H-1B Salaries in California

93,413 certified full-time H-1B filings for worksites in California, decided Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026.

$167,000Median salary

$130,85325th percentile

$204,13475th percentile

93,413Filings

Top H-1B employers in California

Employer	Filings	Median	Middle 50%
Google	5,728	$200,000	$170,987 – $226,000
Apple	4,796	$181,100	$157,581 – $205,787
Meta Platforms	3,447	$218,402	$186,200 – $236,812
Amazon.com Services	2,561	$182,500	$153,300 – $209,500
Nvidia	2,169	$192,430	$168,000 – $216,091
Tesla	1,744	$170,000	$144,800 – $199,900
Wal-Mart Associates	1,102	$150,080	$143,000 – $171,337
LinkedIn	948	$182,648	$160,884 – $212,505
Adobe	907	$192,000	$164,403 – $225,000
Salesforce	905	$220,227	$189,255 – $251,000
Ernst & Young U.S.	876	$159,208	$123,130 – $205,000
TT Commerce & Global Services	850	$195,843	$149,365 – $255,878
Microsoft	847	$200,500	$177,322 – $223,118
Qualcomm Technologies	845	$156,853	$130,187 – $184,974
Infosys	656	$136,770	$96,418 – $139,443
Cisco Systems	654	$174,000	$152,500 – $197,146
Cognizant Technology Solutions US	587	$139,277	$114,795 – $150,405
PayPal	582	$195,000	$169,576 – $216,692
Intel	578	$161,016	$135,429 – $186,472
Amazon Development Center U.S.	575	$174,960	$149,365 – $201,094
Intuit	538	$187,342	$159,367 – $225,000
ByteDance	535	$232,000	$182,700 – $300,000
Uber Technologies	501	$199,200	$173,100 – $234,000
ServiceNow	437	$172,421	$144,040 – $204,181
Palo Alto Networks	421	$187,333	$165,000 – $216,258

City	Filings	Median	Middle 50%
San Francisco, CA	10,739	$187,574	$150,765 – $220,000
San Jose, CA	10,124	$180,000	$146,150 – $216,091
Sunnyvale, CA	9,627	$181,532	$151,429 – $212,000
Santa Clara, CA	7,487	$180,000	$153,493 – $211,342
Mountain View, CA	5,657	$197,209	$167,000 – $225,829
San Diego, CA	3,603	$143,000	$120,905 – $175,000
Menlo Park, CA	3,287	$207,053	$179,000 – $229,852
Cupertino, CA	3,203	$181,293	$157,200 – $206,767
Palo Alto, CA	3,150	$187,741	$155,338 – $225,900
Los Angeles, CA	3,033	$118,608	$86,929 – $160,000
Fremont, CA	2,480	$153,844	$127,000 – $184,226
Irvine, CA	2,431	$129,667	$100,589 – $160,000
Milpitas, CA	1,069	$159,075	$131,560 – $187,745
Foster City, CA	1,054	$169,100	$145,000 – $194,834
Pleasanton, CA	1,014	$160,000	$130,000 – $187,750
San Mateo, CA	992	$200,000	$160,000 – $238,520
Redwood City, CA	805	$180,000	$153,278 – $210,000
Sacramento, CA	753	$116,251	$94,142 – $135,954
Oakland, CA	730	$148,000	$112,750 – $188,174
Culver City, CA	668	$137,717	$102,232 – $177,830
Newark, CA	641	$162,470	$132,892 – $187,574
South San Francisco, CA	631	$157,000	$133,952 – $181,602
Folsom, CA	562	$139,710	$121,050 – $170,000
Berkeley, CA	514	$125,242	$88,312 – $169,701
San Bruno, CA	461	$170,000	$150,405 – $200,000
San Ramon, CA	451	$159,860	$131,810 – $194,917
Pasadena, CA	448	$114,929	$83,148 – $152,202
Santa Monica, CA	439	$154,315	$120,000 – $184,558
Dublin, CA	412	$159,814	$133,075 – $206,555
Burlingame, CA	390	$187,974	$145,654 – $229,664

Job title	Filings	Median	Middle 50%
Software Engineer	10,030	$188,000	$161,637 – $214,032
Senior Software Engineer	2,580	$187,741	$158,936 – $215,000
Software Development Engineer	1,483	$183,700	$153,005 – $205,285
Software Developer Engineer	981	$178,300	$150,421 – $207,100
Data Scientist	921	$174,304	$137,400 – $200,000
Staff Software Engineer	908	$213,512	$165,040 – $236,567
Research Scientist	907	$200,000	$182,000 – $222,950
Member of Technical Staff	867	$213,512	$184,705 – $264,514
Software Developer	847	$135,699	$121,358 – $161,637
Product Manager	736	$185,994	$150,000 – $224,050
Machine Learning Engineer	654	$187,741	$161,637 – $226,138
Data Engineer	616	$162,000	$126,930 – $194,876
Software Engineering	515	$199,160	$173,275 – $221,926
Applied Scientist	505	$192,500	$171,621 – $210,000
Software Development Engineering	434	$186,142	$173,592 – $216,615
Technical Program Manager	412	$187,059	$159,341 – $216,100
Software Engineering Applications	403	$203,794	$181,100 – $215,499
Assistant Professor	390	$122,000	$104,131 – $147,100
Senior Data Scientist	375	$172,170	$159,938 – $199,200
Computer Programmer	357	$110,000	$101,629 – $130,854
Software Engineering Systems	348	$181,100	$166,249 – $206,138
Associate	329	$164,000	$125,000 – $225,000
Engineer Senior Systems Software	313	$202,733	$173,239 – $207,095
Principal Software Engineer	307	$206,800	$178,339 – $245,002
Senior Product Manager	288	$185,994	$160,129 – $209,080

At least 5 filings in California.

Employer	Filings	Median
Community Physicians Group	9	$375,000
Periodic Labs	7	$375,000
Cooley	13	$365,000
The Gould Medical Group	9	$363,627
Saint Agnes Medical Providers	6	$360,000
Anuttacon	5	$355,860
Reve AI	11	$355,000
Empire Acquisition Corp 2	5	$350,000
H.M. Providers	7	$329,303
a16z Capital Management	6	$327,500
The Permanente Medical Group	25	$326,772
Hark Labs	10	$325,000
Providence Medical Group, Northern California	5	$322,400
Valley Children's Specialty Medical Group	8	$318,440
Odyssey Systems	6	$317,500

Level I17% · 12,058

Level II37% · 26,580

Level III22% · 16,258

Level IV24% · 17,431

Prevailing-wage level the employer selected (I = entry, IV = fully competent).