Highest Paying H-1B Employers in California — 2026

H-1B employers ranked by average salary offered to visa workers. Filtered for California. Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor public disclosure files.

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#EmployerFilingsAvg SalaryApprovalTrend
1 Bayone Solutions INC. 4 $72,895k 100% ↑ increasing
2 Devbytes Inc 5 $59,399k 100% ↑ increasing
3 Veeco Instruments Inc. 6 $53,254k 100% ↑ increasing
4 MindQ, Inc. 5 $47,061k 100% → stable
5 Thumbtack, Inc. 11 $38,006k 91% ↑ increasing
6 Bill Operations LLC 21 $20,530k 95% → stable
7 Advantage It INC 12 $19,667k 100% ↑ increasing
8 SmithGroup, Inc., subsidiary of SmithGroup Co., Inc. 9 $18,573k 89% ↑ increasing
9 Ecera System LLC 11 $16,140k 100% ↑ increasing
10 Vitosha Inc 11 $15,210k 100% ↑ increasing
11 Coupang Global LLC 40 $11,957k 100% → stable
12 Epsilon Data Management LLC 30 $9,990k 100% ↑ increasing
13 Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. 28 $8,572k 100% ↑ increasing
14 Artech, LLC 39 $4,049k 100% ↑ increasing
15 University of Maryland College Park 75 $3,709k 99% ↑ increasing
16 Cartesia AI, Inc. 4 $2,307k 100% → stable
17 Anysphere, Inc. 5 $2,119k 100% → stable
18 University of California, San Francisco 104 $1,709k 98% ↑ increasing
19 CareDx, Inc 4 $1,540k 100% → stable
20 Gusto, Inc. 11 $1,367k 100% ↑ increasing
21 Upwork Global LLC 11 $1,361k 100% ↑ increasing
22 Fanatics Retail Group Fulfillment, LLC 6 $1,313k 83% ↑ increasing
23 Aspire Systems Digital Transformation INC. 6 $1,312k 100% → stable
24 Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC 160 $1,124k 100% → stable
25 Healthcare Triangle, Inc 6 $1,030k 100% ↑ increasing
26 Econic Partners US LLC 7 $768k 100% → stable
27 Prosper Marketplace, Inc. 12 $682k 100% → stable
28 Google LLC 949 $595k 100% ↑ increasing
29 Saxon Global Inc. 9 $564k 100% → stable
30 Parker Hannifin Corporation 7 $504k 100% ↑ increasing
31 Arrow Electronics, Inc. 19 $497k 95% ↑ increasing
32 Physicians Network Medical Group, Inc. 5 $479k 100% → stable
33 HubSpot, Inc. 32 $434k 97% → stable
34 Netflix, Inc. 93 $407k 100% → stable
35 Enterprise Mobility Inc 8 $405k 100% ↑ increasing
36 Driscoll's, Inc. 11 $360k 100% → stable
37 Latham & Watkins LLP 10 $350k 100% → stable
38 Milbank LLP 14 $344k 100% → stable
39 Ropes & Gray LLP 8 $339k 100% → stable
40 OpenAI OpCo, LLC 26 $331k 100% ↑ increasing
41 Cooley LLP 5 $327k 80% ↑ increasing
42 HealthEquity, Inc. 11 $314k 100% ↑ increasing
43 X.ai LLC 5 $313k 100% → stable
44 Geisinger Clinic 11 $312k 100% ↑ increasing
45 EVgo Services, LLC 4 $311k 100% → stable
46 Fenwick & West, LLP 4 $307k 100% → stable
47 Inpatient Specialists of California, P.C. 3 $303k 100% → stable
48 X. Ai LLC 6 $296k 100% → stable
49 X.AI Corp. 4 $295k 100% → stable
50 Faculty Physicians & Surgeons of LLUSM 3 $293k 100% → stable
51 Wayve Technologies, Inc 17 $291k 100% → stable
52 EMC Corporation 62 $289k 98% ↑ increasing
53 Lambda, Inc. 7 $289k 86% ↑ increasing
54 Pi Square Technologies LLC 5 $286k 100% ↑ increasing
55 Procore Technologies, Inc. 4 $284k 100% ↑ increasing
56 Waymo LLC 41 $279k 100% → stable
57 Roblox Corporation 50 $278k 100% → stable
58 Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 9 $278k 100% ↑ increasing
59 Hooglee Corp. 3 $273k 100% → stable
60 OutSystems, Inc. 4 $273k 100% → stable
61 Mitsogo Inc 3 $271k 100% → stable
62 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 9 $271k 100% → stable
63 OKBL USA Technology Inc. 12 $270k 100% ↑ increasing
64 StubHub, Inc. 6 $266k 100% → stable
65 Formagrid, Inc. 6 $263k 83% ↑ increasing
66 Reddit, Inc. 27 $260k 100% ↑ increasing
67 Full Meals Technology Inc. 4 $260k 75% ↑ increasing
68 Notion Labs, Inc. 11 $256k 100% ↑ increasing
69 Southern California Permanente Medical Group 3 $253k 100% → stable
70 Encora Digital LLC 11 $253k 91% ↑ increasing
71 ClickHouse, Inc. 4 $252k 75% ↑ increasing
72 Angi Inc. 6 $251k 100% ↑ increasing
73 Moveworks, Inc. 7 $247k 100% → stable
74 Groq, Inc. 17 $244k 100% → stable
75 Credit Karma, LLC 20 $243k 100% → stable
76 Glean Technologies, Inc. 4 $243k 100% ↑ increasing
77 Goodwin Procter LLP 8 $242k 100% → stable
78 Family Healthcare Network 21 $242k 95% ↑ increasing
79 Patreon, INC. 6 $242k 100% → stable
80 Counsel AI Corporation 5 $241k 100% ↑ increasing
81 Udemy, Inc. 5 $240k 80% → stable
82 Community Medical Centers, Inc. 4 $240k 100% ↑ increasing
83 Equinix, Inc. 16 $240k 100% → stable
84 CommVault Systems,Inc. 3 $239k 100% → stable
85 Unit21, Inc. 3 $238k 100% ↑ increasing
86 Whatnot Inc. 7 $238k 100% ↑ increasing
87 People Center, Inc. d/b/a Rippling 30 $235k 100% ↑ increasing
88 Barclays Capital Inc. 27 $234k 100% ↑ increasing
89 Also, Inc. 8 $234k 88% ↑ increasing
90 Golden Valley Health Centers 6 $232k 100% → stable
91 Wealthfront Corporation 4 $232k 100% → stable
92 Niantic, Inc. 3 $231k 100% → stable
93 P2p Softtek LLC 15 $231k 100% ↑ increasing
94 Philo, Inc. 4 $231k 100% → stable
95 Elasticsearch, Inc. 4 $231k 100% → stable
96 W.m. Rice University 29 $230k 100% → stable
97 Baseten Labs, Inc 4 $230k 100% → stable
98 XERO, Inc. 4 $230k 100% → stable
99 Sunrun, Inc. 4 $230k 100% → stable
100 Humana Inc. 80 $230k 98% → stable

About This Ranking

This ranking shows H-1B sponsors filtered for California. It is based on Labor Condition Application (LCA) data filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Only employers with H-1B filings in California are included.

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