H-1B wage filings in Redwood City, CA
Jobs with a worksite in Redwood City, California. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
962 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Redwood City, CA as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 224 employers. The median offered wage was $179,088, 8.3% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Senior Software Engineer (29).
- Filings
- 962
- Positions covered
- 1,460
- Employers
- 224
- Median offered
- $179,088
- Median prevailing wage
- $161,637
- Filings since FY2020
- 7,942
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +33%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Redwood City, CA rose 33%, from $135,000 in fiscal 2020 to $180,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 8.8% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2020, with 1,432 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.
Redwood City, CA by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 775 | $180,000 | +11.4% | $161,637 | +8.8% |
| 2025 | 958 | $161,637 | +6.4% | $148,242 | +6.8% |
| 2024 | 1,001 | $151,939 | +1.6% | $144,456 | +4.8% |
| 2023 | 1,035 | $149,500 | +3.1% | $132,870 | +7.9% |
| 2022 | 1,350 | $145,000 | +0.7% | $125,362 | +9.1% |
| 2021 | 1,391 | $144,040 | +6.7% | $120,931 | +8.1% |
| 2020 | 1,432 | $135,000 | n/a | $119,122 | +5.5% |
Employers filing for jobs in Redwood City
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Employer | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Box, Inc. | 81 | $187,741 | at the minimum | |
| C3.ai, Inc. | 62 | $170,000 | +12.0% | |
| Electronic Arts Inc. | 49 | $173,103 | +16.7% | |
| Equinix, Inc. | 46 | $169,085 | at the minimum | |
| Salesforce, Inc. | 33 | $179,660 | +22.4% | |
| Revolution Medicines, Inc. | 28 | $176,500 | +14.5% | |
| Informatica LLC | 27 | $181,669 | at the minimum | |
| Luma AI, Inc. | 24 | $187,500 | +26.7% | |
| McKinsey & Company, Inc. United States | 18 | $199,900 | +43.0% | |
| PubMatic, Inc. | 18 | $163,020 | at the minimum | |
| The Leland Stanford, Jr University | 15 | $155,324 | +40.8% | |
| Suki AI, Inc. | 14 | $187,574 | at the minimum | |
| Snorkel AI, Inc. | 14 | $208,000 | +26.8% | |
| Serve Operating Co. | 14 | $202,500 | +25.2% | |
| Dexterity, Inc. | 13 | $133,390 | at the minimum | |
| Ernst & Young U.S. LLP | 12 | $186,035 | +46.3% | |
| Character Technologies, Inc. | 11 | $260,000 | +40.5% | |
| Dyna Robotics Inc. | 11 | $175,386 | +3.1% | |
| Cognichip, Inc. | 11 | $200,000 | +12.0% | |
| Moloco, Inc. | 11 | $200,000 | +6.7% | |
| Altos Labs Inc. | 10 | $141,107 | +1.8% | |
| Grey Orange Incorporated | 9 | $220,000 | +24.7% | |
| LMI, Inc. D/B/A Liftoff Mobile | 9 | $226,000 | +19.2% | |
| Sumo Logic Inc. | 9 | $189,800 | +2.4% | |
| Bear Robotics, Inc. | 9 | $166,566 | at the minimum | |
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 224. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Redwood City
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Software Engineer | 29 | $197,500 | +2.2% | |
| Software Engineer | 24 | $180,636 | +7.2% | |
| Software Engineer II | 19 | $150,934 | +4.3% | |
| Software Engineer III | 19 | $187,017 | +5.9% | |
| Data Scientist | 16 | $155,000 | +15.7% | |
| Senior Data Scientist | 16 | $170,000 | +3.4% | |
| Research Engineer | 14 | $200,000 | +42.3% | |
| Staff Software Engineer | 13 | $213,512 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Software Engineer I | 9 | $205,696 | +11.6% | |
| Principal Technical Support Engineer | 8 | $147,347 | +21.6% | |
| Staff Engineer, Product Software | 8 | $157,523 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Product Manager | 7 | $194,967 | +7.5% | |
| Senior Staff Engineer, Product Software | 7 | $187,574 | at the minimum | |
| Software Engineering SMTS | 7 | $188,976 | +10.7% | |
| Mandarin Teacher | 6 | $67,600 | +6.8% | |
| Senior Associate Engineer, Product Software | 6 | $153,100 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Scientist | 6 | $120,827 | at the minimum | |
| Database Administrators | 5 | $186,035 | +46.3% | |
| Member of Technical Staff | 5 | $230,000 | +23.7% | |
| Member of Technical Staff, Research | 5 | $192,500 | +12.2% | |
| Product Manager | 5 | $150,405 | at the minimum | |
| Research Scientist | 5 | $201,094 | +39.8% | |
| Senior Software Engineer, Platform | 5 | $187,574 | +8.1% | |
| Senior Technical Support Engineer | 5 | $131,568 | +16.5% | |
| Speech Language Pathologist | 5 | $107,349 | +1.9% | |
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.