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San Carlos, CA

San Carlos, CA is a Professional & Technical Services-heavy labor market: 50 tracked employers at a $163,625 median H-1B wage across 572 LCAs.

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50
Employers
$163,625
Median H-1B wage
572
H-1B filings

San Carlos, CA: 50 tracked employers at a $163,625 median H-1B wage across 572 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 San Carlos, CA (CA), PlainEmployers rolls up 50 employers at a $163,625 disclosed median with 2 employers carrying WARN history. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 50 employers
  • $163,625 median H-1B
  • 572 H-1B LCAs
  • 2 WARN employers

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

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

$163,625 Top 24% higher than 76% 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%). Below this entry. $160,000–$180,000: 22,983 credible H-1B wage rows (8%). This entry sits in this band. $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. San Carlos, 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

San Carlos, CA (50 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, San Carlos, CA ranks #245 of 6906 by employer count (about the 96th 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 ServicesManufacturingInformation & MediaFinance & InsuranceConstruction

What the data says about San Carlos, CA

Corpus placement: San Carlos, CA ranks #245 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 96th percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Professional & Technical Services leads with 22 of 50 tracked employers (~44%); next sectors in the mix are Manufacturing and Information & Media. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: Zoox Inc., Joby Aero, Inc., and Natera, Inc. (394 filings combined, ~69% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for San Carlos, CA: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records; state WARN Act layoff notices, including 2 employers with WARN history.

Headline sponsors: Zoox Inc., Joby Aero, Inc., and Natera, Inc., together 394 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

San Carlos, CA reads as a concentrated labor market: Professional & Technical Services alone covers about 44% of tracked employers, so wage and safety benchmarks here are heavily shaped by that sector.

Zoox Inc. plus Joby Aero, Inc. account for about 69% of San Carlos, 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 San Carlos, CA, 2 carry WARN Act history (3 notices, about 204 workers named across credible filings). That is a local stability signal separate from H-1B hiring volume.

Within CA, San Carlos, 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 San Carlos, CA

2 tracked employers with a worksite here have filed 3 WARN notices , naming about 204 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 San Carlos, CA

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1Zoox Inc.Transportation & Warehousing274$185,412
2Joby Aero, Inc.Manufacturing68$187,100
3Natera, Inc.Professional & Technical Services52$163,550
4Rpa Technologies LLC51$77,979
5BeOne Medicines USA, Inc.Professional & Technical Services22$184,375
6CelLink CorporationManufacturing10$170,000
7Credible Labs, Inc.Finance & Insurance9$467,000
8Noah Medical CorporationManufacturing8$155,000
9Vaxcyte, Inc.Manufacturing7$164,159
10Buehler Engineering, Inc.Professional & Technical Services6$110,000
11Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc.Professional & Technical Services6$157,073
12Maxil Technology Solutions, Inc.Professional & Technical Services6$100,000
13Nautilus Subsidiary, Inc.Professional & Technical Services4$128,629
14Retell AI, Inc.Professional & Technical Services3$200,000
15Obvio Inc3$187,574
16Anwita Biosciences IncProfessional & Technical Services2$135,169
17Dren Bio Management, Inc.Professional & Technical Services2$112,549
18Ebb Carbon, INCProfessional & Technical Services2$136,053
19GigaGen, Inc.Professional & Technical Services2$89,772
20IncellDX, Inc.Professional & Technical Services2$121,779
21Q Bio, Inc.Professional & Technical Services2$160,000
22UPLabs Ventures, LLCInformation & Media2$205,000
23Nautilus Biotechnology, Inc.Professional & Technical Services2$105,343
24City of San CarlosPublic Administration1$160,384
25Clear Labs, Inc.Professional & Technical Services1$140,000
Sources, citation, and related links for San Carlos, CA

Disclaimer: The San Carlos, 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 San Carlos, 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.