Metro area · CA
San Jose, CA
H-1B hiring, wages and employer concentration across 763 employers in the San Jose, CA metro.
- 763
- Employers
- $145,000
- Median H-1B wage
- 10,254
- H-1B filings
The metro at a glance
San Jose, CA, CA aggregates 763 tracked employers at a $145,000 median H-1B wage and 10,254 H-1B filings on record, with hiring concentrated in Healthcare & Social Assistance and Manufacturing.
- 763
- employers
- $145,000
- median H-1B wage
- 10,254
- 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 Jose, CA, CA aggregates 763 employers at a median disclosed H-1B wage of $145,000, with hiring concentrated in Healthcare & Social Assistance, Manufacturing, Finance & Insurance. The mix is computed from actual DOL/OSHA/WARN filings in this specific metro; see methodology for source documentation.
Headline sponsors: CAPGEMINI AMERICA INC, Intel Corporation, and PayPal, Inc., together 2,620 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 Jose, CA
Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in
- Professional & Technical S…
Professional & Technical Services
317 employers
- Manufacturing 117
Manufacturing
117 employers
- Information & Media 64
Information & Media
64 employers
- Finance & Insurance 28
Finance & Insurance
28 employers
- Healthcare & Social Assist… 22
Healthcare & Social Assistance
22 employers
- Educational Services 17
Educational Services
17 employers
- Wholesale Trade 14
Wholesale Trade
14 employers
What this shows Professional & Technical Services is the largest tracked sector in San Jose, CA, shaping the metro's wage and hiring profile.
Top employers in San Jose, CA
| # | Employer | H-1B filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CAPGEMINI AMERICA INC Professional & Technical Services | 1,420 | $363,409 |
| 2 | Intel Corporation Manufacturing | 766 | $140,536 |
| 3 | PayPal, Inc. Finance & Insurance | 434 | $181,753 |
| 4 | BYTEDANCE INC. Administrative & Waste Services | 392 | $220,469 |
| 5 | TikTok Inc. Information & Media | 298 | $208,226 |
| 6 | Adobe Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 284 | $200,809 |
| 7 | T-Mobile USA, Inc. Information & Media | 262 | $147,742 |
| 8 | Deloitte Tax LLP Professional & Technical Services | 243 | $138,503 |
| 9 | eBay Inc. Retail Trade | 225 | $198,575 |
| 10 | Expedia, Inc. Information & Media | 186 | $152,114 |
| 11 | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Manufacturing | 170 | $141,286 |
| 12 | Micron Technology, Inc. Management of Companies | 159 | $148,867 |
| 13 | Populus Group LLC Administrative & Waste Services | 151 | $146,091 |
| 14 | TikTok U.S. Data Security Inc. Information & Media | 148 | $200,710 |
| 15 | ASML US, LP Manufacturing | 126 | $130,247 |
| 16 | Gilead Sciences, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 117 | $156,406 |
| 17 | Cadence Design Systems, Inc. Manufacturing | 102 | $219,729 |
| 18 | Xilinx, Inc. Manufacturing | 92 | $178,775 |
| 19 | NATSOFT CORPORATION Professional & Technical Services | 90 | $152,143 |
| 20 | SAMSUNG AUSTIN SEMICONDUCTOR, LLC Manufacturing | 88 | $150,736 |
| 21 | INTRAEDGE, INC. Professional & Technical Services | 80 | $110,957 |
| 22 | NetApp, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 76 | $169,465 |
| 23 | Akamai Technologies, Inc. Information & Media | 73 | $158,995 |
| 24 | NXP USA, INC. Manufacturing | 73 | $151,960 |
| 25 | Arm, Inc. Manufacturing | 72 | $165,936 |
What this means if you work in San Jose, CA
Use San Jose, CA's $145,000 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 $145,000 is worth questioning, the median here is set by 763 tracked employers.
- CAPGEMINI AMERICA INC 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.