H-1B wage filings in Menlo Park, CA
Jobs with a worksite in Menlo Park, California. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
3,480 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Menlo Park, CA as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 227 employers. The median offered wage was $204,000, 17.9% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Software Engineer (1,331).
- Filings
- 3,480
- Positions covered
- 10,277
- Employers
- 227
- Median offered
- $204,000
- Median prevailing wage
- $161,637
- Filings since FY2020
- 23,249
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +23%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Menlo Park, CA rose 23%, from $164,537 in fiscal 2020 to $201,980 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 18.8% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2021, with 4,088 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.
Menlo Park, CA by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 2,957 | $201,980 | +4.7% | $161,637 | +18.8% |
| 2025 | 3,749 | $193,000 | −1.0% | $161,637 | +16.5% |
| 2024 | 3,401 | $195,000 | +3.4% | $173,638 | +12.4% |
| 2023 | 2,262 | $188,654 | +6.7% | $161,973 | +13.5% |
| 2022 | 3,164 | $176,800 | +5.9% | $145,038 | +18.1% |
| 2021 | 4,088 | $167,000 | +1.5% | $145,246 | +15.4% |
| 2020 | 3,628 | $164,537 | n/a | $144,040 | +14.0% |
Employers filing for jobs in Menlo Park
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 227. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Menlo Park
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 1,331 | $214,032 | +16.1% | |
| Research Scientist | 317 | $188,197 | +38.8% | |
| Data Scientist | 127 | $191,000 | +30.3% | |
| Data Engineer | 113 | $204,214 | +28.5% | |
| Production Engineer | 112 | $218,490 | +17.1% | |
| Senior Software Engineer | 80 | $206,315 | +6.6% | |
| Product Manager | 71 | $225,000 | +18.3% | |
| Software Engineering Manager | 53 | $280,000 | +11.9% | |
| AI Research Scientist | 44 | $280,000 | +108.7% | |
| Software Engineer, Machine Learning | 39 | $222,950 | +16.3% | |
| Associate | 34 | $175,000 | +42.9% | |
| Research Engineer | 34 | $223,457 | +42.2% | |
| Product Designer | 33 | $199,430 | +38.5% | |
| Vice President | 28 | $190,000 | +11.9% | |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 25 | $190,000 | +9.9% | |
| Network Production Engineer | 20 | $172,904 | +27.6% | |
| Member of Technical Staff | 19 | $260,000 | +28.8% | |
| Technical Program Manager | 19 | $222,482 | +22.1% | |
| Staff Software Engineer | 18 | $236,000 | +18.1% | |
| Data Scientist, Analytics | 16 | $221,024 | +31.1% | |
| Director | 12 | $169,000 | +17.5% | |
| Principal | 12 | $230,000 | +33.4% | |
| Staff Engineer II | 11 | $130,000 | +37.0% | |
| Engineering Manager | 10 | $286,311 | +13.5% | |
| Research Associate | 10 | $80,997 | +0.1% | |
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.