Metro area · CA

Redwood City, CA

H-1B hiring, wages and employer concentration across 147 employers in the Redwood City, CA metro.

147
Employers
$155,000
Median H-1B wage
1,124
H-1B filings

The metro at a glance

Redwood City, CA, CA aggregates 147 tracked employers at a $155,000 median H-1B wage and 1,124 H-1B filings on record, with hiring concentrated in Manufacturing and Information & Media.

147
employers
$155,000
median H-1B wage
1,124
H-1B filings
5
top industries
Top industries ManufacturingInformation & MediaFinance & InsuranceProfessional & Technical ServicesRetail TradeArts & Entertainment

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.

Redwood City, CA, CA aggregates 147 employers at a median disclosed H-1B wage of $155,000, with hiring concentrated in Manufacturing, Information & Media, Finance & Insurance. The mix is computed from actual DOL/OSHA/WARN filings in this specific metro; see methodology for source documentation.

Headline sponsors: Eli Lilly and Company, Slalom, Inc., and Equinix, Inc., together 317 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 Redwood City, 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 Redwood City, CA, shaping the metro's wage and hiring profile.

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

Top employers in Redwood City, CA

# Employer H-1B filingsMedian wage
1 Eli Lilly and Company Transportation & Warehousing 161 $144,786
2 Slalom, Inc. Professional & Technical Services 93 $152,210
3 Equinix, Inc. Professional & Technical Services 63 $161,766
4 Confluent, Inc. Information & Media 51 $204,070
5 Box, Inc. Information & Media 49 $180,989
6 Electronic Arts Inc. Professional & Technical Services 34 $170,756
7 Riot Games, Inc. Professional & Technical Services 31 $157,234
8 Auris Health, Inc. Manufacturing 30 $182,709
9 The Leland Stanford Jr. University Educational Services 26 $64,979
10 Informatica LLC Professional & Technical Services 25 $148,761
11 Digital Intelligence Systems, LLC Professional & Technical Services 24 $141,887
12 Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. Manufacturing 21 $157,231
13 Tempus AI Professional & Technical Services 20 $155,995
14 Guardant Health, Inc. Healthcare & Social Assistance 19 -
15 Morrison & Foerster LLP Professional & Technical Services 16 $158,750
16 Epic Games, Inc. Information & Media 16 $192,226
17 C3.ai, Inc. Information & Media 14 $175,544
18 Nevro Corp Manufacturing 14 $134,664
19 Pi Square Technologies LLC Professional & Technical Services 14 $172,304
20 LMI, INC. Information & Media 13 $230,446
21 Moloco, Inc. Professional & Technical Services 13 $182,873
22 Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. Manufacturing 13 $118,374
23 Goodwin Procter LLP Professional & Technical Services 13 $261,325
24 Tek Grove, LLC Professional & Technical Services 13 $103,840
25 Alation, Inc. Information & Media 12 $161,379

What this means if you work in Redwood City, CA

Use Redwood City, CA's $155,000 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 $155,000 is worth questioning, the median here is set by 147 tracked employers.
  • Eli Lilly and Company 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.