H-1B wage filings in Foster City, CA
Jobs with a worksite in Foster City, California. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
1,162 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Foster City, CA as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 164 employers. The median offered wage was $167,877, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Software Engineer (115).
- Filings
- 1,162
- Positions covered
- 2,122
- Employers
- 164
- Median offered
- $167,877
- Median prevailing wage
- $161,637
- Filings since FY2020
- 7,804
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +42%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Foster City, CA rose 42%, from $118,581 in fiscal 2020 to $168,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 0.1% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2020, with 1,304 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.
Foster City, CA by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 957 | $168,000 | +7.9% | $161,637 | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 1,117 | $155,750 | +4.9% | $150,842 | at the minimum |
| 2024 | 1,079 | $148,450 | +9.0% | $145,928 | at the minimum |
| 2023 | 1,069 | $136,249 | +1.8% | $131,685 | at the minimum |
| 2022 | 1,186 | $133,786 | +8.5% | $125,486 | at the minimum |
| 2021 | 1,092 | $123,261 | +3.9% | $120,931 | at the minimum |
| 2020 | 1,304 | $118,581 | n/a | $117,770 | at the minimum |
Employers filing for jobs in Foster City
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Employer | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoox Inc. | 346 | $185,994 | at the minimum | |
| Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 151 | $159,360 | at the minimum | |
| Visa U.S.A. Inc. | 114 | $169,100 | at the minimum | |
| Visa Technology & Operations LLC | 99 | $164,403 | at the minimum | |
| Qualys, Inc. | 45 | $152,110 | at the minimum | |
| CyberSource Corporation | 37 | $161,670 | at the minimum | |
| Replit, Inc. | 30 | $211,000 | +23.9% | |
| Indeed, Inc. | 23 | $187,658 | +3.9% | |
| Illumina, Inc. | 21 | $152,400 | +1.7% | |
| Zuora, Inc. | 16 | $190,418 | +11.4% | |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp | 11 | $150,405 | at the minimum | |
| Coupa Software, Inc. | 10 | $178,864 | +11.9% | |
| Dako Resources, LLC | 9 | $149,760 | +2.6% | |
| Alten Technology USA, Inc. | 9 | $110,091 | +0.3% | |
| Kite Pharma Inc. | 7 | $137,920 | +17.2% | |
| QuinStreet, Inc. | 6 | $174,307 | +0.1% | |
| United Business Solutions Inc | 6 | $137,200 | +0.4% | |
| Conviva, Inc. | 5 | $220,000 | +3.0% | |
| Infotech Spectrum, Inc | 5 | $134,826 | at the minimum | |
| RxCloud | 4 | $98,758 | at the minimum | |
| Nipun Capital, L.P. | 4 | $128,091 | +0.4% | |
| Motiv Power Systems Inc. | 4 | $154,867 | at the minimum | |
| Cognowiz LLC | 4 | $137,322 | +15.1% | |
| Ernst & Young U.S. LLP | 4 | $143,517 | +32.7% | |
| LogRhythm, Inc. d/b/a Exabeam LLC | 3 | $199,000 | +6.1% | |
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 164. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Foster City
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 115 | $187,741 | +0.2% | |
| Senior Software Engineer | 60 | $213,512 | +1.1% | |
| Staff SW Engineer | 22 | $146,200 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Data Engineer | 18 | $151,590 | at the minimum | |
| Director | 17 | $206,064 | at the minimum | |
| Staff Software Engineer | 16 | $206,315 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Product Manager | 15 | $169,100 | +1.3% | |
| Senior Manager | 14 | $185,994 | at the minimum | |
| Software Engineer - Sr. Consultant level | 14 | $169,100 | at the minimum | |
| Technical Program Manager | 14 | $183,364 | +0.4% | |
| Sr. SW Engineer | 13 | $135,699 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Technical Program Manager | 11 | $187,149 | at the minimum | |
| Product Manager | 10 | $148,303 | +0.5% | |
| Senior Data Scientist | 9 | $194,834 | +8.3% | |
| Strategic Sourcing Manager | 9 | $151,000 | at the minimum | |
| Lead SW Engineer | 8 | $192,300 | +12.5% | |
| Principal Software Engineer | 8 | $210,947 | +5.6% | |
| Data Scientist | 7 | $137,400 | +2.6% | |
| Data Scientist - Sr. Consultant level | 7 | $194,834 | at the minimum | |
| Firmware Validation Engineer | 7 | $157,000 | +0.2% | |
| Senior Manager, Biostatistics | 7 | $173,992 | +19.1% | |
| Staff Data Engineer | 7 | $164,403 | at the minimum | |
| Staff Research Scientist | 7 | $169,100 | +26.1% | |
| Validation Engineer | 7 | $108,729 | at the minimum | |
| Business Systems Analyst | 6 | $149,760 | +0.3% | |
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.