H-1B wage filings in Alameda, CA
Jobs with a worksite in Alameda, California. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
264 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Alameda, CA as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 83 employers. The median offered wage was $139,000, 1.5% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Job Captain (7).
- Filings
- 264
- Positions covered
- 258
- Employers
- 83
- Median offered
- $139,000
- Median prevailing wage
- $131,799
- Filings since FY2020
- 1,641
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +26%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Alameda, CA rose 26%, from $110,000 in fiscal 2020 to $138,889 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 0.9% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 290 filings.
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year
Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.
Alameda, CA by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 218 | $138,889 | +2.9% | $125,705 | +0.9% |
| 2025 | 290 | $135,000 | +2.1% | $128,398 | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 258 | $132,288 | +5.8% | $121,597 | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 237 | $125,000 | no change | $112,299 | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 242 | $125,000 | +7.4% | $107,494 | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 198 | $116,397 | +5.8% | $104,062 | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 198 | $110,000 | n/a | $98,779 | +1.0% |
Employers filing for jobs in Alameda
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 83. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Alameda
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Job Captain | 7 | $94,000 | +6.7% | |
| Algorithm Engineer | 4 | $139,000 | +1.6% | |
| Battery Engineering Associate | 3 | $110,160 | +4.0% | |
| Computer Programmer | 3 | $107,203 | at the minimum | |
| Data Engineer | 3 | $122,710 | at the minimum | |
| Design Professional | 3 | $80,080 | +4.0% | |
| Embedded Test Engineer | 3 | $88,400 | +0.3% | |
| Embedded Tester | 3 | $113,277 | at the minimum | |
| Manufacturing Engineer | 3 | $95,139 | +0.5% | |
| Quality Engineer | 3 | $103,771 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Project Engineer | 3 | $108,618 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Quality Engineer | 3 | $138,778 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Software Test Engineer | 3 | $117,000 | +3.3% | |
| Senior Test Lead | 3 | $113,277 | at the minimum | |
| Stem Cell Scientist | 3 | $148,678 | at the minimum | |
| Technical Lead | 3 | $107,203 | at the minimum | |
| Assistant Project Manager | 2 | $102,500 | +17.2% | |
| Associate Clinical Programming Director | 2 | $230,000 | +18.0% | |
| Associate Statistical Programming Director | 2 | $217,061 | +21.8% | |
| Associate Technical Director, R&D | 2 | $175,157 | at the minimum | |
| Buyer | 2 | $118,000 | +20.6% | |
| Director, Hardware Engineering | 2 | $240,000 | +21.2% | |
| Global Sales Operations Analyst | 2 | $103,522 | at the minimum | |
| GPS (PV / Drug Safety) Systems Manager | 2 | $180,000 | +5.6% | |
| Head of Operations | 2 | $230,000 | +39.2% | |
Seniority of the jobs filed
The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.
What these numbers are
- They are wages employers attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
- A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
- The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.
- The city is the worksite on the filing, which can be a client's office or a remote worker's home, not the employer's headquarters.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.