H-1B wage filings in Goleta, CA
Jobs with a worksite in Goleta, California. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
95 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Goleta, CA as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 39 employers. The median offered wage was $137,259, 5.7% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Habilitation Counselor (9).
- Filings
- 95
- Positions covered
- 103
- Employers
- 39
- Median offered
- $137,259
- Median prevailing wage
- $122,439
- Filings since FY2020
- 774
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +34%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Goleta, CA rose 34%, from $105,000 in fiscal 2020 to $140,962 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 8.8% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 182 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.
Goleta, CA by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 78 | $140,962 | +0.7% | $129,126 | +8.8% |
| 2025 | 82 | $140,000 | +3.5% | $132,350 | +5.5% |
| 2024 | 79 | $135,250 | +17.6% | $123,240 | +14.6% |
| 2023 | 102 | $115,000 | +4.1% | $103,418 | +12.3% |
| 2022 | 182 | $110,500 | −0.6% | $82,472 | +6.3% |
| 2021 | 102 | $111,197 | +5.9% | $88,421 | +13.3% |
| 2020 | 149 | $105,000 | n/a | $84,053 | +18.0% |
Employers filing for jobs in Goleta
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Employer | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google LLC | 11 | $177,550 | +27.2% | |
| The Devereux Foundation | 11 | $38,875 | at the minimum | |
| LITMUS7 Systems Consulting Inc | 6 | $155,000 | +56.5% | |
| Deckers Outdoor Corporation | 6 | $164,199 | +14.8% | |
| Yardi Systems, Inc. | 6 | $179,634 | +0.6% | |
| AppFolio Inc. | 5 | $157,676 | +27.4% | |
| IQhector LLC | 4 | $89,190 | at the minimum | |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp | 3 | $135,990 | at the minimum | |
| Transphorm, Inc. | 3 | $129,659 | +9.9% | |
| Sonos, Inc. | 3 | $140,962 | +9.8% | |
| Alcon Research, LLC | 2 | $120,589 | at the minimum | |
| Waters Technologies Corporation | 2 | $122,920 | +6.3% | |
| OpenLight Photonics, Inc. | 2 | $138,528 | at the minimum | |
| IonQ Quantum, Inc. | 2 | $135,000 | +0.8% | |
| Quintessent Inc. | 2 | $150,000 | +21.0% | |
| Ocean Rainforest, Inc. | 1 | $95,160 | +11.0% | |
| Murata Electronics North America, Inc. | 1 | $95,262 | +8.3% | |
| Wailea Systems LLC | 1 | $89,190 | at the minimum | |
| MannHummel Water & Fluid Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $72,142 | +11.1% | |
| Ergomotion, Inc. | 1 | $106,621 | at the minimum | |
| Teladoc Health Inc. | 1 | $160,659 | at the minimum | |
| Mahaugha LLC | 1 | $89,190 | at the minimum | |
| Invoca, Inc. | 1 | $144,000 | +7.8% | |
| DGN Technologies, Inc | 1 | $120,000 | +68.9% | |
Showing the 24 employers with the most filings of 39. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Goleta
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Habilitation Counselor | 9 | $38,875 | at the minimum | |
| Software Engineer | 7 | $129,659 | at the minimum | |
| Research Scientist | 4 | $182,300 | +54.1% | |
| Senior Technical Consultant | 4 | $140,000 | +4.8% | |
| Hardware Engineer | 3 | $161,000 | +10.7% | |
| Oracle EBS Techno Functional Lead | 3 | $89,190 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Software Engineer | 3 | $186,393 | +7.8% | |
| Associate Director | 2 | $202,014 | +9.4% | |
| Business Intelligence Developer | 2 | $99,886 | +4.6% | |
| Engineering Manager | 2 | $160,000 | +0.9% | |
| Inventory Planning Data Analyst | 2 | $95,500 | +19.3% | |
| Lead Consultant | 2 | $165,000 | +85.0% | |
| Manager | 2 | $135,990 | at the minimum | |
| Program Manager | 2 | $68,640 | +16.7% | |
| Senior Engineer, Process Development | 2 | $150,000 | +21.0% | |
| Senior Process Development Engineer | 2 | $144,675 | +8.1% | |
| Staff Physical Engineer | 2 | $152,246 | +4.7% | |
| Acoustical Engineer | 1 | $140,962 | at the minimum | |
| Brand Marketing Manager- Global Teva | 1 | $84,822 | at the minimum | |
| Business Systems Analyst, PLM | 1 | $131,500 | +27.0% | |
| Compliance Evaluation Engineer | 1 | $96,000 | +9.8% | |
| Data Solutions Architect Lead | 1 | $148,000 | +14.6% | |
| Distinguished Tooling Engineer | 1 | $168,000 | +19.2% | |
| DOMS lead | 1 | $133,640 | at the minimum | |
| Elementary School Teacher | 1 | $63,644 | at the minimum | |
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.