Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco 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.
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco filed 24 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2026. The median wage it offered was $162,700, 7.3% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Economist (8 filings, median $179,898).
- Filings since FY2020
- 24
- Positions covered
- 23
- Certified
- 95.8%
- Job titles
- 9
- Worksite cities
- 5
- Last filed
- FY2026
Offered wage since 2020
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco made 24 filings across 7 fiscal years since 2020, too few in most years to track the wage year by year. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2023, with 5 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.
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2025 | 3 | $177,400 | +15.7% | $148,200 | +9.0% |
| 2024 | 3 | $153,358 | −12.5% | $153,358 | at the minimum |
| 2023 | 5 | $175,325 | +2.8% | $174,949 | at the minimum |
| 2022 | 4 | $170,593 | −0.1% | $163,738 | at the minimum |
| 2021 | 4 | $170,795 | +20.4% | $136,094 | +8.5% |
| 2020 | 4 | $141,800 | n/a | $113,797 | +24.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economist | 8 | $179,898 | at the minimum | |
| Research Advisor | 3 | $194,600 | +9.0% | |
| Senior Business Analyst | 3 | $117,327 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Economist | 3 | $162,700 | +9.2% | |
| Senior Integration Engineer | 2 | $146,990 | +8.0% | |
| Software Quality Assurance Analyst | 2 | $122,050 | +7.3% | |
| Automation Test Engineer | 1 | $125,486 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Automation Test Engineer | 1 | $144,052 | at the minimum | |
| SQA Test Automation Engineer | 1 | $161,550 | +40.7% | |
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 | 20 | $170,050 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $114,607 |
| Renton, WA | 1 | $120,047 |
| San Francsico, CA | 1 | $225,000 |
| West Covina, CA | 1 | n/a |
By visa type: 24 H-1B. By outcome: 22 certified, 1 certified and later withdrawn, 1 withdrawn before a decision.
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 Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco 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.
- 1 filing is for part-time work. Hourly wages are shown as full-time equivalents (2,080 hours a year) so they can be compared.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.