Metro area · CA
Pasadena, CA
H-1B hiring, wages and employer concentration across 85 employers in the Pasadena, CA metro.
- 85
- Employers
- $135,616
- Median H-1B wage
- 1,112
- H-1B filings
The metro at a glance
Pasadena, CA, CA aggregates 85 tracked employers at a $135,616 median H-1B wage and 1,112 H-1B filings on record, with hiring concentrated in Professional & Technical Services and Accommodation & Food Services.
- 85
- employers
- $135,616
- median H-1B wage
- 1,112
- 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.
Pasadena, CA, CA aggregates 85 employers at a median disclosed H-1B wage of $135,616, with hiring concentrated in Professional & Technical Services, Accommodation & Food Services, Educational Services. The mix is computed from actual DOL/OSHA/WARN filings in this specific metro; see methodology for source documentation.
Headline sponsors: Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc., California Institute of Technology, and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, together 793 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 Pasadena, CA
Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in
- Professional & Technical S…
Professional & Technical Services
36 employers
- Information & Media 11
Information & Media
11 employers
- Educational Services 7
Educational Services
7 employers
- Construction 4
Construction
4 employers
- Finance & Insurance 4
Finance & Insurance
4 employers
- Healthcare & Social Assist… 4
Healthcare & Social Assistance
4 employers
- Wholesale Trade 4
Wholesale Trade
4 employers
What this shows Professional & Technical Services is the largest tracked sector in Pasadena, CA, shaping the metro's wage and hiring profile.
Top employers in Pasadena, CA
| # | Employer | H-1B filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. Information & Media | 638 | $169,477 |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology Educational Services | 99 | $83,899 |
| 3 | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Healthcare & Social Assistance | 56 | $101,047 |
| 4 | California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory Educational Services | 37 | $128,841 |
| 5 | IROBOT CORPORATION Professional & Technical Services | 25 | $127,537 |
| 6 | Gusto, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 24 | - |
| 7 | QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED Healthcare & Social Assistance | 23 | $94,371 |
| 8 | TechData Service Company LLC Professional & Technical Services | 21 | $124,875 |
| 9 | East West Bank Finance & Insurance | 18 | $159,378 |
| 10 | VCA Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 12 | $164,629 |
| 11 | Q2 Software, Inc. Information & Media | 12 | $141,342 |
| 12 | Weaver and Tidwell, L.L.P. Professional & Technical Services | 9 | $137,611 |
| 13 | IMDb.com, Inc. Retail Trade | 9 | $165,397 |
| 14 | Geminisoft Solutions Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 7 | $130,900 |
| 15 | Connor Group, Inc. Administrative & Waste Services | 7 | $129,200 |
| 16 | Milliman, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 7 | $138,390 |
| 17 | Panda Express, Inc. Management of Companies | 6 | $115,152 |
| 18 | ARROWHEAD PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. Professional & Technical Services | 5 | $159,000 |
| 19 | INFONEX TECHNOLOGIES INC Professional & Technical Services | 5 | $99,865 |
| 20 | Dignity Health Healthcare & Social Assistance | 4 | $130,002 |
| 21 | Dine Brands Global, Inc. Accommodation & Food Services | 4 | $136,432 |
| 22 | Alibaba.com US E-commerce Corporation Wholesale Trade | 3 | $145,621 |
| 23 | Art Center College of Design Educational Services | 3 | $120,935 |
| 24 | Grand Visionary Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 3 | $78,118 |
| 25 | HSA & Associates, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 3 | $117,733 |
What this means if you work in Pasadena, CA
Use Pasadena, CA's $135,616 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 $135,616 is worth questioning, the median here is set by 85 tracked employers.
- Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. 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.