Metro area · CA

Palo Alto, CA

H-1B hiring, wages and employer concentration across 246 employers in the Palo Alto, CA metro.

246
Employers
$161,600
Median H-1B wage
9,919
H-1B filings

The metro at a glance

Palo Alto, CA, CA aggregates 246 tracked employers at a $161,600 median H-1B wage and 9,919 H-1B filings on record, with hiring concentrated in Manufacturing and Management of Companies.

246
employers
$161,600
median H-1B wage
9,919
H-1B filings
5
top industries
Top industries ManufacturingManagement of CompaniesTransportation & WarehousingProfessional & Technical ServicesHealthcare & Social AssistanceOther Services

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.

Palo Alto, CA, CA aggregates 246 employers at a median disclosed H-1B wage of $161,600, with hiring concentrated in Manufacturing, Management of Companies, 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, Salesforce, Inc., and Tesla, Inc., together 7,477 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 Palo Alto, 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 Palo Alto, CA, shaping the metro's wage and hiring profile.

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

Top employers in Palo Alto, CA

# Employer H-1B filingsMedian wage
1 Amazon.com Services LLC Transportation & Warehousing 5,757 $171,235
2 Salesforce, Inc. Professional & Technical Services 864 $222,778
3 Tesla, Inc. Manufacturing 856 $159,976
4 RIVIAN AUTOMOTIVE, LLC Other Services 333 $160,776
5 The Leland Stanford, Jr University Educational Services 262 $101,403
6 Pinterest, Inc. Information & Media 147 $170,307
7 SNAP INC. Information & Media 141 $171,885
8 AMAZON DEVELOPMENT CENTER U.S., INC. Retail Trade 94 $180,717
9 MONGODB, INC. Information & Media 77 $189,987
10 BOFA SECURITIES, INC. Finance & Insurance 54 $212,386
11 White & Case LLP Professional & Technical Services 49 $278,950
12 VMware LLC Professional & Technical Services 47 $194,717
13 PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. Professional & Technical Services 47 $164,963
14 Rubrik, Inc. Professional & Technical Services 43 $200,337
15 SAP Labs, LLC Professional & Technical Services 43 $168,696
16 RIVIAN, LLC Professional & Technical Services 34 $161,058
17 Ariba, Inc. Professional & Technical Services 34 $163,575
18 Tinder LLC Professional & Technical Services 33 $183,182
19 Omnissa, LLC Information & Media 30 $181,826
20 Stanford Health Care Healthcare & Social Assistance 30 $128,911
21 The Leland Stanford Jr. University Educational Services 26 $64,979
22 Varian Medical Systems, Inc. Manufacturing 24 $139,596
23 ActiveHours, Inc. Finance & Insurance 23 $206,833
24 EDTHEORY LLC Healthcare & Social Assistance 22 $101,459
25 Woven by Toyota, U.S., Inc. Information & Media 21 $197,093

What this means if you work in Palo Alto, CA

Use Palo Alto, CA's $161,600 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 $161,600 is worth questioning, the median here is set by 246 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.