Metro area · CA
Foster City, CA
H-1B hiring, wages and employer concentration across 72 employers in the Foster City, CA metro.
- 72
- Employers
- $143,200
- Median H-1B wage
- 979
- H-1B filings
The metro at a glance
Foster City, CA, CA aggregates 72 tracked employers at a $143,200 median H-1B wage and 979 H-1B filings on record, with hiring concentrated in Transportation & Warehousing and Information & Media.
- 72
- employers
- $143,200
- median H-1B wage
- 979
- H-1B filings
- 5
- top industries
What the data says about this metro
Metro pages on PlainEmployers gather every employer whose federal filings tie to a single regional labor market, so you can see where H-1B hiring concentrates, which sectors dominate, and how often layoffs are filed in one place. Every figure below comes from the same three public datasets behind individual profiles, the Department of Labor H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury records, and state WARN Act notices, aggregated across the metro. Use these regional numbers as the backdrop against which any single local employer should be read.
Foster City, CA, CA aggregates 72 employers at a median disclosed H-1B wage of $143,200, with hiring concentrated in Transportation & Warehousing, Information & Media, Manufacturing. The mix is computed from actual DOL/OSHA/WARN filings in this specific metro; see methodology for source documentation.
Headline sponsors: Visa Technology & Operations LLC, Visa U.S.A. Inc., and Zoox Inc., together 516 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.
Metro-area figures sum the employer records tied to this region's labor market, based on WARN Act notices and US Department of Labor data. Geographic boundaries are approximate: a filing is attributed to the metro of the affected worksite, so a multi-site employer may appear across several metros, and remote reductions can be hard to localize. Local economic conditions, seasonal patterns, and the presence of one or two very large employers can all skew a metro's totals. Use these numbers to understand the broad shape of activity in the area, not as a precise census, and consult the individual records and the methodology for the underlying detail.
Employer mix in Foster City, CA
Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in
- Professional & Technical S…
Professional & Technical Services
25 employers
- Information & Media 8
Information & Media
8 employers
- Educational Services 4
Educational Services
4 employers
- Finance & Insurance 4
Finance & Insurance
4 employers
- Healthcare & Social Assist… 2
Healthcare & Social Assistance
2 employers
- Manufacturing 2
Manufacturing
2 employers
- Administrative & Waste Ser… 1
Administrative & Waste Services
1 employers
What this shows Professional & Technical Services is the largest tracked sector in Foster City, CA, shaping the metro's wage and hiring profile.
Top employers in Foster City, CA
| # | Employer | H-1B filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Visa Technology & Operations LLC Finance & Insurance | 224 | $145,066 |
| 2 | Visa U.S.A. Inc. Finance & Insurance | 146 | $181,819 |
| 3 | Zoox Inc. Transportation & Warehousing | 146 | $174,928 |
| 4 | Gilead Sciences, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 117 | $156,406 |
| 5 | CyberSource Corporation Finance & Insurance | 62 | $175,659 |
| 6 | ADAEQUARE INC Professional & Technical Services | 50 | $106,389 |
| 7 | Illumina, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 39 | $148,602 |
| 8 | RICEFW Technologies Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 21 | $123,116 |
| 9 | QUALYS, INC. Information & Media | 20 | $135,905 |
| 10 | Coupa Software, Inc. Information & Media | 17 | $170,931 |
| 11 | XL SOFTEK INC. Professional & Technical Services | 14 | $105,823 |
| 12 | DISH NETWORK, LLC Information & Media | 12 | $131,499 |
| 13 | NEXINFO SOLUTIONS, INC Professional & Technical Services | 10 | $115,800 |
| 14 | Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories Professional Scientific Services, LLC Professional & Technical Services | 10 | $80,024 |
| 15 | QuinStreet, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 7 | $133,480 |
| 16 | RYZEN SOLUTIONS Administrative & Waste Services | 6 | $175,850 |
| 17 | Afterpay US, Inc. Finance & Insurance | 5 | $216,780 |
| 18 | Alluxio, Inc. Information & Media | 5 | $176,839 |
| 19 | Replit Inc Information & Media | 5 | $199,600 |
| 20 | United Business Solutions Inc Professional & Technical Services | 5 | $99,213 |
| 21 | Motiv Power Systems Inc. Manufacturing | 4 | $141,232 |
| 22 | Sycomp A Technology Company, Inc. Information & Media | 4 | $148,750 |
| 23 | The J. David Gladstone Institutes Professional & Technical Services | 4 | $97,243 |
| 24 | Zenleads Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 4 | $217,951 |
| 25 | Sway AI, Inc. Information & Media | 4 | $155,000 |
What this means if you work in Foster City, CA
Use Foster City, CA's $143,200 median as the local benchmark, H-1B wages are legally tied to each metro's prevailing wage, so the same role pays differently city to city.
- A same-role H-1B offer well below $143,200 is worth questioning, the median here is set by 72 tracked employers.
- Visa Technology & Operations LLC leads local H-1B sponsorship; compare its pay and safety grade against peers before applying. Compare employers
- Check an employer’s WARN layoff history for job-stability risk in this metro. Largest layoffs
Metro figures aggregate worksites by city; a multi-site employer can appear across several metros, and remote roles are hard to localize.