H-1B wage filings in San Carlos, CA
Jobs with a worksite in San Carlos, California. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
213 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named San Carlos, CA as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 73 employers. The median offered wage was $161,637, 3.5% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Software Engineer (11).
- Filings
- 213
- Positions covered
- 206
- Employers
- 73
- Median offered
- $161,637
- Median prevailing wage
- $141,898
- Filings since FY2020
- 1,269
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +24%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in San Carlos, CA rose 24%, from $130,000 in fiscal 2020 to $161,637 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 3.4% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 233 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.
San Carlos, CA by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 169 | $161,637 | +7.7% | $141,898 | +3.4% |
| 2025 | 169 | $150,130 | +11.2% | $137,218 | +4.6% |
| 2024 | 191 | $135,000 | +1.6% | $115,877 | +4.9% |
| 2023 | 159 | $132,870 | −5.1% | $128,773 | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 233 | $140,000 | +10.7% | $121,763 | +9.4% |
| 2021 | 174 | $126,452 | −2.7% | $120,931 | +9.4% |
| 2020 | 174 | $130,000 | n/a | $117,770 | +9.1% |
Employers filing for jobs in San Carlos
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Employer | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1x Technologies Inc. | 23 | $137,861 | at the minimum | |
| Joby Aero, Inc. | 20 | $172,076 | +12.5% | |
| Natera, Inc. | 18 | $164,757 | at the minimum | |
| Retell AI, Inc. | 10 | $250,000 | +49.3% | |
| Nautilus Subsidiary, Inc | 10 | $138,449 | +0.4% | |
| Genesis Intelligence Inc. | 10 | $174,606 | at the minimum | |
| Vaxcyte, Inc. | 9 | $175,000 | +7.7% | |
| BeOne Medicines USA, Inc. | 8 | $217,250 | +11.4% | |
| OpenArt AI, Inc. | 6 | $140,000 | +2.1% | |
| Obvio Inc | 6 | $165,819 | +2.6% | |
| Noah Medical Corporation | 5 | $160,600 | +18.6% | |
| Dren Bio Management, Inc. | 5 | $150,000 | +19.7% | |
| CelLink Corporation | 4 | $147,500 | +15.0% | |
| Tangible Robots, Inc. | 4 | $206,500 | +12.8% | |
| Wipro Limited | 3 | $118,789 | at the minimum | |
| ZipHQ, Inc. | 3 | $220,000 | +3.0% | |
| Zap Surgical Systems, Inc. | 3 | $187,902 | +13.1% | |
| Management Health Systems, LLC | 2 | $58,656 | +3.3% | |
| Nautilus Biotechnology, Inc. | 2 | $105,343 | +0.1% | |
| Anaplan, Inc. | 2 | $194,000 | +25.0% | |
| Epimeron USA | 2 | $110,000 | +6.3% | |
| Buehler Engineering, Inc. | 2 | $119,768 | +5.2% | |
| Zoox Inc. | 2 | $163,030 | at the minimum | |
| Moon Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $177,500 | +20.0% | |
| Microsoft Corporation | 1 | $230,000 | +52.9% | |
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 73. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in San Carlos
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 11 | $161,637 | at the minimum | |
| Mechanical Engineer | 5 | $105,000 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Software Engineer | 4 | $224,000 | +43.4% | |
| Foundation Models/Data Engineer | 3 | $174,606 | at the minimum | |
| Growth Manager | 3 | $140,000 | +1.1% | |
| Research Engineer, Robotic Learning | 3 | $180,000 | at the minimum | |
| Scientist | 3 | $119,000 | +5.7% | |
| SR. Engineering Technical Recruiter | 3 | $67,954 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Machine Learning Engineer | 3 | $250,000 | +24.7% | |
| Senior Mechanical Engineer | 3 | $145,000 | +10.9% | |
| Senior Product Manager | 3 | $190,000 | +26.3% | |
| Senior Scientist | 3 | $138,778 | at the minimum | |
| Associate Director, Biostatistics | 2 | $222,606 | +72.0% | |
| Clinical Laboratory Scientist | 2 | $58,656 | +3.3% | |
| Founding Machine Learning Engineer | 2 | $200,000 | +6.6% | |
| Manufacturing Engineer | 2 | $106,070 | at the minimum | |
| Principal Business Partner | 2 | $194,000 | +25.0% | |
| Process Engineer | 2 | $144,631 | +18.5% | |
| Research Associate - Strain Engineering | 2 | $90,000 | +5.2% | |
| Research Scientist | 2 | $187,574 | at the minimum | |
| Scientist I | 2 | $145,000 | +4.5% | |
| Scientist, R&D | 2 | $112,549 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Manufacturing Engineer | 2 | $163,030 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Mechanical Engineering | 2 | $138,393 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Platforms Engineer | 2 | $154,195 | +26.2% | |
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.