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
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
- Professional & Technical S…
Professional & Technical Services
124 employers
- Information & Media 42
Information & Media
42 employers
- Finance & Insurance 18
Finance & Insurance
18 employers
- Manufacturing 15
Manufacturing
15 employers
- Educational Services 9
Educational Services
9 employers
- Healthcare & Social Assist… 8
Healthcare & Social Assistance
8 employers
- Retail Trade 6
Retail Trade
6 employers
What this shows Professional & Technical Services is the largest tracked sector in Palo Alto, CA, shaping the metro's wage and hiring profile.
Top employers in Palo Alto, CA
| # | Employer | H-1B filings | Median 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.