Metro area · CA

Santa Barbara, CA

Santa Barbara, CA spreads H-1B hiring across 7+ sectors (23 employers, $96,200 median wage) rather than one dominant NAICS group.

Census QuickFacts → · OSHA injury data →

23
Employers
$96,200
Median H-1B wage
126
H-1B filings

Santa Barbara, CA: 23 tracked employers at a $96,200 median H-1B wage across 126 LCAs; Educational Services leads the local roster.

According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices mapped to worksites in Santa Barbara, CA (CA), PlainEmployers rolls up 23 employers at a $96,200 disclosed median. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 23 employers
  • $96,200 median H-1B
  • 126 H-1B LCAs

Where Santa Barbara, CA's median H-1B wage sits nationally

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

$96,200 Top 75% higher than 25% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $100,000–$120,000: 49,740 credible H-1B wage rows (18%). Above this entry. $120,000–$140,000: 42,626 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Above this entry. $140,000–$160,000: 33,306 credible H-1B wage rows (12%). Above this entry. $160,000–$180,000: 22,983 credible H-1B wage rows (8%). Above this entry. $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. Santa Barbara, 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

Santa Barbara, CA (23 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, Santa Barbara, CA ranks #510 of 6906 by employer count (about the 92nd 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

What the data says about Santa Barbara, CA

Corpus placement: Santa Barbara, CA ranks #510 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 92nd percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Educational Services leads with 3 of 23 tracked employers (~13%); next sectors in the mix are Manufacturing and Accommodation & Food Services. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: University of California at Santa Barbara, Bruker Nano, INC., and Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital (96 filings combined, ~76% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Santa Barbara, CA: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records.

Santa Barbara, CA reads as a diversified labor market: the lead sector (Educational Services) is only ~13% of tracked employers across 7 named industries, so no single NAICS group dominates the local picture.

Within CA, Santa Barbara, 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.

Employer mix in Santa Barbara, CA

Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in

employers

What this shows Santa Barbara, CA has no runaway sector: Educational Services leads at only ~13% across 7 named industries.

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

Top employers in Santa Barbara, CA

# Employer H-1B filingsMedian wage
1 University of California at Santa Barbara Educational Services 80 $82,836
2 Bruker Nano, INC. Manufacturing 10 $88,856
3 Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Healthcare & Social Assistance 6 $122,304
4 Impact Tech, Inc. Information & Media 5 $174,304
5 Bezel Inc. Retail Trade 4 $100,000
6 Santa Barbara Harbor Restaurant, Inc. Accommodation & Food Services 2 $85,000
7 University of California, Santa Barbara Educational Services 2 $154,250
8 Teleflex LLC Manufacturing 2 $90,331
9 Acme Ventures LLC Accommodation & Food Services 1 $75,000
10 Channel Wealth LLC Finance & Insurance 1 $75,000
11 Cv Executive Services, LLC Other Services 1 $200,000
12 Muncaster Consulting, LLC Professional & Technical Services 1 $150,218
13 One Skill Factory Inc. Educational Services 1 $75,000
14 PacificOptica LLC Manufacturing 1 $130,000
15 Well Health, Inc. Information & Media 1 $132,350
16 Hope School District 1 $83,625
17 Mission Park Health Center 1 $150,000
18 Crossno & Kaye, Inc. 1 $155,000
19 Westmont College 1 $73,655
20 Riv Data Corp 1 $96,300
21 Winick Architects Inc. 1 $140,000
22 HG Insights, Inc. 1 $133,640
23 Ask Locala Inc. Professional & Technical Services 1 $89,999

PlainEmployers renders Santa Barbara, CA from DOL H-1B disclosure filings and OSHA Injury Tracking Application records, 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.