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
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesAccommodation & Food ServicesEducational ServicesWholesale TradeInformation & MediaFinance & Insurance

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

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

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

Top employers in Pasadena, CA

# Employer H-1B filingsMedian 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.