H-1B wage filings in San Mateo, CA
Jobs with a worksite in San Mateo, California. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
1,190 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named San Mateo, CA as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 299 employers. The median offered wage was $193,300, 13.1% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Software Engineer (109).
- Filings
- 1,190
- Positions covered
- 1,186
- Employers
- 299
- Median offered
- $193,300
- Median prevailing wage
- $163,030
- Filings since FY2020
- 8,059
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +43%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in San Mateo, CA rose 43%, from $135,000 in fiscal 2020 to $192,890 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 13.5% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2020, with 1,387 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 Mateo, CA by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 968 | $192,890 | +8.1% | $161,637 | +13.5% |
| 2025 | 1,171 | $178,500 | +8.2% | $155,605 | +12.4% |
| 2024 | 986 | $165,000 | +3.1% | $147,368 | +10.0% |
| 2023 | 1,066 | $159,987 | +4.6% | $144,882 | +9.7% |
| 2022 | 1,332 | $152,901 | +5.3% | $131,696 | +13.1% |
| 2021 | 1,149 | $145,246 | +7.6% | $125,965 | +6.2% |
| 2020 | 1,387 | $135,000 | n/a | $119,122 | +6.0% |
Employers filing for jobs in San Mateo
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Employer | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roblox Corporation | 246 | $259,420 | +40.7% | |
| Verkada, Inc | 82 | $175,000 | +10.5% | |
| Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC | 72 | $182,500 | +13.8% | |
| Skydio, Inc. | 39 | $205,000 | +11.2% | |
| Guidewire Software, Inc. | 38 | $185,287 | at the minimum | |
| Fireworks.ai, Inc. | 33 | $230,000 | +35.8% | |
| IXL Learning, Inc. | 26 | $161,637 | +3.1% | |
| Skild AI, Inc. | 23 | $225,000 | +49.9% | |
| Ernst & Young U.S. LLP | 21 | $150,855 | +26.1% | |
| Snowflake Inc. | 17 | $188,923 | at the minimum | |
| Upstart Network, Inc. | 16 | $191,600 | +9.2% | |
| Freshworks Inc. | 16 | $176,093 | at the minimum | |
| Ebates Performance Marketing, Inc. | 14 | $180,730 | +7.6% | |
| XERO, Inc. | 13 | $227,000 | +21.0% | |
| IQVIA Inc. | 13 | $157,513 | +33.2% | |
| Fanatics Retail Group Fulfillment LLC | 11 | $176,287 | +8.6% | |
| Wisdom AI, Inc. | 11 | $225,000 | +8.9% | |
| AuraSellAI, Inc. | 9 | $225,000 | +10.4% | |
| SnapLogic, Inc. | 8 | $173,750 | +4.4% | |
| Glass Imaging, Inc. | 8 | $165,000 | +2.1% | |
| Zynga, Inc. | 7 | $164,715 | at the minimum | |
| SendBird, Inc. | 6 | $156,164 | +9.4% | |
| Butler Labs, Inc. | 6 | $265,000 | +26.0% | |
| GoPro, Inc. | 6 | $197,338 | +3.0% | |
| Morpheus AI, LLC | 6 | $312,970 | +50.2% | |
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 299. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in San Mateo
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 109 | $171,500 | +7.9% | |
| Senior Software Engineer | 102 | $228,185 | +21.1% | |
| Member of Technical Staff | 27 | $225,000 | +20.0% | |
| Senior Machine Learning Engineer | 25 | $227,370 | +37.8% | |
| Principal Software Engineer | 22 | $325,390 | +55.9% | |
| Senior Product Manager | 17 | $186,846 | +17.5% | |
| Senior Data Scientist | 15 | $258,500 | +54.7% | |
| Software Engineer II | 13 | $163,700 | +20.6% | |
| Staff Software Engineer | 12 | $216,200 | +1.3% | |
| Accountants and Auditors | 11 | $130,930 | +22.6% | |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 9 | $197,500 | +12.1% | |
| Applied Machine Learning Engineer | 7 | $210,000 | +29.9% | |
| Data Engineer | 7 | $126,277 | at the minimum | |
| Engineering Manager | 7 | $328,610 | +25.7% | |
| Product Manager | 7 | $200,007 | +17.7% | |
| Research Engineer | 7 | $240,000 | +79.9% | |
| Software Engineer III | 7 | $161,637 | at the minimum | |
| AI Scientist | 6 | $312,970 | +50.2% | |
| Data Scientist | 6 | $177,925 | +22.6% | |
| Software Engineering Manager | 6 | $214,256 | +5.6% | |
| Director of Engineering | 5 | $320,000 | +28.4% | |
| Machine Learning Engineer II | 5 | $172,000 | +17.0% | |
| Manager, Software Engineering | 5 | $201,400 | +0.2% | |
| Member of Technical Staff, Cloud Infrastructure | 5 | $200,000 | +33.3% | |
| Senior Data Engineer | 5 | $187,574 | 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.