Metro area · CA

Santa Monica, CA

H-1B hiring, wages and employer concentration across 99 employers in the Santa Monica, CA metro.

99
Employers
$148,990
Median H-1B wage
655
H-1B filings

The metro at a glance

Santa Monica, CA, CA aggregates 99 tracked employers at a $148,990 median H-1B wage and 655 H-1B filings on record, with hiring concentrated in Professional & Technical Services and Information & Media.

99
employers
$148,990
median H-1B wage
655
H-1B filings
5
top industries
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesInformation & MediaRetail TradeManufacturingAccommodation & Food ServicesOther 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.

Santa Monica, CA, CA aggregates 99 employers at a median disclosed H-1B wage of $148,990, with hiring concentrated in Professional & Technical Services, Information & Media, Retail Trade. The mix is computed from actual DOL/OSHA/WARN filings in this specific metro; see methodology for source documentation.

Headline sponsors: SNAP INC., MPG Operations LLC, and CONSULTADD INC., together 284 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 Monica, 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 Monica, CA, shaping the metro's wage and hiring profile.

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

Top employers in Santa Monica, CA

# Employer H-1B filingsMedian wage
1 SNAP INC. Information & Media 141 $171,885
2 MPG Operations LLC Finance & Insurance 115 $123,805
3 CONSULTADD INC. Professional & Technical Services 28 $115,415
4 Cornerstone OnDemand Inc. Information & Media 25 -
5 ACTIVISION PUBLISHING INC Information & Media 22 $145,516
6 HULU, LLC Information & Media 16 $187,126
7 DISNEY ENTERTAINMENT & SPORTS LLC Information & Media 15 $188,772
8 DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP Finance & Insurance 14 $147,456
9 Kite Pharma Inc. Professional & Technical Services 13 $144,952
10 Goodwin Procter LLP Professional & Technical Services 13 $261,325
11 MGM Resorts Satellite, LLC Accommodation & Food Services 11 $151,850
12 STUBHUB, INC. Retail Trade 11 $232,273
13 Prolific Breed LLC Administrative & Waste Services 9 $87,111
14 UMG Recordings Inc. Information & Media 9 $164,899
15 ZipRecruiter, Inc. Administrative & Waste Services 9 $173,856
16 IMDb.com, Inc. Retail Trade 9 $165,397
17 Hulu, LLC (indirect subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company) Information & Media 8 $164,346
18 FOL MANAGEMENT LLC Real Estate 8 $220,564
19 Gurucul Solutions, LLC Professional & Technical Services 7 $120,156
20 Helios & Partners Advisory Inc. Professional & Technical Services 7 $85,953
21 Perform Consulting Inc. Professional & Technical Services 7 $154,714
22 Ashurst LLP Professional & Technical Services 7 $330,714
23 Veterinary Emergency Group, LLC Professional & Technical Services 7 $133,057
24 GoodRx, Inc. Retail Trade 6 $192,612
25 DISNEY STREAMING SERVICES LLC Information & Media 5 $166,671

What this means if you work in Santa Monica, CA

Use Santa Monica, CA's $148,990 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 $148,990 is worth questioning, the median here is set by 99 tracked employers.
  • SNAP 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.