Metro area · CA
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
H-1B hiring, wages and employer concentration across 88 employers in the SAN FRANCISCO, CA metro.
- 88
- Employers
- $165,000
- Median H-1B wage
- 18,180
- H-1B filings
The metro at a glance
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, CA aggregates 88 tracked employers at a $165,000 median H-1B wage and 18,180 H-1B filings on record, with hiring concentrated in Information & Media and Professional & Technical Services.
- 88
- employers
- $165,000
- median H-1B wage
- 18,180
- 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 FRANCISCO, CA, CA aggregates 88 employers at a median disclosed H-1B wage of $165,000, with hiring concentrated in Information & Media, Professional & Technical Services, Transportation & Warehousing. The mix is computed from actual DOL/OSHA/WARN filings in this specific metro; see methodology for source documentation.
Headline sponsors: Google LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and Salesforce, Inc., together 4,584 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 FRANCISCO, CA
Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in
- Professional & Technical S…
Professional & Technical Services
634 employers
- Information & Media 251
Information & Media
251 employers
- Finance & Insurance 160
Finance & Insurance
160 employers
- Manufacturing 54
Manufacturing
54 employers
- Healthcare & Social Assist… 34
Healthcare & Social Assistance
34 employers
- Educational Services 29
Educational Services
29 employers
- Retail Trade 25
Retail Trade
25 employers
What this shows Professional & Technical Services is the largest tracked sector in SAN FRANCISCO, CA, shaping the metro's wage and hiring profile.
Top employers in SAN FRANCISCO, CA
| # | Employer | H-1B filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Google LLC Professional & Technical Services | 2,367 | $355,887 |
| 2 | JPMorgan Chase & Co. Management of Companies | 1,353 | $162,804 |
| 3 | Salesforce, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 864 | $222,778 |
| 4 | Tesla, Inc. Manufacturing | 856 | $159,976 |
| 5 | Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. Information & Media | 638 | $169,477 |
| 6 | Cisco Systems, Inc. Manufacturing | 510 | $147,817 |
| 7 | Uber Technologies, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 378 | $193,074 |
| 8 | PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS ADVISORY SERVICES LLC Professional & Technical Services | 341 | $187,546 |
| 9 | LINKEDIN CORPORATION Information & Media | 328 | $175,238 |
| 10 | Adobe Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 284 | $200,809 |
| 11 | U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Finance & Insurance | 282 | $133,766 |
| 12 | DoorDash, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 257 | $180,193 |
| 13 | Bloomberg L.P. Information & Media | 224 | $151,311 |
| 14 | CitiusTech Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 208 | $108,202 |
| 15 | AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC. Information & Media | 192 | $163,773 |
| 16 | University of California, San Francisco Educational Services | 187 | - |
| 17 | Amgen Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 170 | $149,065 |
| 18 | Docusign Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 166 | $196,224 |
| 19 | Databricks, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 155 | $170,998 |
| 20 | Pinterest, Inc. Information & Media | 147 | $170,307 |
| 21 | Visa U.S.A. Inc. Finance & Insurance | 146 | $181,819 |
| 22 | Stripe, Inc. Finance & Insurance | 144 | $207,358 |
| 23 | ZS Associates, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 143 | $189,190 |
| 24 | University of California, Davis Educational Services | 123 | $111,502 |
| 25 | MPG Operations LLC Finance & Insurance | 115 | $123,805 |
What this means if you work in SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Use SAN FRANCISCO, CA's $165,000 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 $165,000 is worth questioning, the median here is set by 88 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.