California Public Utilities Commission H-1B wage filings

Sacramento, CA. Last filed in fiscal 2026. Figures cover every filing since fiscal 2020; none in the latest 12 months reach five.

California Public Utilities Commission filed 24 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2026. The median wage it offered was $92,964, 7.4% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Public Utilities Regulatory Analyst I (5 filings, median $85,440).

Filings since FY2020: 24
Positions covered: 24
Certified: 100.0%
Job titles: 7
Worksite cities: 4
Last filed: FY2026

Offered wage since 2020

California Public Utilities Commission's median H-1B wage offer fell 1%, from $90,264 in fiscal 2024 to $89,208 in fiscal 2025. In fiscal 2025 it was 3.5% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2025, with 8 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.

California Public Utilities Commission by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	3	$88,008	−1.3%	$73,715	+19.4%
2025	8	$89,208	−1.2%	$86,258	+3.5%
2024	7	$90,264	n/a	$84,198	+8.0%
2023	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2021	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2020	1	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	vs prevailing
Public Utilities Regulatory Analyst I	5	$85,440	+8.0%
Public Utilities Regulatory Analyst V	5	$105,768	+6.5%
Utilities Engineer	5	$101,616	+6.6%
Public Utilities Regulatory Analyst III	4	$90,264	+7.3%
Program and Project Supervisor	2	$150,336	+24.3%
Public Utilities Regulatory Analyst II	2	$82,248	+15.2%
Program & Project Supervisor, PUC	1	$146,352	+18.5%

Where the jobs are

Worksite	Filings	Median offered
San Francisco, CA	18	$90,264
Los Angeles, CA	4	$102,583
Sacramento, CA	1	$92,952
San Fransisco, CA	1	$103,188

By visa type: 15 H-1B, 9 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 22 certified, 2 certified and later withdrawn.

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry35%

Level II, qualified30%

Level III, experienced17%

Level IV, fully competent17%

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 California Public Utilities Commission 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.