H-1B wage filings in Santa Ana, CA
Jobs with a worksite in Santa Ana, California. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
167 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Santa Ana, CA as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 116 employers. The median offered wage was $115,763, 2.6% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Law Clerk (9).
- Filings
- 167
- Positions covered
- 164
- Employers
- 116
- Median offered
- $115,763
- Median prevailing wage
- $104,073
- Filings since FY2020
- 1,247
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +24%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Santa Ana, CA rose 24%, from $93,891 in fiscal 2020 to $116,200 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 2.9% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2020, with 201 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.
Santa Ana, CA by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 134 | $116,200 | +7.0% | $102,919 | +2.9% |
| 2025 | 168 | $108,576 | +8.2% | $97,198 | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 182 | $100,345 | +5.6% | $93,330 | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 199 | $95,000 | −2.1% | $89,378 | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 187 | $97,000 | −2.6% | $96,907 | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 176 | $99,632 | +6.1% | $96,907 | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 201 | $93,891 | n/a | $90,449 | +1.2% |
Employers filing for jobs in Santa Ana
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 116. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Santa Ana
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Law Clerk | 9 | $75,000 | +6.2% | |
| Software Engineer | 5 | $135,000 | +4.1% | |
| Business Analyst | 3 | $126,048 | +30.6% | |
| Civil Associate II | 3 | $96,470 | at the minimum | |
| Cost Analyst | 3 | $74,526 | at the minimum | |
| Data Analyst | 3 | $73,174 | at the minimum | |
| Financial Analyst | 3 | $83,000 | +7.4% | |
| Senior Software Engineer | 3 | $142,000 | +9.5% | |
| Accountant | 2 | $82,882 | +0.1% | |
| Director, Technical Program Management | 2 | $171,532 | +18.1% | |
| Lead Technical Consultant | 2 | $146,145 | +2.1% | |
| Market Research Analyst | 2 | $78,473 | +7.7% | |
| Marketing Specialist | 2 | $53,560 | +1.6% | |
| Molecular and Cellular Biologists | 2 | $87,360 | +0.7% | |
| Network and Security Engineer | 2 | $87,000 | +0.7% | |
| Occupational Therapist (Director of Rehab) | 2 | $128,158 | +12.1% | |
| Packaged App Development Sr Manager | 2 | $190,000 | +16.9% | |
| Physical Therapist | 2 | $120,640 | +2.7% | |
| Project Engineer | 2 | $132,787 | +11.3% | |
| Project Manager | 2 | $117,135 | +1.7% | |
| Project Manager, Coordinator & Soil Engineer | 2 | $81,245 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Associate | 2 | $95,597 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Data Scientist | 2 | $166,904 | +5.1% | |
| Senior Engineer | 2 | $145,288 | +12.4% | |
| Senior Graphic Designer | 2 | $110,240 | +26.8% | |
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.