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
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesFinance & InsuranceUtilitiesHealthcare & Social AssistanceInformation & MediaConstruction

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

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What this shows Professional & Technical Services is the largest tracked sector in Oakland, CA, shaping the metro's wage and hiring profile.

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

Top employers in Oakland, CA

# Employer H-1B filingsMedian 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.