Metro area · CA

Sacramento, CA

H-1B hiring, wages and employer concentration across 159 employers in the Sacramento, CA metro.

159
Employers
$105,976
Median H-1B wage
1,034
H-1B filings

The metro at a glance

Sacramento, CA, CA aggregates 159 tracked employers at a $105,976 median H-1B wage and 1,034 H-1B filings on record, with hiring concentrated in Professional & Technical Services and Information & Media.

159
employers
$105,976
median H-1B wage
1,034
H-1B filings
5
top industries
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesInformation & MediaEducational ServicesHealthcare & Social AssistanceAdministrative & Waste ServicesConstruction

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.

Sacramento, CA, CA aggregates 159 employers at a median disclosed H-1B wage of $105,976, with hiring concentrated in Professional & Technical Services, Information & Media, Educational Services. The mix is computed from actual DOL/OSHA/WARN filings in this specific metro; see methodology for source documentation.

Headline sponsors: University of California, Davis, California Department of Transportation, and Datadog, Inc., together 239 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 Sacramento, CA

Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in

employers

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

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

Top employers in Sacramento, CA

# Employer H-1B filingsMedian wage
1 University of California, Davis Educational Services 123 $111,502
2 California Department of Transportation Construction 69 $94,831
3 Datadog, Inc. Information & Media 47 $209,520
4 E-GIANTS TECHNOLOGIES LLC Professional & Technical Services 37 $99,325
5 The Jackson Laboratory Professional & Technical Services 37 $81,243
6 HCL America Solutions Inc Professional & Technical Services 35 $109,393
7 INDOTRONIX INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION Professional & Technical Services 35 $112,829
8 ANSYS, Inc. Information & Media 31 $125,846
9 ARTIFINT TECHNOLOGIES LLC Professional & Technical Services 31 $84,701
10 Eversoft Technologies LLC Professional & Technical Services 28 $100,860
11 CONSULTADD INC. Professional & Technical Services 28 $115,415
12 DONATO TECHNOLOGIES INC Professional & Technical Services 28 $104,261
13 QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED Healthcare & Social Assistance 23 $94,371
14 Siemens Mobility, Inc. Professional & Technical Services 23 $116,948
15 Raven Software Solutions Inc Professional & Technical Services 21 $98,991
16 Walbrydge Technologies Inc Professional & Technical Services 18 $118,678
17 Crowe, LLP Professional & Technical Services 17 $122,164
18 Ancestry.com Operations Inc. Professional & Technical Services 16 $163,176
19 Valiant IT Services Inc Professional & Technical Services 14 $111,879
20 California State University, Sacramento Educational Services 12 $90,353
21 NIVAGEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. Manufacturing 12 $105,419
22 IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. Professional & Technical Services 12 $132,958
23 ARCEAN SOLUTIONS, LLC. Professional & Technical Services 11 $112,231
24 ENTMATRIX, INC. Professional & Technical Services 11 $99,665
25 Sapot Systems, Inc Professional & Technical Services 11 $113,651

What this means if you work in Sacramento, CA

Use Sacramento, CA's $105,976 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 $105,976 is worth questioning, the median here is set by 159 tracked employers.
  • University of California, Davis 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.