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Foster City, CA

Foster City, CA is a Professional & Technical Services-heavy labor market: 70 tracked employers at a $155,000 median H-1B wage across 1,933 LCAs.

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70
Employers
$155,000
Median H-1B wage
1,933
H-1B filings

Foster City, CA: 70 tracked employers at a $155,000 median H-1B wage across 1,933 LCAs; Professional & Technical Services leads the local roster.

According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices mapped to worksites in Foster City, CA (CA), PlainEmployers rolls up 70 employers at a $155,000 disclosed median with 4 employers carrying WARN history. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 70 employers
  • $155,000 median H-1B
  • 1,933 H-1B LCAs
  • 4 WARN employers

Where Foster City, CA's median H-1B wage sits nationally

Metro median disclosed wage vs every credible H-1B wage row

$155,000 Top 28% higher than 72% of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows

$0–$20,000: 1 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $20,000–$40,000: 401 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $40,000–$60,000: 7,591 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Below this entry. $60,000–$80,000: 24,066 credible H-1B wage rows (9%). Below this entry. $80,000–$100,000: 43,829 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Below this entry. $100,000–$120,000: 49,740 credible H-1B wage rows (18%). Below this entry. $120,000–$140,000: 42,626 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Below this entry. $140,000–$160,000: 33,306 credible H-1B wage rows (12%). This entry sits in this band. $160,000–$180,000: 22,983 credible H-1B wage rows (8%). Above this entry. $180,000–$200,000: 15,711 credible H-1B wage rows (6%). Above this entry. $200,000–$220,000: 10,825 credible H-1B wage rows (4%). Above this entry. $220,000–$240,000: 6,806 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Above this entry. $240,000–$260,000: 4,579 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. $260,000–$280,000: 2,975 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $280,000–$300,000: 1,671 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $300,000–$320,000: 5,015 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. Foster City, CA $0 $320,000 every credible H-1B wage row, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more credible H-1B wage rows. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, H-1B Disclosure Data · August 2026

Metro Labor Presence

Foster City, CA (70 employers) sits beside San Francisco, CA, Los Angeles, CA, San Jose, CA in CA's tracked roster. Open a peer metro to compare H-1B wage and WARN density. Among metros with employers in this corpus, Foster City, CA ranks #168 of 6906 by employer count (about the 98th percentile).

San Francisco, CA 1,764 Los Angeles, CA 836 San Jose, CA 778 San Diego, CA 495 Irvine, CA 454 Santa Clara, CA 405
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesInformation & MediaFinance & InsuranceEducational ServicesHealthcare & Social Assistance

What the data says about Foster City, CA

Corpus placement: Foster City, CA ranks #168 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 98th percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Professional & Technical Services leads with 25 of 70 tracked employers (~36%); next sectors in the mix are Information & Media and Educational Services. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: Zoox Inc., Visa Technology & Operations LLC, and Visa U.S.A. Inc. (732 filings combined, ~38% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Foster City, CA: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records; state WARN Act layoff notices, including 4 employers with WARN history.

Headline sponsors: Zoox Inc., Visa Technology & Operations LLC, and Visa U.S.A. Inc., together 732 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

Foster City, CA reads as a concentrated labor market: Professional & Technical Services alone covers about 36% of tracked employers, so wage and safety benchmarks here are heavily shaped by that sector.

Zoox Inc. plus Visa Technology & Operations LLC account for about 38% of Foster City, CA's H-1B filings in this corpus, so local wage medians are sensitive to those sponsors' role mix.

Among employers with a worksite mapped to Foster City, CA, 4 carry WARN Act history (14 notices, about 866 workers named across credible filings). That is a local stability signal separate from H-1B hiring volume.

Within CA, Foster City, CA is smaller than peers such as San Francisco, CA (1,764 employers); Los Angeles, CA (836 employers); San Jose, CA (778 employers); use those pages when you need a denser local sponsor list.

WARN layoff activity in Foster City, CA

4 tracked employers with a worksite here have filed 14 WARN notices , naming about 866 workers across credible records. Compare those employers' profiles before treating any local offer as stable; see largest WARN layoffs for corpus-wide notices.

Top employers in Foster City, CA

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1Zoox Inc.Transportation & Warehousing274$185,412
2Visa Technology & Operations LLC239$150,467
3Visa U.S.A. Inc.219$153,109
4Gilead Sciences, Inc.Professional & Technical Services196$159,099
5CyberSource CorporationFinance & Insurance115$148,741
6Illumina, Inc.Professional & Technical Services67$152,400
7Adaequare INCProfessional & Technical Services63$135,204
8Qualys, INC.Information & Media45$149,365
9RICEFW Technologies Inc.Professional & Technical Services40$128,960
10SS&C Technologies, Inc.26$140,000
11Coupa Software, Inc.Information & Media25$156,210
12Xl Softek INC.Professional & Technical Services19$101,192
13Replit IncInformation & Media15$208,256
14The J. David Gladstone InstitutesProfessional & Technical Services15$75,505
15QuinStreet, Inc.Professional & Technical Services14$129,302
16Nexinfo Solutions, INCProfessional & Technical Services13$115,000
17Dish Network, LLCInformation & Media12$131,499
18Ryzen SolutionsAdministrative & Waste Services11$120,182
19Issam Tina Solutions, Inc.Professional & Technical Services11$128,344
20Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories Professional Scientific Services, LLCProfessional & Technical Services10$80,024
21Afterpay US, Inc.Finance & Insurance9$205,321
22Zenleads Inc.Professional & Technical Services9$215,000
23Alluxio, Inc.Information & Media7$149,223
24Spotline, Inc.Professional & Technical Services7$165,000
25United Business Solutions IncProfessional & Technical Services7$120,000
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Disclaimer: The Foster City, CA overview is informational only and is not professional advice. Consult a qualified professional before employment, hiring, or compliance decisions based on this data.

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PlainEmployers renders Foster City, CA from DOL H-1B disclosure filings, OSHA Injury Tracking Application records and state WARN Act layoff notices, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.