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California H-1B salaries

Employers filed 275,342 certified H-1B applications for jobs in California between Jan 2023 and Jun 2026. Half paid more than $157,000 a year.

Median salary offered
$157,000
Middle half earn
$121,640 to $193,000
Top 10% earn over
$226,782
Certified filings
275,342
Bigger dots mean more filings; darker blue means higher pay.

Top employers

EmployerFilingsMedianMiddle half
Google LLC16,797$186,000$167,000 – $209,000
Apple Inc.11,682$178,549$153,929 – $203,794
Meta Platforms, Inc10,372$209,720$182,000 – $229,501
Amazon.com Services LLC7,840$178,181$149,365 – $201,549
Tesla, Inc.4,875$160,000$136,297 – $186,000
NVIDIA Corporation3,970$187,741$164,945 – $216,091
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.3,922$133,000$119,434 – $157,581
Ernst & Young U.S. LLP3,644$140,724$109,716 – $182,891
Wal-Mart Associates, Inc.3,545$150,762$139,443 – $153,301
Microsoft Corporation2,703$190,100$170,768 – $213,220
Salesforce, Inc.2,541$215,000$183,000 – $246,000
Adobe Inc.2,495$188,159$163,000 – $215,000
LinkedIn Corporation2,459$177,681$153,493 – $199,534
Intel Corporation2,387$146,263$125,158 – $172,784
ByteDance Inc.2,045$214,800$170,000 – $270,500
Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp1,940$132,579$109,782 – $150,405
PayPal, Inc.1,907$183,298$158,722 – $208,347
Cisco Systems, Inc.1,666$163,600$140,431 – $184,000
ServiceNow, Inc.1,574$154,835$129,802 – $185,554
Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.1,529$178,000$148,400 – $199,100
Infosys Limited1,501$131,144$105,560 – $139,589
Tata Consultancy Services Limited1,421$105,560$86,403 – $123,781
Amazon Web Services, Inc.1,412$177,600$153,392 – $196,652
Uber Technologies, Inc.1,409$190,700$166,900 – $219,900
TikTok Inc.1,345$213,000$157,123 – $270,000
Intuit Inc.1,317$180,000$152,027 – $217,289
The Leland Stanford, Jr University1,239$84,000$77,000 – $111,000
HCL America Inc1,235$128,960$105,738 – $148,450
Lucid USA, Inc.1,215$160,077$138,614 – $177,423
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.1,199$186,491$164,178 – $213,720
eBay Inc.1,151$200,000$175,270 – $226,055
Rivian Automotive, LLC915$170,000$145,004 – $198,000
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company897$166,962$136,581 – $198,673
Accenture LLP891$147,368$125,800 – $175,493
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.891$136,739$117,291 – $155,605
University of California, San Francisco890$86,900$76,500 – $107,701
Applied Materials, Inc881$160,000$144,663 – $181,822
TT Commerce & Global Services LLC867$196,000$149,432 – $257,000
Deloitte Consulting LLP854$155,000$125,000 – $184,520
Zoox Inc.853$174,013$155,605 – $196,914
DoorDash, Inc.761$181,272$153,600 – $206,315
Netflix, Inc.757$226,158$201,053 – $275,850
IBM Corporation668$172,199$128,240 – $208,661
Oracle America, Inc.659$171,643$149,718 – $206,315
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.654$155,043$138,418 – $177,937
Deloitte & Touche LLP649$94,456$75,254 – $122,600
Databricks, Inc.643$172,931$145,000 – $190,700
University of California, San Diego626$82,257$75,300 – $102,550
Wipro Limited623$131,144$123,344 – $139,443
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.622$176,134$148,809 – $204,975

Top job titles

Job titleFilingsMedianMiddle half
Software Engineer28,321$182,000$154,000 – $208,262
Senior Software Engineer7,315$180,960$153,301 – $206,182
Software Developer2,741$130,187$113,500 – $155,000
Staff Software Engineer2,590$199,534$153,301 – $226,158
Data Scientist2,403$170,000$130,915 – $198,670
Software Development Engineer II2,328$182,092$172,931 – $194,400
Research Scientist1,942$188,822$178,360 – $221,596
Software Development Engineer1,894$174,423$151,549 – $204,600
Product Manager1,791$182,728$148,507 – $221,610
Software Engineering1,470$190,438$170,768 – $212,667
Machine Learning Engineer1,453$185,691$155,000 – $220,000
Data Engineer1,449$150,238$123,531 – $185,000
Assistant Professor1,246$115,000$97,011 – $139,800
Member of Technical Staff1,131$194,875$171,398 – $250,000
Senior Data Scientist984$171,337$158,642 – $190,184
Associate886$150,000$115,000 – $212,004
Senior Product Manager858$180,000$155,605 – $200,304
Software Development Engineer I814$148,350$131,625 – $149,365
Principal Software Engineer810$200,048$162,328 – $230,000
Technical Program Manager802$188,000$157,427 – $212,000
Component Design Engineer786$133,162$123,419 – $156,209
Software Development Engineering770$188,006$173,315 – $216,615
Manager JC50 - Computer Systems Engineers/Architects761$139,589$109,782 – $150,405
Postdoctoral Scholar756$74,425$71,510 – $79,881
Software Engineer III749$117,000$117,000 – $140,000
Architect739$105,560$81,099 – $139,589
Software Engineering Applications736$199,107$177,025 – $216,216
Software Engineering Systems732$181,100$152,963 – $205,662
Business Analyst730$95,000$78,900 – $116,621
Software Engineer II716$150,100$137,570 – $169,621
Software Dev Engineer II704$188,100$177,600 – $204,900
Applied Scientist II704$190,000$176,987 – $200,500
Software Development Engineer III684$220,650$199,534 – $238,000
Computer Programmer684$104,000$94,827 – $126,693
Engineering Manager668$228,000$201,975 – $264,151
Project Manager657$120,000$100,141 – $142,000
Program Manager630$172,000$147,301 – $195,000
Data Analyst629$101,920$81,536 – $123,531
Senior Machine Learning Engineer620$195,000$172,931 – $225,120
Mechanical Engineer609$120,000$100,568 – $149,728
Senior Data Engineer608$165,762$148,040 – $190,000
Manager602$171,000$144,122 – $193,000
Software Dev Engineer I578$148,400$148,400 – $150,421
Software Engineering SMTS548$208,980$197,376 – $222,751
Accountant545$75,254$63,274 – $88,200
Assistant Project Scientist534$80,800$76,700 – $85,900
Electrical Engineer517$139,500$110,227 – $167,500
Senior Engineer515$153,504$133,671 – $179,286
Financial Analyst513$94,203$78,000 – $126,880
Staff Engineer509$186,472$156,853 – $217,750

Cities

CityFilingsMedianMiddle half
San Francisco, CA29,929$175,984$140,000 – $211,680
San Jose, CA29,088$170,000$137,762 – $204,901
Sunnyvale, CA27,303$174,200$149,458 – $200,000
Santa Clara, CA20,270$172,000$144,040 – $201,053
Mountain View, CA16,774$186,000$164,000 – $214,000
San Diego, CA12,507$130,600$112,882 – $159,702
Los Angeles, CA9,742$110,000$80,034 – $151,694
Menlo Park, CA9,707$195,000$176,564 – $225,554
Palo Alto, CA8,906$180,000$150,000 – $214,000
Cupertino, CA8,375$180,003$153,278 – $204,142
Irvine, CA7,706$124,842$94,349 – $154,591
Fremont, CA7,330$147,368$120,000 – $175,000
Pleasanton, CA3,455$148,342$120,000 – $177,219
Milpitas, CA3,190$150,000$126,677 – $180,000
Foster City, CA2,989$159,037$135,400 – $186,000
San Mateo, CA2,819$180,000$143,000 – $220,000
Redwood City, CA2,529$165,000$140,000 – $198,000
Oakland, CA2,210$139,823$105,560 – $181,813
Newark, CA2,182$155,000$129,563 – $176,998
Sacramento, CA2,130$112,674$91,874 – $132,090
South San Francisco, CA1,963$147,368$124,015 – $175,000
Folsom, CA1,822$126,420$113,688 – $161,230
Culver City, CA1,605$136,561$100,000 – $175,000
Berkeley, CA1,555$114,800$82,836 – $155,394
Santa Monica, CA1,470$145,000$110,000 – $176,134
San Bruno, CA1,439$164,000$146,726 – $186,000
San Ramon, CA1,425$147,879$120,000 – $181,272
Pasadena, CA1,422$104,791$77,896 – $145,000
Dublin, CA1,215$151,000$121,240 – $185,994
El Segundo, CA1,197$126,942$100,676 – $158,704
Burlingame, CA1,159$182,583$138,161 – $221,596
Stanford, CA1,121$84,000$77,103 – $107,973
East Palo Alto, CA1,117$181,272$150,300 – $205,000
La Jolla, CA1,071$80,034$74,281 – $102,024
Torrance, CA1,069$120,000$93,018 – $149,971
Tracy, CA1,026$132,935$105,810 – $162,375
Woodland Hills, CA934$123,374$96,392 – $148,122
Thousand Oaks, CA824$128,169$103,924 – $148,524
Los Gatos, CA819$226,158$187,741 – $264,514
Livermore, CA757$150,405$120,000 – $184,475

By year

Year filedFilingsMedian
202319,272$153,948
202495,270$153,000
202597,495$156,770
202663,305$165,000