Metro area · CA
Oakland, CA
H-1B hiring, wages and employer concentration across 158 employers in the Oakland, CA metro.
- 158
- Employers
- $126,000
- Median H-1B wage
- 1,111
- H-1B filings
The metro at a glance
Oakland, CA, CA aggregates 158 tracked employers at a $126,000 median H-1B wage and 1,111 H-1B filings on record, with hiring concentrated in Professional & Technical Services and Finance & Insurance.
- 158
- employers
- $126,000
- median H-1B wage
- 1,111
- 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.
Oakland, CA, CA aggregates 158 employers at a median disclosed H-1B wage of $126,000, with hiring concentrated in Professional & Technical Services, Finance & Insurance, Utilities. The mix is computed from actual DOL/OSHA/WARN filings in this specific metro; see methodology for source documentation.
Headline sponsors: University of California, San Francisco, University of California, Los Angeles, and Block, Inc., together 436 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 Oakland, CA
Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in
- Professional & Technical S…
Professional & Technical Services
59 employers
- Healthcare & Social Assist… 13
Healthcare & Social Assistance
13 employers
- Information & Media 12
Information & Media
12 employers
- Educational Services 11
Educational Services
11 employers
- Construction 7
Construction
7 employers
- Finance & Insurance 7
Finance & Insurance
7 employers
- Manufacturing 7
Manufacturing
7 employers
What this shows Professional & Technical Services is the largest tracked sector in Oakland, CA, shaping the metro's wage and hiring profile.
Top employers in Oakland, CA
| # | Employer | H-1B filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of California, San Francisco Educational Services | 187 | - |
| 2 | University of California, Los Angeles Educational Services | 154 | $107,160 |
| 3 | Block, Inc. Information & Media | 95 | $322,116 |
| 4 | California Department of Transportation Construction | 69 | $94,831 |
| 5 | Northeastern University Educational Services | 50 | $122,892 |
| 6 | Credit Karma LLC Professional & Technical Services | 46 | $236,023 |
| 7 | Pacific Gas and Electric Company Utilities | 26 | $172,076 |
| 8 | Marqeta, Inc. Finance & Insurance | 25 | $173,141 |
| 9 | American Unit, Inc Professional & Technical Services | 23 | $105,371 |
| 10 | Delta Dental Of California Finance & Insurance | 19 | $145,091 |
| 11 | Geosyntec Consultants, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 18 | $100,143 |
| 12 | Yu Ming Charter School Educational Services | 14 | $69,968 |
| 13 | EPACE TECHNOLOGIES INC Professional & Technical Services | 13 | $111,349 |
| 14 | HashiCorp, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 12 | $321,451 |
| 15 | Shrive Solutions LLC Professional & Technical Services | 12 | $91,874 |
| 16 | Impossible Foods Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 11 | $113,755 |
| 17 | Clari, Inc. Information & Media | 10 | $204,403 |
| 18 | Flexon Technologies Inc Professional & Technical Services | 10 | $100,307 |
| 19 | Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 10 | $107,357 |
| 20 | HKS, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 10 | $93,151 |
| 21 | Earnest LLC Finance & Insurance | 9 | - |
| 22 | Flatiron Construction Corp. Construction | 9 | $119,742 |
| 23 | Cambridge Systematics, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 9 | $101,311 |
| 24 | Hitachi Rail STS USA, Inc. Transportation & Warehousing | 9 | $142,497 |
| 25 | Corelight, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 8 | $189,669 |
What this means if you work in Oakland, CA
Use Oakland, CA's $126,000 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 $126,000 is worth questioning, the median here is set by 158 tracked employers.
- University of California, San Francisco 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.