Metro area · CA
San Diego, CA
H-1B hiring, wages and employer concentration across 495 employers in the San Diego, CA metro.
- 495
- Employers
- $140,000
- Median H-1B wage
- 7,044
- H-1B filings
The metro at a glance
San Diego, CA, CA aggregates 495 tracked employers at a $140,000 median H-1B wage and 7,044 H-1B filings on record, with hiring concentrated in Professional & Technical Services and Manufacturing.
- 495
- employers
- $140,000
- median H-1B wage
- 7,044
- H-1B filings
- 5
- top industries
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.
San Diego, CA, CA aggregates 495 employers at a median disclosed H-1B wage of $140,000, with hiring concentrated in Professional & Technical Services, Manufacturing, Real Estate. The mix is computed from actual DOL/OSHA/WARN filings in this specific metro; see methodology for source documentation.
Headline sponsors: Google LLC, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., and Intuit Inc., together 3,114 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 San Diego, CA
Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in
- Professional & Technical S…
Professional & Technical Services
185 employers
- Manufacturing 62
Manufacturing
62 employers
- Information & Media 25
Information & Media
25 employers
- Finance & Insurance 17
Finance & Insurance
17 employers
- Educational Services 13
Educational Services
13 employers
- Construction 11
Construction
11 employers
- Healthcare & Social Assist… 11
Healthcare & Social Assistance
11 employers
What this shows Professional & Technical Services is the largest tracked sector in San Diego, CA, shaping the metro's wage and hiring profile.
Top employers in San Diego, CA
| # | Employer | H-1B filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Google LLC Professional & Technical Services | 2,367 | $355,887 |
| 2 | Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Manufacturing | 480 | - |
| 3 | Intuit Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 267 | $180,080 |
| 4 | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO Educational Services | 174 | $94,077 |
| 5 | Caterpillar Inc. Other Services | 174 | $115,516 |
| 6 | UT-BATTELLE, LLC (OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY) Professional & Technical Services | 167 | $120,952 |
| 7 | THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Educational Services | 156 | $89,163 |
| 8 | The University of Chicago Educational Services | 132 | $90,460 |
| 9 | ASML US, LP Manufacturing | 126 | $130,247 |
| 10 | Navy Federal Credit Union Finance & Insurance | 104 | $159,958 |
| 11 | Rockwell Collins Inc. Manufacturing | 102 | $116,811 |
| 12 | VAStek Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 88 | $88,702 |
| 13 | SAMSUNG AUSTIN SEMICONDUCTOR, LLC Manufacturing | 88 | $150,736 |
| 14 | SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC Management of Companies | 86 | $166,409 |
| 15 | LPL Financial LLC Finance & Insurance | 82 | $150,016 |
| 16 | NAGARRO, INC Professional & Technical Services | 70 | $103,191 |
| 17 | EPAM Systems Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 70 | $123,300 |
| 18 | Epsilon Data Management LLC Information & Media | 67 | - |
| 19 | Becton, Dickinson and Company Manufacturing | 63 | $141,919 |
| 20 | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC Professional & Technical Services | 61 | $158,363 |
| 21 | TAVANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Professional & Technical Services | 56 | $144,838 |
| 22 | United Parcel Service General Services Co. Administrative & Waste Services | 54 | $142,763 |
| 23 | Eaton Corporation Management of Companies | 50 | $151,118 |
| 24 | Hughes Network Systems LLC Manufacturing | 48 | $125,506 |
| 25 | University of Georgia Educational Services | 47 | $74,668 |
What this means if you work in San Diego, CA
Use San Diego, CA's $140,000 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 $140,000 is worth questioning, the median here is set by 495 tracked employers.
- Google LLC 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.