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San Diego, CA

San Diego, CA is a Professional & Technical Services-heavy labor market: 495 tracked employers at a $145,000 median H-1B wage across 14,006 LCAs.

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495
Employers
$145,000
Median H-1B wage
14,006
H-1B filings

San Diego, CA: 495 tracked employers at a $145,000 median H-1B wage across 14,006 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 Diego, CA (CA), PlainEmployers rolls up 495 employers at a $145,000 disclosed median with 41 employers carrying WARN history. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 495 employers
  • $145,000 median H-1B
  • 14,006 H-1B LCAs
  • 41 WARN employers

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

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

$145,000 Top 35% higher than 65% 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. San Diego, 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 Diego, CA (495 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 Diego, CA ranks #20 of 6906 by employer count (about the 100th percentile).

San Francisco, CA 1,764 Los Angeles, CA 836 San Jose, CA 778 Irvine, CA 454 Santa Clara, CA 405 Sunnyvale, CA 392
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesManufacturingInformation & MediaFinance & InsuranceEducational Services

What the data says about San Diego, CA

Corpus placement: San Diego, CA ranks #20 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 100th percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Professional & Technical Services leads with 185 of 495 tracked employers (~37%); next sectors in the mix are Manufacturing and Information & Media. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: Google LLC, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., and Intuit Inc. (7,199 filings combined, ~51% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for San Diego, CA: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records; state WARN Act layoff notices, including 41 employers with WARN history.

Headline sponsors: Google LLC, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., and Intuit Inc., together 7,199 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

San Diego, CA reads as a concentrated labor market: Professional & Technical Services alone covers about 37% of tracked employers, so wage and safety benchmarks here are heavily shaped by that sector.

Google LLC plus Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. account for about 51% of San Diego, 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 Diego, CA, 41 carry WARN Act history (301 notices, about 20,643 workers named across credible filings). That is a local stability signal separate from H-1B hiring volume.

Same-state context for San Diego, CA: San Francisco, CA (1,764 employers); Los Angeles, CA (836 employers); San Jose, CA (778 employers). Employer-count gaps between these metros are why a wage offer that looks high in one city can look ordinary in another.

WARN layoff activity in San Diego, CA

41 tracked employers with a worksite here have filed 301 WARN notices , naming about 20,643 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 Diego, CA

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1Google LLCProfessional & Technical Services5,397$193,915
2Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.Manufacturing1,150$152,506
3Intuit Inc.Professional & Technical Services652$179,421
4Asml US, LPManufacturing297$131,186
5Caterpillar Inc.Other Services279$111,675
6Ut-Battelle, LLC (oak Ridge National Laboratory)Professional & Technical Services263$122,969
7The University of ChicagoEducational Services237$82,819
8University Of California, San DiegoEducational Services235$85,000
9The University Of Southern CaliforniaEducational Services215$74,000
10Rockwell Collins Inc.Manufacturing167$126,672
11Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLCManufacturing167$122,075
12Navy Federal Credit UnionFinance & Insurance155$162,505
13Sony Interactive Entertainment LLCManagement of Companies152$173,800
14SK Hynix NAND Product Solutions CorpManufacturing134$147,750
15Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.Wholesale Trade132$165,422
16LPL Financial LLCFinance & Insurance128$156,850
17VAStek Inc.Professional & Technical Services125$93,496
18Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.Manufacturing119$156,853
19Nagarro, INCProfessional & Technical Services117$98,301
20Epsilon Data Management LLCInformation & Media110$140,000
21EPAM Systems Inc.Professional & Technical Services105$116,000
22Cotiviti, Inc.Professional & Technical Services105$138,900
23United Parcel Service General Services Co.Administrative & Waste Services93$131,997
24University of GeorgiaEducational Services92$90,200
25Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLCProfessional & Technical Services90$184,475
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Disclaimer: The San Diego, 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 Diego, 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.