H-1B wage filings in Sacramento, CA
Jobs with a worksite in Sacramento, California. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
846 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Sacramento, CA as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 350 employers. The median offered wage was $115,179, 0.2% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Software Developer (34).
- Filings
- 846
- Positions covered
- 988
- Employers
- 350
- Median offered
- $115,179
- Median prevailing wage
- $107,952
- Filings since FY2020
- 5,439
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +21%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Sacramento, CA rose 21%, from $96,000 in fiscal 2020 to $116,480 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 0.3% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2020, with 848 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.
Sacramento, CA by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 655 | $116,480 | +5.0% | $108,430 | +0.3% |
| 2025 | 842 | $110,906 | +3.0% | $100,090 | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 819 | $107,702 | −0.7% | $96,678 | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 724 | $108,514 | +7.4% | $101,379 | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 793 | $101,000 | +3.1% | $100,339 | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 758 | $98,000 | +2.1% | $97,677 | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 848 | $96,000 | n/a | $89,814 | +0.8% |
Employers filing for jobs in Sacramento
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 350. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Sacramento
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developer | 34 | $124,592 | at the minimum | |
| Transportation Engineer (Civil) | 20 | $105,198 | at the minimum | |
| Software Engineer | 17 | $124,592 | +0.4% | |
| Postdoctoral Scholar | 15 | $74,281 | +7.5% | |
| Senior Programmer Analyst | 15 | $118,040 | at the minimum | |
| Air Pollution Specialist | 13 | $109,896 | at the minimum | |
| Project Delivery Specialist | 13 | $124,592 | at the minimum | |
| Assistant Professor | 12 | $126,792 | +66.5% | |
| Senior Consultant | 12 | $124,592 | at the minimum | |
| Business Analyst | 11 | $104,000 | at the minimum | |
| Manager | 9 | $163,100 | at the minimum | |
| Programmer Analyst | 9 | $98,164 | at the minimum | |
| Application Developer | 8 | $124,592 | at the minimum | |
| Specialist Master | 8 | $150,503 | at the minimum | |
| Computer Programmer | 6 | $94,827 | at the minimum | |
| Project Manager | 6 | $135,500 | +10.6% | |
| Resident Physician | 6 | $87,016 | +12.1% | |
| Computer Systems Engineer | 5 | $88,421 | at the minimum | |
| Data Scientist | 5 | $108,430 | +0.5% | |
| DevOps Engineer | 5 | $124,592 | at the minimum | |
| Industrial Engineer | 5 | $110,000 | +18.2% | |
| Information Technology Specialist I | 5 | $75,876 | at the minimum | |
| Project Delivery Senior Analyst | 5 | $70,990 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Software Engineer | 5 | $161,200 | +0.3% | |
| Senior Technical Lead | 5 | $124,592 | 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.