Metro area · CA

San Mateo, CA

H-1B hiring, wages and employer concentration across 156 employers in the San Mateo, CA metro.

156
Employers
$161,637
Median H-1B wage
1,042
H-1B filings

The metro at a glance

San Mateo, CA, CA aggregates 156 tracked employers at a $161,637 median H-1B wage and 1,042 H-1B filings on record, with hiring concentrated in Professional & Technical Services and Information & Media.

156
employers
$161,637
median H-1B wage
1,042
H-1B filings
5
top industries
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesInformation & MediaManufacturingRetail TradeFinance & InsuranceAdministrative & Waste Services

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 Mateo, CA, CA aggregates 156 employers at a median disclosed H-1B wage of $161,637, with hiring concentrated in Professional & Technical Services, Information & Media, Manufacturing. The mix is computed from actual DOL/OSHA/WARN filings in this specific metro; see methodology for source documentation.

Headline sponsors: Snowflake Inc., Roblox Corporation, and SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC, together 424 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 Mateo, CA

Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in

employers

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

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

Top employers in San Mateo, CA

# Employer H-1B filingsMedian wage
1 Snowflake Inc. Information & Media 248 -
2 Roblox Corporation Information & Media 90 $277,543
3 SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC Management of Companies 86 $166,409
4 Upstart Network, Inc. Finance & Insurance 41 $180,095
5 Federal Soft Systems Inc. Professional & Technical Services 40 $88,017
6 Beacon Hill Solutions Group LLC Administrative & Waste Services 38 $112,594
7 Verkada, Inc Information & Media 36 $184,447
8 Guidewire Software, Inc. Information & Media 31 $154,515
9 Fanatics Retail Group Fulfillment LLC Retail Trade 18 $176,550
10 Ramp Business Corporation Finance & Insurance 16 $172,099
11 Alpha Net Consulting LLC Professional & Technical Services 15 $133,691
12 IXL Learning, Inc. Information & Media 15 $146,279
13 Kite Pharma Inc. Professional & Technical Services 13 $144,952
14 Valeo North America, Inc. Manufacturing 13 $134,525
15 Ebates Performance Marketing, Inc. Retail Trade 12 $183,490
16 Skydio, Inc. Manufacturing 12 $199,708
17 Horizon Therapeutics USA, Inc. Manufacturing 10 $159,249
18 HOUZZ, INC. Professional & Technical Services 9 $161,628
19 AuraSellAI, Inc. Professional & Technical Services 8 $224,375
20 Freshworks Inc. Professional & Technical Services 8 $172,112
21 NextPhase.ai LLC Professional & Technical Services 8 $126,207
22 Zuora, Inc. Professional & Technical Services 8 $180,100
23 BeiGene USA, Inc. Professional & Technical Services 8 $205,521
24 Generac Power Systems Transportation & Warehousing 8 $131,125
25 INTELLIPRO SERVICE INC. Professional & Technical Services 7 $148,784

What this means if you work in San Mateo, CA

Use San Mateo, CA's $161,637 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 $161,637 is worth questioning, the median here is set by 156 tracked employers.
  • Snowflake 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.