Metro area · CA
Irvine, CA
H-1B hiring, wages and employer concentration across 426 employers in the Irvine, CA metro.
- 426
- Employers
- $152,000
- Median H-1B wage
- 11,969
- H-1B filings
The metro at a glance
Irvine, CA, CA aggregates 426 tracked employers at a $152,000 median H-1B wage and 11,969 H-1B filings on record, with hiring concentrated in Professional & Technical Services and Wholesale Trade.
- 426
- employers
- $152,000
- median H-1B wage
- 11,969
- 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.
Irvine, CA, CA aggregates 426 employers at a median disclosed H-1B wage of $152,000, with hiring concentrated in Professional & Technical Services, Wholesale Trade, Transportation & Warehousing. The mix is computed from actual DOL/OSHA/WARN filings in this specific metro; see methodology for source documentation.
Headline sponsors: Amazon.com Services LLC, Apple Inc., and Oracle America, Inc., together 8,978 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 Irvine, CA
Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in
- Professional & Technical S…
Professional & Technical Services
171 employers
- Manufacturing 51
Manufacturing
51 employers
- Information & Media 26
Information & Media
26 employers
- Finance & Insurance 25
Finance & Insurance
25 employers
- Wholesale Trade 16
Wholesale Trade
16 employers
- Educational Services 13
Educational Services
13 employers
- Healthcare & Social Assist… 10
Healthcare & Social Assistance
10 employers
What this shows Professional & Technical Services is the largest tracked sector in Irvine, CA, shaping the metro's wage and hiring profile.
Top employers in Irvine, CA
| # | Employer | H-1B filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amazon.com Services LLC Transportation & Warehousing | 5,757 | $171,235 |
| 2 | Apple Inc. Transportation & Warehousing | 2,751 | $179,321 |
| 3 | Oracle America, Inc. Information & Media | 470 | $152,907 |
| 4 | RIVIAN AUTOMOTIVE, LLC Other Services | 333 | $160,776 |
| 5 | KPMG LLP Professional & Technical Services | 145 | $152,932 |
| 6 | Slalom, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 93 | $152,210 |
| 7 | Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. Manufacturing | 83 | $167,780 |
| 8 | CEPHEID Manufacturing | 63 | $145,873 |
| 9 | University of California, Irvine Educational Services | 63 | $103,602 |
| 10 | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. Manufacturing | 54 | $136,008 |
| 11 | Marriott International, Inc. Accommodation & Food Services | 50 | $159,007 |
| 12 | Covidien LP Manufacturing | 48 | $112,611 |
| 13 | Qualcomm Atheros, Inc. Manufacturing | 46 | $159,339 |
| 14 | Prime Healthcare Management, Inc. Management of Companies | 43 | $87,470 |
| 15 | MIRAFRA INC Professional & Technical Services | 43 | $147,062 |
| 16 | Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company Finance & Insurance | 40 | $136,275 |
| 17 | Edwards Lifesciences LLC Manufacturing | 39 | $131,029 |
| 18 | Speridian Technologies, LLC Professional & Technical Services | 38 | $102,952 |
| 19 | LORSHI SYSTEMS LLC Professional & Technical Services | 38 | $100,438 |
| 20 | HDR Engineering, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 36 | $117,768 |
| 21 | RIVIAN, LLC Professional & Technical Services | 34 | $161,058 |
| 22 | Altimetrik Corp. Professional & Technical Services | 33 | $120,643 |
| 23 | Broadcom Corporation Manufacturing | 32 | $173,186 |
| 24 | American General Life Insurance Company Finance & Insurance | 32 | $128,243 |
| 25 | Capital Group Companies Global Finance & Insurance | 31 | $182,733 |
What this means if you work in Irvine, CA
Use Irvine, CA's $152,000 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 $152,000 is worth questioning, the median here is set by 426 tracked employers.
- Amazon.com Services 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.