H-1B wage filings in San Luis Obispo, CA
Jobs with a worksite in San Luis Obispo, California. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
90 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named San Luis Obispo, CA as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 20 employers. The median offered wage was $111,312, 26.4% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Lecturer (25).
- Filings
- 90
- Positions covered
- 106
- Employers
- 20
- Median offered
- $111,312
- Median prevailing wage
- $74,652
- Filings since FY2020
- 513
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +24%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in San Luis Obispo, CA rose 24%, from $89,874 in fiscal 2020 to $111,312 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 27.3% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 89 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 Luis Obispo, CA by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 73 | $111,312 | +3.5% | $74,652 | +27.3% |
| 2025 | 89 | $107,541 | +2.4% | $74,652 | +25.0% |
| 2024 | 79 | $105,000 | +8.6% | $74,652 | +27.3% |
| 2023 | 71 | $96,708 | +4.1% | $74,280 | +17.4% |
| 2022 | 59 | $92,928 | +6.7% | $70,544 | +19.4% |
| 2021 | 64 | $87,131 | −3.1% | $60,552 | +13.5% |
| 2020 | 78 | $89,874 | n/a | $60,552 | +28.8% |
Employers filing for jobs in San Luis Obispo
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Employer | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo | 47 | $94,812 | +23.2% | |
| Amazon.com Services LLC | 14 | $174,600 | +39.8% | |
| Dignity Community Care | 4 | $114,400 | +41.7% | |
| California Department of Transportation | 4 | $87,840 | at the minimum | |
| Abacus Service Corporation | 2 | $99,820 | at the minimum | |
| Pythonwise Inc. | 2 | $99,736 | at the minimum | |
| California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation | 1 | $363,684 | +50.1% | |
| Promega Corporation | 1 | $115,315 | at the minimum | |
| Udemy, Inc. | 1 | $149,000 | +7.0% | |
| Management Health Systems, LLC | 1 | $56,576 | +28.9% | |
| Balchem Corporation | 1 | $130,000 | +24.2% | |
| Entegris, Inc. | 1 | $143,313 | +26.1% | |
| SASInfo Inc | 1 | $104,790 | +16.9% | |
| Koushan Azad Dental Corporation | 1 | $260,000 | +1.9% | |
Showing the 14 employers with the most filings of 20. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in San Luis Obispo
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lecturer | 25 | $82,920 | +11.1% | |
| Assistant Professor | 21 | $111,312 | +49.1% | |
| Software Dev Engineer II | 9 | $179,200 | +54.8% | |
| Clinical Laboratory Scientist II | 4 | $114,400 | +41.7% | |
| Transportation Engineer (Civil) | 4 | $87,840 | at the minimum | |
| Business Analyst | 2 | $99,820 | at the minimum | |
| Information Security Engineers | 2 | $112,500 | +27.5% | |
| Pilot | 2 | $225,000 | +44.2% | |
| Software Developer | 2 | $99,736 | at the minimum | |
| Associate Professor | 1 | $105,420 | +28.7% | |
| Associate Team Leader | 1 | $82,000 | +83.5% | |
| Clinical Laboratory Scientist | 1 | $56,576 | +28.9% | |
| Customer Quality Engineer (General) | 1 | $143,313 | +26.1% | |
| Dentist | 1 | $260,000 | +1.9% | |
| Manager III, Software Development | 1 | $235,000 | +13.8% | |
| Manufacturing Scientist II | 1 | $115,315 | at the minimum | |
| Network Engineer | 1 | $104,790 | +16.9% | |
| Protein Biochemist | 1 | $105,810 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Psychiatrist (Supervisor) | 1 | $363,684 | +50.1% | |
| Senior Software Engineer | 1 | $149,000 | +7.0% | |
| Software Dev Engineer I | 1 | $138,924 | +50.5% | |
| Software Dev Engineer III | 1 | $180,290 | +29.5% | |
| System Development Engineer I | 1 | $122,600 | +32.8% | |
| System Development Engineer II | 1 | $150,000 | +10.3% | |
| Team Leader | 1 | $94,000 | +31.8% | |
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.