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San Mateo, CA

San Mateo, CA rolls up 191 employers with DOL/OSHA/WARN filings and a $168,777 median H-1B wage; Professional & Technical Services currently leads the local roster.

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191
Employers
$168,777
Median H-1B wage
1,987
H-1B filings

San Mateo, CA: 191 tracked employers at a $168,777 median H-1B wage across 1,987 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 Mateo, CA (CA), PlainEmployers rolls up 191 employers at a $168,777 disclosed median with 7 employers carrying WARN history. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 191 employers
  • $168,777 median H-1B
  • 1,987 H-1B LCAs
  • 7 WARN employers

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

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

$168,777 Top 22% higher than 78% 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%). Below this entry. $160,000–$180,000: 22,983 credible H-1B wage rows (8%). This entry sits in this band. $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 Mateo, 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 Mateo, CA (191 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 Mateo, CA ranks #55 of 6906 by employer count (about the 99th percentile).

San Francisco, CA 1,764 Los Angeles, CA 836 San Jose, CA 778 San Diego, CA 495 Irvine, CA 454 Santa Clara, CA 405
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesInformation & MediaFinance & InsuranceManufacturingRetail Trade

What the data says about San Mateo, CA

Corpus placement: San Mateo, CA ranks #55 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 99th percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Professional & Technical Services leads with 64 of 191 tracked employers (~34%); next sectors in the mix are Information & Media and Finance & Insurance. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: Snowflake Inc., Roblox Corporation, and Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (764 filings combined, ~38% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for San Mateo, CA: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records; state WARN Act layoff notices, including 7 employers with WARN history.

Headline sponsors: Snowflake Inc., Roblox Corporation, and Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC, together 764 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

Among employers with a worksite mapped to San Mateo, CA, 7 carry WARN Act history (22 notices, about 1,892 workers named across credible filings). That is a local stability signal separate from H-1B hiring volume.

Within CA, San Mateo, CA is smaller than peers such as San Francisco, CA (1,764 employers); Los Angeles, CA (836 employers); San Jose, CA (778 employers); use those pages when you need a denser local sponsor list.

WARN layoff activity in San Mateo, CA

7 tracked employers with a worksite here have filed 22 WARN notices , naming about 1,892 workers across credible records. Compare those employers' profiles before treating any local offer as stable; see largest WARN layoffs for corpus-wide notices.

Employer mix in San Mateo, CA

Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in

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What this shows Professional & Technical Services leads San Mateo, CA at ~34% of employers, with 6 other sectors still material in the mix.

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

Top employers in San Mateo, CA

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1Snowflake Inc.Information & Media430$185,099
2Roblox CorporationInformation & Media182$262,710
3Sony Interactive Entertainment LLCManagement of Companies152$173,800
4Beacon Hill Solutions Group LLCAdministrative & Waste Services83$114,400
5Federal Soft Systems Inc.Professional & Technical Services75$83,325
6Guidewire Software, Inc.Information & Media71$172,214
7Upstart Network, Inc.Finance & Insurance62$190,700
8Verkada, IncInformation & Media61$175,000
9Alliance for Energy Innovation, LLC52$98,040
10Ancestry.com Operations Inc.40$150,850
11Valeo North America, Inc.Manufacturing36$130,000
12Fanatics Retail Group Fulfillment LLCRetail Trade33$161,710
13Alpha Net Consulting LLCProfessional & Technical Services32$120,000
14Ramp Business CorporationFinance & Insurance27$168,000
15IXL Learning, Inc.Information & Media25$178,500
16Kite Pharma Inc.Professional & Technical Services25$149,598
17Skydio, Inc.Manufacturing24$202,500
18Zuora, Inc.Professional & Technical Services24$173,581
19Ebates Performance Marketing, Inc.Retail Trade16$182,761
20Zynga, Inc.Information & Media15$161,637
21Warp Drive, Inc.Information & Media14$224,000
22XERO, Inc.Information & Media14$220,500
23Horizon Therapeutics USA, Inc.Manufacturing14$159,817
24Generac Power SystemsTransportation & Warehousing14$142,025
25Freshworks Inc.Professional & Technical Services13$172,453
Sources, citation, and related links for San Mateo, CA

Disclaimer: The San Mateo, 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 Mateo, 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.