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
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesManufacturingReal EstateTransportation & WarehousingFinance & InsuranceRetail Trade

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

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

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

Top employers in San Diego, CA

# Employer H-1B filingsMedian 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.