Bay Area Air Quality Management District H-1B wage filings
San Francisco, CA. Last filed in fiscal 2026. Figures cover every filing since fiscal 2020; none in the latest 12 months reach five.
Bay Area Air Quality Management District filed 13 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2026. The median wage it offered was $120,273, 9.7% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Senior Air Quality Engineer (4 filings, median $126,121).
- Filings since FY2021
- 13
- Positions covered
- 13
- Certified
- 100.0%
- Job titles
- 6
- Worksite cities
- 1
- Last filed
- FY2026
Offered wage since 2021
Bay Area Air Quality Management District made 13 filings across 5 fiscal years since 2021, too few in most years to track the wage year by year. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2023, with 6 filings.
Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.
Bay Area Air Quality Management District by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2025 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2024 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2023 | 6 | $114,539 | n/a | $107,505 | +11.5% |
| 2022 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2021 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Offered wage by job title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Air Quality Engineer | 4 | $126,121 | +9.7% | |
| Staff Specialist II | 4 | $103,898 | +6.7% | |
| Principal Air Quality Specialist | 2 | $129,644 | +16.8% | |
| Air Quality Engineer | 1 | $98,000 | +9.7% | |
| Environmental Planner II | 1 | $114,000 | +5.2% | |
| Senior Staff Specialist | 1 | $125,685 | +7.9% | |
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco, CA | 13 | $120,273 |
By visa type: 9 H-1B, 4 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 12 certified, 1 certified and later withdrawn.
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 Bay Area Air Quality Management District 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.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.