State
H-1B sponsors in California
Employers headquartered in California. Their filings cover every worksite, including ones outside the state.
- Sponsors
- 100
- Filings
- 28,995
- New employment
- 47,860
- Median wage
- $156,708
Distinct employers among the top 100 ranked here
Lifetime applications by those employers
Positions in the most recent fiscal year filed
New employment only — renewals are the same worker again, so they are excluded
All occupations combined, from $5,000 wage bands
150,462 disclosed positions
Largest sponsors
Ranked by lifetime filings.
Apple Inc.
Cupertino, CA · Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing
3,969 lifetime
last filed FY2026
Google LLC
Mountain View, CA · Computer Systems Design and Related Services
2,710 lifetime
last filed FY2026
Meta Platforms, Inc
Menlo Park, CA · Information
2,623 lifetime
last filed FY2026
NVIDIA Corporation
Santa Clara, CA · Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing
1,255 lifetime
last filed FY2026
Intel Corporation
Santa Clara, CA · Semiconductor and Electronic Component Manufacturing
1,121 lifetime
last filed FY2026
PayPal, Inc.
San Jose, CA · Finance and Insurance
925 lifetime
last filed FY2026
TT Commerce & Global Services LLC
Culver City, CA · Information
920 lifetime
last filed FY2026
Salesforce, Inc.
San Francisco, CA · Computer Systems Design and Related Services
913 lifetime
last filed FY2026
LinkedIn Corporation
Sunnyvale, CA · Data Processing, Hosting and Related Services
819 lifetime
last filed FY2026
Adobe Inc.
San Jose, CA · Computer Systems Design and Related Services
795 lifetime
last filed FY2026
HCL AMERICA INC
Santa Clara, CA · Computer Systems Design and Related Services
687 lifetime
last filed FY2026
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
San Diego, CA · Manufacturing
670 lifetime
last filed FY2026
Occupations
What the sponsors headquartered here file, across all their worksites.
| Occupation | SOC | Filings | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | 15-1252.00 | 12,154 | 93 |
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | 17-2072.00 | 2,421 | 32 |
| Data Scientists | 15-2051.00 | 1,205 | 78 |
| Information Technology Project Managers | 15-1299.09 | 1,139 | 69 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | 11-3021.00 | 916 | 78 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | 15-1253.00 | 734 | 64 |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists | 15-1221.00 | 710 | 43 |
| Operations Research Analysts | 15-2031.00 | 440 | 56 |
| Electrical Engineers | 17-2071.00 | 421 | 28 |
| Materials Engineers | 17-2131.00 | 403 | 12 |
| Business Intelligence Analysts | 15-2051.01 | 395 | 65 |
| Computer Systems Engineers/Architects | 15-1299.08 | 374 | 27 |
Metro areas
Worksite locations used by the sponsors above.
| Metro | Sponsors | Worksite filings |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | 43 | 3,012 |
| Sunnyvale, CA | 21 | 2,582 |
| Santa Clara, CA | 31 | 2,243 |
| San Francisco, CA | 43 | 1,683 |
| Cupertino, CA | 8 | 1,502 |
| Mountain View, CA | 18 | 1,347 |
| Menlo Park, CA | 4 | 1,210 |
| San Diego, CA | 36 | 900 |
| Foster City, CA | 9 | 334 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 21 | 302 |
| Palo Alto, CA | 9 | 278 |
| Irvine, CA | 24 | 226 |
Offered wages
Every occupation combined — read a single occupation's page for a comparable range.
25th $131,774 · median $156,708 · 75th $185,784 · 150,462 disclosed positions
Offered wages from certified Labor Condition Applications, grouped into $5,000 bands. Percentiles are computed from the bands, not from a stored average.
Figures cover the 100 highest-ranked sponsors for this location, which is what the precomputed ranking holds — they are floors, not state or metro totals. Filing counts are applications and position counts are worker positions; neither is a headcount, because a continued-employment application renews someone already working here.