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Pasadena, CA

Pasadena, CA is a Professional & Technical Services-heavy labor market: 100 tracked employers at a $137,675 median H-1B wage across 2,190 LCAs.

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100
Employers
$137,675
Median H-1B wage
2,190
H-1B filings

Pasadena, CA: 100 tracked employers at a $137,675 median H-1B wage across 2,190 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 Pasadena, CA (CA), PlainEmployers rolls up 100 employers at a $137,675 disclosed median with 6 employers carrying WARN history. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 100 employers
  • $137,675 median H-1B
  • 2,190 H-1B LCAs
  • 6 WARN employers

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

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

$137,675 Top 39% higher than 61% 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. Pasadena, 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

Pasadena, CA (100 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, Pasadena, CA ranks #119 of 6906 by employer count (about the 98th 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 ServicesInformation & MediaEducational ServicesWholesale TradeFinance & Insurance

What the data says about Pasadena, CA

Corpus placement: Pasadena, CA ranks #119 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 98th percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Professional & Technical Services leads with 36 of 100 tracked employers (~36%); next sectors in the mix are Information & Media and Educational Services. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc., California Institute of Technology, and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (996 filings combined, ~45% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Pasadena, CA: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records; state WARN Act layoff notices, including 6 employers with WARN history.

Headline sponsors: Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc., California Institute of Technology, and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, together 996 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

Pasadena, CA reads as a concentrated labor market: Professional & Technical Services alone covers about 36% of tracked employers, so wage and safety benchmarks here are heavily shaped by that sector.

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. plus California Institute of Technology account for about 45% of Pasadena, CA's H-1B filings in this corpus, so local wage medians are sensitive to those sponsors' role mix.

Among employers with a worksite mapped to Pasadena, CA, 6 carry WARN Act history (49 notices, about 2,141 workers named across credible filings). That is a local stability signal separate from H-1B hiring volume.

Within CA, Pasadena, 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 Pasadena, CA

6 tracked employers with a worksite here have filed 49 WARN notices , naming about 2,141 workers across credible records. Compare those employers' profiles before treating any local offer as stable; see largest WARN layoffs for corpus-wide notices.

Top employers in Pasadena, CA

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.747$155,000
2California Institute of TechnologyEducational Services134$95,000
3Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterHealthcare & Social Assistance115$92,359
4Cloud Social Technologies LLC57$85,467
5TechData Service Company LLCProfessional & Technical Services43$120,000
6Quest Diagnostics IncorporatedHealthcare & Social Assistance38$87,776
7California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion LaboratoryEducational Services37$128,841
8Gusto, Inc.Professional & Technical Services37$240,000
9East West BankFinance & Insurance35$146,500
10Geminisoft Solutions Inc.Professional & Technical Services28$133,700
11Irobot CORPORATIONProfessional & Technical Services25$127,537
12Dignity HealthHealthcare & Social Assistance19$120,000
13VCA Inc.Professional & Technical Services19$175,000
14Q2 Software, Inc.Information & Media18$155,775
15Connor Group, Inc.Administrative & Waste Services12$140,000
16Weaver and Tidwell, L.L.P.Professional & Technical Services9$137,611
17IMDb.com, Inc.Retail Trade9$165,397
18Panda Express, Inc.Management of Companies7$151,091
19Pasadena Unified School DistrictEducational Services7$100,056
20Milliman, Inc.Professional & Technical Services7$138,390
21Infonex Technologies INCProfessional & Technical Services6$95,035
22Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, INC.Professional & Technical Services5$159,000
23Art Center College of DesignEducational Services4$62,150
24Cognosphere, LLCProfessional & Technical Services4$282,000
25Dine Brands Global, Inc.Accommodation & Food Services4$136,432
Sources, citation, and related links for Pasadena, CA

Disclaimer: The Pasadena, 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 Pasadena, 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.