Metro area · CA

SAN JOSE, CA

H-1B hiring, wages and employer concentration across 78 employers in the SAN JOSE, CA metro.

78
Employers
$145,000
Median H-1B wage
10,254
H-1B filings

The metro at a glance

SAN JOSE, CA, CA aggregates 78 tracked employers at a $145,000 median H-1B wage and 10,254 H-1B filings on record, with hiring concentrated in Information & Media and Professional & Technical Services.

78
employers
$145,000
median H-1B wage
10,254
H-1B filings
5
top industries
Top industries Information & MediaProfessional & Technical ServicesManagement of CompaniesHealthcare & Social AssistanceManufacturingWholesale 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 JOSE, CA, CA aggregates 78 employers at a median disclosed H-1B wage of $145,000, with hiring concentrated in Information & Media, Professional & Technical Services, Management of Companies. 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

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

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

Top employers in SAN JOSE, CA

# Employer H-1B filingsMedian 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 78 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.