Metro area · CA

Santa Clara, CA

H-1B hiring, wages and employer concentration across 404 employers in the Santa Clara, CA metro.

404
Employers
$145,184
Median H-1B wage
11,135
H-1B filings

The metro at a glance

Santa Clara, CA, CA aggregates 404 tracked employers at a $145,184 median H-1B wage and 11,135 H-1B filings on record, with hiring concentrated in Manufacturing and Professional & Technical Services.

404
employers
$145,184
median H-1B wage
11,135
H-1B filings
5
top industries
Top industries ManufacturingProfessional & Technical ServicesTransportation & WarehousingInformation & MediaHealthcare & Social AssistanceReal Estate

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.

Santa Clara, CA, CA aggregates 404 employers at a median disclosed H-1B wage of $145,184, with hiring concentrated in Manufacturing, Professional & Technical Services, Transportation & Warehousing. The mix is computed from actual DOL/OSHA/WARN filings in this specific metro; see methodology for source documentation.

Headline sponsors: HCL AMERICA INC, Accenture LLP, and Amazon Web Services, Inc., together 4,257 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 Santa Clara, 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 Santa Clara, CA, shaping the metro's wage and hiring profile.

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

Top employers in Santa Clara, CA

# Employer H-1B filingsMedian wage
1 HCL AMERICA INC Professional & Technical Services 1,580 $116,038
2 Accenture LLP Professional & Technical Services 1,421 $138,919
3 Amazon Web Services, Inc. Information & Media 1,256 $163,009
4 Intel Corporation Manufacturing 766 $140,536
5 NVIDIA Corporation Manufacturing 752 $210,677
6 Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. Information & Media 638 $169,477
7 Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Manufacturing 480 -
8 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Manufacturing 287 $168,976
9 ServiceNow, Inc. Professional & Technical Services 268 $159,742
10 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Manufacturing 170 $141,286
11 Docusign Inc. Professional & Technical Services 166 $196,224
12 Applied Materials, Inc. Manufacturing 159 $150,983
13 Siemens Industry Software Inc. Information & Media 115 -
14 The MathWorks, Inc. Information & Media 99 $133,592
15 Dell Products L.P. Wholesale Trade 96 $168,994
16 Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. Manufacturing 83 $167,780
17 PURE STORAGE, INC. Professional & Technical Services 83 $202,761
18 Ericsson Inc. Information & Media 78 $305,335
19 Hitachi Digital Services LLC Professional & Technical Services 67 $114,694
20 CEPHEID Manufacturing 63 $145,873
21 Fortinet, Inc. Professional & Technical Services 56 $164,938
22 Sandisk Technologies, Inc. Manufacturing 51 $165,309
23 Texas Instruments Incorporated Professional & Technical Services 50 $151,453
24 GlobalFoundries U.S., Inc. Manufacturing 47 $116,753
25 Qualcomm Atheros, Inc. Manufacturing 46 $159,339

What this means if you work in Santa Clara, CA

Use Santa Clara, CA's $145,184 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 $145,184 is worth questioning, the median here is set by 404 tracked employers.
  • HCL 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.