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Salinas, CA

Salinas, CA is a Educational Services-heavy labor market: 5 tracked employers at a $150,654 median H-1B wage across 29 LCAs.

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5
Employers
$150,654
Median H-1B wage
29
H-1B filings

Salinas, CA: 5 tracked employers at a $150,654 median H-1B wage across 29 LCAs; Educational Services leads the local roster.

According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices mapped to worksites in Salinas, CA (CA), PlainEmployers rolls up 5 employers at a $150,654 disclosed median with 1 employers carrying WARN history. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 5 employers
  • $150,654 median H-1B
  • 29 H-1B LCAs
  • 1 WARN employers

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

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

$150,654 Top 31% higher than 69% 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%). Below this entry. $140,000–$160,000: 33,306 credible H-1B wage rows (12%). This entry sits in this band. $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. Salinas, 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

Salinas, CA (5 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, Salinas, CA ranks #1605 of 6906 by employer count (about the 73rd 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 Educational ServicesHealthcare & Social AssistancePublic Administration

What the data says about Salinas, CA

Corpus placement: Salinas, CA ranks #1605 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 73rd percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Educational Services leads with 2 of 5 tracked employers (~40%); next sectors in the mix are Healthcare & Social Assistance and Public Administration. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: Alisal Union School District, County of Monterey, and Monterey County Office of Education (26 filings combined, ~90% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Salinas, CA: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records; state WARN Act layoff notices, including 1 employers with WARN history.

Headline sponsors: Alisal Union School District, County of Monterey, and Monterey County Office of Education, together 26 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

Salinas, CA reads as a concentrated labor market: Educational Services alone covers about 40% of tracked employers, so wage and safety benchmarks here are heavily shaped by that sector.

Alisal Union School District plus County of Monterey account for about 90% of Salinas, 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 Salinas, CA, 1 carry WARN Act history (2 notices, about 110 workers named across credible filings). That is a local stability signal separate from H-1B hiring volume.

Within CA, Salinas, 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 Salinas, CA

1 tracked employer with a worksite here have filed 2 WARN notices , naming about 110 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 Salinas, CA

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1Alisal Union School DistrictEducational Services11$73,525
2County of MontereyPublic Administration10$189,056
3Monterey County Office of EducationEducational Services5$61,346
4Clinica de Salud del Valle de SalinasHealthcare & Social Assistance2$243,985
5Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare SystemHealthcare & Social Assistance1$175,000
Sources, citation, and related links for Salinas, CA

Disclaimer: The Salinas, 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 Salinas, 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.