H-1B sponsors in California
Ranked by LCA filings, FY2017–2026, with median base salary and the top roles for each.
Which employers sponsor H-1B workers in California?
The top H-1B sponsors in California are Google, Apple, and Meta, among 1,099,563 LCA filings on record (FY2017 to FY2026, U.S. Department of Labor) at a $129k median base salary.
H-1B filings
1,099,563
FY2017–2026* · with wage
Median base salary
$129,181
all roles
Middle 50% (p25–p75)
$98k–$165k
interquartile range
Top employers
100
listed below
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top roles filed for here
Most H-1B filings by job title
- 1Software Engineer89,689
- 2Senior Software Engineer24,923
- 3Software Developer18,772
- 4Data Scientist8,654
- 5Programmer Analyst7,710
- 6Staff Software Engineer7,271
- 7Software Development Engineer II6,721
- 8Software Development Engineer6,470
- 9Product Manager5,958
- 10Member of Technical Staff4,572
Top H-1B employers in California
Most filings · with each employer’s median for this state
- 1Google64,862 filings$160k
- 2Apple29,864 filings$168k
- 3Meta28,780 filings$185k
- 4Amazon28,181 filings$163k
- 5Qualcomm15,652 filings$126k
- 6Infosys15,100 filings$98k
- 7Cognizant12,738 filings$102k
- 8Ernst & Young12,709 filings$118k
- 9Tesla11,123 filings$143k
- 10Deloitte10,443 filings$99k
- 11Walmart10,424 filings$152k
- 12Salesforce9,508 filings$165k
- 13LinkedIn9,502 filings$149k
- 14Intel9,233 filings$125k
- 15Tata Consultancy Services9,215 filings$85k
- 16PayPal6,979 filings$159k
- 17Nvidia6,978 filings$173k
- 18Cisco6,881 filings$144k
- 19Microsoft6,773 filings$175k
- 20Uber6,175 filings$153k
- 21Adobe5,687 filings$164k
- 22HCLTech5,683 filings$109k
- 23eBay5,486 filings$166k
- 24Accenture5,153 filings$109k
- 25IBM5,002 filings$109k
- 26Intuit4,888 filings$148k
- 27VMware4,811 filings$154k
- 28ByteDance4,601 filings$198k
- 29Wipro4,474 filings$96k
- 30ServiceNow4,110 filings$139k
- 31Stanford University3,950 filings$80k
- 32Capgemini3,443 filings$94k
- 33Western Digital3,262 filings$129k
- 34Palo Alto Networks3,210 filings$170k
- 35Tech Mahindra3,152 filings$96k
- 36Visa2,843 filings$136k
- 37Applied Materials2,829 filings$137k
- 38University of California, San Francisco2,804 filings$77k
- 39PwC2,678 filings$114k
- 40Hewlett Packard Enterprise2,527 filings$152k
- 41Yahoo2,422 filings$151k
- 42TikTok2,412 filings$203k
- 43Rivian2,381 filings$159k
- 44Netflix2,374 filings$187k
- 45Oracle2,305 filings$147k
- 46Amgen2,281 filings$123k
- 47Juniper Networks2,171 filings$136k
- 48Lucid Motors2,154 filings$152k
- 49Workday2,106 filings$142k
- 50Waymo2,101 filings$180k
- 51University of California, San Diego2,022 filings$74k
- 52University of California, Los Angeles2,021 filings$83k
- 53Snap1,917 filings$143k
- 54Airbnb1,914 filings$184k
- 55University of Southern California1,882 filings$71k
- 56SAP1,811 filings$137k
- 57DoorDash1,795 filings$185k
- 58Pinterest1,735 filings$149k
- 59Marvell1,731 filings$134k
- 60University of California, Davis1,710 filings$75k
- 61Cadence1,694 filings$142k
- 62University of California, Berkeley1,634 filings$80k
- 63LTIMindtree1,550 filings$96k
- 64Zoox1,546 filings$159k
- 65Gilead1,518 filings$126k
- 66Lam Research1,460 filings$124k
- 67Autodesk1,438 filings$134k
- 68Nisum1,420 filings$125k
- 69Compunnel1,419 filings$106k
- 70X1,404 filings$160k
- 71KLA1,402 filings$141k
- 72Sony1,388 filings$143k
- 73Lyft1,382 filings$175k
- 74JPMorgan Chase1,382 filings$175k
- 75Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory1,378 filings$103k
- 76Pure Storage1,346 filings$169k
- 77Intuitive Surgical1,339 filings$145k
- 78Persistent Systems1,339 filings$95k
- 79Samsung1,315 filings$155k
- 80Genentech1,291 filings$121k
- 81Mphasis1,286 filings$105k
- 82Illumina1,272 filings$111k
- 83SRS Consulting1,268 filings$110k
- 84KPMG1,254 filings$99k
- 85AMD1,192 filings$165k
- 86UST1,139 filings$92k
- 87Fortinet1,135 filings$145k
- 88Nutanix1,080 filings$171k
- 89Xilinx1,067 filings$152k
- 90Databricks1,066 filings$166k
- 91Kforce1,059 filings$114k
- 92Roblox1,037 filings$243k
- 93Synopsys1,037 filings$139k
- 94Cruise989 filings$190k
- 95LendingClub981 filings$142k
- 96ASML975 filings$137k
- 97Snowflake975 filings$170k
- 98Atlassian948 filings$174k
- 99Nokia925 filings$159k
- 100L&T Technology Services909 filings$89k
H-1B sponsors by state
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