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Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles, CA rolls up 836 employers with DOL/OSHA/WARN filings and a $154,114 median H-1B wage; Professional & Technical Services currently leads the local roster.

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836
Employers
$154,114
Median H-1B wage
17,871
H-1B filings

Los Angeles, CA: 836 tracked employers at a $154,114 median H-1B wage across 17,871 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 Los Angeles, CA (CA), PlainEmployers rolls up 836 employers at a $154,114 disclosed median with 35 employers carrying WARN history. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 836 employers
  • $154,114 median H-1B
  • 17,871 H-1B LCAs
  • 35 WARN employers

Where Los Angeles, CA's median H-1B wage sits nationally

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

$154,114 Top 29% higher than 71% 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. Los Angeles, 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

Los Angeles, CA (836 employers) sits beside San Francisco, CA, San Jose, CA, San Diego, 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, Los Angeles, CA ranks #9 of 6906 by employer count (about the 100th percentile).

San Francisco, CA 1,764 San Jose, CA 778 San Diego, CA 495 Irvine, CA 454 Santa Clara, CA 405 Sunnyvale, CA 392
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesInformation & MediaFinance & InsuranceRetail TradeArts & Entertainment

What the data says about Los Angeles, CA

Corpus placement: Los Angeles, CA ranks #9 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 100th percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Professional & Technical Services leads with 271 of 836 tracked employers (~32%); next sectors in the mix are Information & Media and Finance & Insurance. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: Meta Platforms, Inc, Ernst & Young U.S. LLP, and Linkedin CORPORATION (10,319 filings combined, ~58% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Los Angeles, CA: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records; state WARN Act layoff notices, including 35 employers with WARN history.

Headline sponsors: Meta Platforms, Inc, Ernst & Young U.S. LLP, and Linkedin CORPORATION, together 10,319 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

Among employers with a worksite mapped to Los Angeles, CA, 35 carry WARN Act history (244 notices, about 13,768 workers named across credible filings). That is a local stability signal separate from H-1B hiring volume.

Same-state context for Los Angeles, CA: San Francisco, CA (1,764 employers); San Jose, CA (778 employers); San Diego, CA (495 employers). Employer-count gaps between these metros are why a wage offer that looks high in one city can look ordinary in another.

WARN layoff activity in Los Angeles, CA

35 tracked employers with a worksite here have filed 244 WARN notices , naming about 13,768 workers across credible records. Compare those employers' profiles before treating any local offer as stable; see largest WARN layoffs for corpus-wide notices.

Employer mix in Los Angeles, CA

Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in

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What this shows Professional & Technical Services leads Los Angeles, CA at ~32% of employers, with 6 other sectors still material in the mix.

Source DOL H-1B, OSHA & WARN filings mapped to NAICS sector

Top employers in Los Angeles, CA

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1Meta Platforms, IncInformation & Media5,097$214,032
2Ernst & Young U.S. LLP4,072$152,000
3Linkedin CORPORATIONInformation & Media1,150$179,079
4TikTok Inc.Information & Media406$203,460
5Pinterest, Inc.Information & Media336$180,710
6Netflix, Inc.Information & Media326$264,514
7Home Depot Management Company LLCRetail Trade273$150,000
8University of California, Los AngelesEducational Services251$112,600
9Bloomberg L.P.Information & Media224$151,311
10Visa U.S.A. Inc.219$153,109
11The University Of Southern CaliforniaEducational Services215$74,000
12Waymo LLCProfessional & Technical Services183$210,000
13Nordstrom, Inc.Retail Trade157$172,766
14Sony Interactive Entertainment LLCManagement of Companies152$173,800
15Cbre, INC.Administrative & Waste Services134$118,456
16Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterHealthcare & Social Assistance115$92,359
17PwC US Tax LLPProfessional & Technical Services109$143,000
18Barclays Capital Inc.Finance & Insurance96$200,000
19Sirius Xm Radio LLCInformation & Media96$155,000
20Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.Finance & Insurance86$170,000
21Stripe, LLC83$179,899
22City National BankFinance & Insurance80$137,103
23Grant Thornton Advisors LLCProfessional & Technical Services64$175,100
24Atos Syntel INC60$119,833
25Riot Games, Inc.Professional & Technical Services59$159,328
Sources, citation, and related links for Los Angeles, CA

Disclaimer: The Los Angeles, 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 Los Angeles, 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.