H-1B wage filings in Santa Clara, CA
Jobs with a worksite in Santa Clara, California. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
7,909 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Santa Clara, CA as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 757 employers. The median offered wage was $179,396, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Software Engineer (509).
- Filings
- 7,909
- Positions covered
- 57,066
- Employers
- 757
- Median offered
- $179,396
- Median prevailing wage
- $173,239
- Filings since FY2020
- 43,930
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +36%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Santa Clara, CA rose 36%, from $130,387 in fiscal 2020 to $176,900 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 7,464 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 Clara, CA by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 6,464 | $176,900 | +2.2% | $172,132 | at the minimum |
| 2025 | 7,464 | $173,066 | +7.1% | $167,107 | at the minimum |
| 2024 | 6,859 | $161,540 | +6.3% | $153,504 | at the minimum |
| 2023 | 5,527 | $151,902 | +2.5% | $141,378 | at the minimum |
| 2022 | 6,394 | $148,221 | +7.1% | $141,086 | at the minimum |
| 2021 | 5,688 | $138,445 | +6.2% | $130,894 | at the minimum |
| 2020 | 5,534 | $130,387 | n/a | $122,408 | +0.1% |
Employers filing for jobs in Santa Clara
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Employer | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corporation | 2,143 | $194,656 | at the minimum | |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | 415 | $189,800 | at the minimum | |
| Amazon.com Services LLC | 361 | $187,741 | +7.8% | |
| Intel Corporation | 324 | $166,504 | at the minimum | |
| Applied Materials, Inc | 314 | $164,685 | +0.3% | |
| Apple Inc. | 304 | $181,507 | at the minimum | |
| ServiceNow, Inc. | 286 | $173,361 | at the minimum | |
| Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. | 233 | $180,648 | at the minimum | |
| Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. | 227 | $160,000 | +0.1% | |
| Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. | 210 | $185,200 | +8.3% | |
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 149 | $186,472 | at the minimum | |
| Everpure, Inc. | 94 | $187,741 | at the minimum | |
| Amazon Web Services, Inc. | 89 | $182,100 | +10.3% | |
| Arista Networks, Inc. | 87 | $146,479 | at the minimum | |
| Pure Storage, Inc. | 80 | $201,000 | +8.1% | |
| Qualcomm Atheros, Inc. | 70 | $160,149 | at the minimum | |
| Siemens Industry Software Inc. | 63 | $173,720 | +6.8% | |
| Auris Health, Inc. | 61 | $175,000 | +11.0% | |
| Cohesity, Inc. | 58 | $187,741 | at the minimum | |
| Microsoft Corporation | 55 | $215,000 | +6.6% | |
| Amazon Data Services, Inc | 54 | $181,700 | +8.1% | |
| Fortinet, Inc. | 53 | $186,371 | at the minimum | |
| First Citizens Bank and Trust Co. | 48 | $181,293 | at the minimum | |
| Tenstorrent USA Inc. | 40 | $203,133 | at the minimum | |
| Texas Instruments Incorporated | 39 | $175,600 | +4.4% | |
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 757. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Santa Clara
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 509 | $177,681 | at the minimum | |
| Engineer Senior Systems Software | 306 | $202,733 | at the minimum | |
| Software Dev Engineer II | 204 | $187,741 | +13.9% | |
| Engineer Senior ASIC | 172 | $186,472 | at the minimum | |
| Component Design Engineer | 130 | $156,209 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Software Engineer | 111 | $173,873 | at the minimum | |
| Software Dev Engineer I | 111 | $149,365 | +5.5% | |
| Architect | 84 | $186,472 | at the minimum | |
| Process Engineer | 79 | $155,251 | +0.2% | |
| Hardware Engineer, Electronics | 76 | $188,952 | at the minimum | |
| Staff Software Engineer | 75 | $198,900 | at the minimum | |
| Applied Scientist II | 72 | $192,150 | +21.4% | |
| Member of Technical Staff | 67 | $187,781 | at the minimum | |
| Research Scientist | 64 | $168,000 | at the minimum | |
| Software Dev Engineer III | 63 | $232,540 | +14.4% | |
| Architect Senior | 60 | $188,293 | at the minimum | |
| Engineer Senior Verification | 56 | $186,472 | at the minimum | |
| Principal Software Engineer | 51 | $216,258 | at the minimum | |
| ASIC Engineer | 48 | $216,091 | at the minimum | |
| Product Manager | 46 | $201,368 | at the minimum | |
| Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer) | 44 | $200,000 | +1.2% | |
| Verification Engineer | 42 | $198,672 | at the minimum | |
| Engineer Systems Software | 40 | $143,383 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Staff Software Engineer | 39 | $190,326 | at the minimum | |
| Principal Engineer Software | 38 | $216,258 | 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.