H-1B wage filings in South San Francisco, CA
Jobs with a worksite in South San Francisco, California. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
733 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named South San Francisco, CA as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 176 employers. The median offered wage was $156,000, 2.9% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Software Engineer (46).
- Filings
- 733
- Positions covered
- 797
- Employers
- 176
- Median offered
- $156,000
- Median prevailing wage
- $138,778
- Filings since FY2020
- 5,405
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +32%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in South San Francisco, CA rose 32%, from $117,770 in fiscal 2020 to $155,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 2.9% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 1,014 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.
South San Francisco, CA by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 596 | $155,000 | +6.9% | $138,445 | +2.9% |
| 2025 | 748 | $145,000 | no change | $130,250 | +5.5% |
| 2024 | 808 | $145,000 | +3.6% | $127,234 | +6.5% |
| 2023 | 735 | $140,000 | +6.1% | $126,422 | +5.3% |
| 2022 | 1,014 | $132,000 | +5.6% | $121,763 | +7.5% |
| 2021 | 748 | $125,000 | +6.1% | $116,813 | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 756 | $117,770 | n/a | $106,891 | +1.5% |
Employers filing for jobs in South San Francisco
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Employer | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genentech, Inc. | 126 | $143,250 | at the minimum | |
| Stripe, LLC | 81 | $175,811 | at the minimum | |
| Zipline International Inc. | 64 | $172,624 | +6.1% | |
| ZS Associates, Inc. | 46 | $171,200 | +30.9% | |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 33 | $159,328 | at the minimum | |
| AbbVie Biotherapeutics Inc. | 17 | $149,313 | +6.5% | |
| Calico Life Sciences LLC | 15 | $164,000 | +17.9% | |
| Amgen Inc. | 14 | $159,948 | +20.8% | |
| Insitro, Inc. | 11 | $112,549 | at the minimum | |
| Twist Bioscience Corporation | 11 | $135,699 | +3.3% | |
| Blue Matter Consulting LLC | 9 | $130,000 | +0.4% | |
| Saama Technologies, LLC | 8 | $118,500 | +0.7% | |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | 8 | $164,757 | at the minimum | |
| MRL San Francisco, LLC | 7 | $140,213 | +5.3% | |
| Ernst & Young U.S. LLP | 7 | $160,463 | +34.1% | |
| AeroVect Technologies Inc | 7 | $195,000 | +14.9% | |
| Aochi AI LLC | 5 | $84,240 | +1.7% | |
| ProcDNA Inc. | 5 | $155,000 | +15.7% | |
| MooCo Robotics, Inc. | 5 | $255,000 | +24.4% | |
| CNN IT Corp Inc. | 5 | $115,000 | +0.2% | |
| Denali Therapeutics Inc. | 5 | $143,675 | +24.5% | |
| Diamond Foundry Inc. | 4 | $157,500 | +8.3% | |
| Compunnel Software Group, Inc | 4 | $151,250 | +0.1% | |
| Veracyte, Inc. | 4 | $141,675 | +1.6% | |
| AbbVie Inc. | 4 | $175,000 | +13.3% | |
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 176. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in South San Francisco
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 46 | $161,637 | at the minimum | |
| Scientist | 24 | $140,213 | +3.2% | |
| Business Technology Solutions Associate Consultant | 13 | $152,400 | +28.6% | |
| Senior Scientist | 13 | $160,000 | +9.1% | |
| Business Technology Solutions Consultant | 8 | $180,350 | +19.9% | |
| Data Scientist | 8 | $142,000 | +0.1% | |
| Decision Analytics Consultant | 7 | $172,400 | +38.5% | |
| Digital Transformation & AI Adoption Specialist | 7 | $86,320 | +1.2% | |
| Principal Scientist | 7 | $173,745 | +14.7% | |
| Scientist I | 7 | $125,000 | +7.8% | |
| Data Analyst | 6 | $164,917 | +0.4% | |
| Senior Principal Software Engineer | 6 | $161,637 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Research Associate | 6 | $114,179 | +0.4% | |
| Advanced Data Science Associate Consultant | 5 | $155,800 | +16.3% | |
| Embedded Software Engineer | 5 | $180,000 | +0.2% | |
| Project Manager | 5 | $113,214 | +2.3% | |
| Software Developer | 5 | $162,000 | +0.2% | |
| Associate Principal | 4 | $275,000 | +34.5% | |
| Data Engineer | 4 | $107,203 | at the minimum | |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 4 | $160,550 | +9.1% | |
| Postdoctoral Fellow | 4 | $93,408 | at the minimum | |
| Scientist II | 4 | $136,607 | +6.0% | |
| Senior Data Scientist | 4 | $159,152 | +22.0% | |
| Solution Architect | 4 | $161,637 | at the minimum | |
| Validation Engineer | 4 | $117,458 | 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.