by san jose. Salary levels and prevailing wages vary significantly across metro areas within the state.

Top H1B Cities in California

The largest metro areas for H1B visa sponsorship in California. Click any city to view detailed employer and salary data.

#CityLCAsEmployersAvg SalaryTop Employer
1 san francisco, CA 128,058 13,674 $117,014 salesforce.com, Inc.
2 san jose, CA 97,645 7,423 $111,400 eBay Inc.
3 sunnyvale, CA 74,924 4,850 $117,978 Infosys Limited
4 ¿Mountain View, CA 58,292 3,060 $129,427 Google LLC
5 †Santa Clara, CA 56,828 4,404 $112,426 Intel Corporation
6 los angeles, CA 54,574 11,507 $81,372 University of California, Los Angeles
7 san diego, CA 50,529 5,996 $92,470 Qualcomm Technologies,Inc.
8 palo alto, CA 33,734 3,122 $123,504 VMware, Inc.
9 irvine, CA 31,328 4,712 $89,195 INFOSYS, LTD.
10 fremont, CA 28,976 3,459 $91,359 Tesla, Inc.
11 cupertino, CA 24,613 1,309 $124,966 Apple Inc.
12 menlo park, CA 18,913 1,512 $146,440 Facebook, Inc.
13 milpitas, CA 18,251 2,044 $99,955 KLA-Tencor Corporation
14 pleasanton, CA 17,228 2,182 $97,952 INFOSYS LIMITED
15 redwood city, CA 13,147 1,823 $114,105 Informatica LLC
16 san mateo, CA 12,602 1,876 $117,190 Roblox Corporation
17 san ramon, CA 12,075 1,761 $95,437 Tech Mahindra (Americas), Inc.
18 foster city, CA 11,851 1,267 $105,837 RS SOFTWARE (INDIA), LTD.
19 sacramento, CA 9,859 1,981 $83,855 Accenture LLP
20 el segundo, CA 9,591 1,457 $89,994 Infosys Limited

Top H1B Sponsors in California

These employers headquartered in California have filed the most H1B visa applications.

#EmployerCityLCAsAvg SalaryApproval Rate
1 Apple Inc. SAN FRANCISCO 21,593 $147,032 98.8%
2 Facebook, Inc. SANTA CLARA 14,171 $156,631 99.6%
3 Wal-Mart Associates, Inc. Bentonville 14,033 $126,840 98.8%
4 Cisco Systems, Inc. San Jose 8,752 $115,608 97.1%
5 salesforce.com, Inc. San Francisco 8,315 $126,381 98.8%
6 PayPal, Inc. San Jose 7,549 $138,421 98.7%
7 LinkedIn, Inc. Sunnyvale 6,250 $137,025 98.9%
8 Qualcomm Incorporated San Diego 6,122 $87,816 98.8%
9 Uber Technologies, Inc. San Francisco 5,205 $136,906 96.4%
10 Yahoo!, Inc. Sunnyvale 4,867 $98,861 97.9%
11 NVIDIA Corporation Santa Clara 4,602 $149,071 98.7%
12 Broadcom Corporation San Jose 3,898 $111,444 98.2%
13 Intuit Inc. Tucson 3,735 $130,928 98.7%
14 Symantec Corporation Mountain View 3,515 $112,335 98.9%
15 University of California, San Francisco San Francisco 3,180 $79,836 100.0%
16 Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. Sunnyvale 2,958 $103,547 99.0%
17 University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles 2,801 $75,806 99.2%
18 University of California, Davis Davis 2,779 $72,133 99.5%
19 Applied Materials, Inc. Santa Clara 2,690 $109,587 98.1%
20 University of California, San Diego La Jolla 2,680 $68,735 99.1%

Top H1B Occupations in California

The most commonly sponsored H1B job titles in California. Click any occupation to view detailed salary and employer data for this state.

#OccupationLCAsEmployersAvg SalaryBLS State Median
1 Software Developers, Appllications 191,619 15,030 $120,286 N/A
2 SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS,APPLICATIONS 97,753 6,823 $88,153 N/A
3 Web Administrators 59,306 6,776 $97,733 N/A
4 Software Developers, Systems Software 54,164 5,633 $127,922 N/A
5 SOFTWARE ENGINEER 48,919 4,427 $73,923 N/A
6 Sofware Developers 32,108 4,591 $180,897 $170,910
7 Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists 29,576 1,789 $115,235 $154,670
8 Auditors 22,230 5,987 $71,779 $96,360
9 Computer Software Engineers, Applications 17,545 3,312 $95,427 N/A
10 Computer and Information Systems Managers 17,465 3,610 $178,021 $211,340
11 Electrical Engineers 17,153 2,910 $109,960 $140,360
12 Management Analysts 16,894 3,705 $99,733 $102,110
13 Operations Research Analysts 15,114 3,265 $106,653 $96,920
14 Search Marketing Strategists 14,718 6,438 $74,430 $92,770
15 Computer Systems Analysts 13,276 2,573 $72,769 N/A
16 Mechanical Engineers 13,054 2,962 $104,704 $126,370
17 RISK MANAGEMENT SPECIALISTS 12,775 3,948 $104,140 $111,100
18 SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEERS AND TESTERS 10,201 1,619 $78,496 N/A
19 Network and Computer Systems Administrators* 10,109 2,321 $89,328 N/A
20 Computer Programmers 9,290 1,902 $67,368 N/A

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