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Oakland, CA

Oakland, CA rolls up 169 employers with DOL/OSHA/WARN filings and a $131,500 median H-1B wage; Professional & Technical Services currently leads the local roster.

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169
Employers
$131,500
Median H-1B wage
1,888
H-1B filings

Oakland, CA: 169 tracked employers at a $131,500 median H-1B wage across 1,888 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 Oakland, CA (CA), PlainEmployers rolls up 169 employers at a $131,500 disclosed median with 6 employers carrying WARN history. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 169 employers
  • $131,500 median H-1B
  • 1,888 H-1B LCAs
  • 6 WARN employers

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

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

$131,500 Top 44% higher than 56% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $140,000–$160,000: 33,306 credible H-1B wage rows (12%). Above this entry. $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. Oakland, 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

Oakland, CA (169 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, Oakland, CA ranks #62 of 6906 by employer count (about the 99th 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 ServicesHealthcare & Social AssistanceInformation & MediaEducational ServicesFinance & Insurance

What the data says about Oakland, CA

Corpus placement: Oakland, CA ranks #62 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 99th percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Professional & Technical Services leads with 59 of 169 tracked employers (~35%); next sectors in the mix are Healthcare & Social Assistance and Information & Media. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: University of California, San Francisco, University of California, Los Angeles, and Block, Inc. (733 filings combined, ~39% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Oakland, CA: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records; state WARN Act layoff notices, including 6 employers with WARN history.

Headline sponsors: University of California, San Francisco, University of California, Los Angeles, and Block, Inc., together 733 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 Oakland, CA, 6 carry WARN Act history (10 notices, about 1,125 workers named across credible filings). That is a local stability signal separate from H-1B hiring volume.

Within CA, Oakland, 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 Oakland, CA

6 tracked employers with a worksite here have filed 10 WARN notices , naming about 1,125 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 Oakland, CA

Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in

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What this shows Professional & Technical Services leads Oakland, CA at ~35% 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 Oakland, CA

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1University of California, San FranciscoEducational Services335$93,200
2University of California, Los AngelesEducational Services251$112,600
3Block, Inc.Information & Media147$222,100
4California Department of TransportationConstruction115$89,136
5Credit Karma LLCProfessional & Technical Services85$234,265
6Northeastern UniversityEducational Services76$106,381
7Pacific Gas and Electric CompanyUtilities40$162,500
8Delta Dental Of CaliforniaFinance & Insurance35$143,250
9Marqeta, Inc.Finance & Insurance34$170,390
10American Unit, IncProfessional & Technical Services33$105,250
11Flexon Technologies IncProfessional & Technical Services31$114,816
12Hitachi Rail STS USA, Inc.Transportation & Warehousing30$135,000
13Geosyntec Consultants, Inc.Professional & Technical Services26$114,213
14Epace Technologies INCProfessional & Technical Services25$114,795
15Lares IT Solutions INC24$112,923
16Zeeto Technologies, INC.Professional & Technical Services21$112,923
17Brex Inc.Finance & Insurance18$187,574
18Clari, Inc.Information & Media16$223,069
19HKS, Inc.Professional & Technical Services16$98,244
20Yu Ming Charter SchoolEducational Services15$61,623
21Corelight, Inc.Professional & Technical Services14$171,498
22Temporal Technologies, Inc.Information & Media14$212,857
23University of California, Agriculture and Natural ResourcesEducational Services13$93,900
24Shrive Solutions LLCProfessional & Technical Services13$115,190
25Clorox Services CompanyManagement of Companies12$146,986
Sources, citation, and related links for Oakland, CA

Disclaimer: The Oakland, 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 Oakland, 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.