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South San Francisco, CA

South San Francisco, CA is a Professional & Technical Services-heavy labor market: 105 tracked employers at a $143,000 median H-1B wage across 1,732 LCAs.

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105
Employers
$143,000
Median H-1B wage
1,732
H-1B filings

South San Francisco, CA: 105 tracked employers at a $143,000 median H-1B wage across 1,732 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 South San Francisco, CA (CA), PlainEmployers rolls up 105 employers at a $143,000 disclosed median with 10 employers carrying WARN history. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 105 employers
  • $143,000 median H-1B
  • 1,732 H-1B LCAs
  • 10 WARN employers

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

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

$143,000 Top 36% higher than 64% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $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. South San Francisco, 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

South San Francisco, CA (105 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, South San Francisco, CA ranks #111 of 6906 by employer count (about the 98th 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 ServicesManufacturingPublic AdministrationConstructionRetail Trade

What the data says about South San Francisco, CA

Corpus placement: South San Francisco, CA ranks #111 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 98th percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Professional & Technical Services leads with 55 of 105 tracked employers (~52%); next sectors in the mix are Manufacturing and Construction. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: CitiusTech Inc., Amgen Inc., and ZS Associates, Inc. (862 filings combined, ~50% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for South San Francisco, CA: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records; state WARN Act layoff notices, including 10 employers with WARN history.

Headline sponsors: CitiusTech Inc., Amgen Inc., and ZS Associates, Inc., together 862 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

South San Francisco, CA reads as a concentrated labor market: Professional & Technical Services alone covers about 52% of tracked employers, so wage and safety benchmarks here are heavily shaped by that sector.

CitiusTech Inc. plus Amgen Inc. account for about 50% of South San Francisco, CA's H-1B filings in this corpus, so local wage medians are sensitive to those sponsors' role mix.

Among employers with a worksite mapped to South San Francisco, CA, 10 carry WARN Act history (50 notices, about 6,513 workers named across credible filings). That is a local stability signal separate from H-1B hiring volume.

Within CA, South San Francisco, 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 South San Francisco, CA

10 tracked employers with a worksite here have filed 50 WARN notices , naming about 6,513 workers across credible records. Compare those employers' profiles before treating any local offer as stable; see largest WARN layoffs for corpus-wide notices.

Top employers in South San Francisco, CA

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1CitiusTech Inc.Professional & Technical Services322$108,650
2Amgen Inc.Professional & Technical Services298$140,623
3ZS Associates, Inc.Professional & Technical Services242$164,000
4Stripe, Inc.Finance & Insurance144$207,358
5Genentech, Inc.Professional & Technical Services111$140,213
6Stripe, LLC83$179,899
7Incedo, INC.Professional & Technical Services80$123,947
8Saama Technologies, LLCProfessional & Technical Services49$120,000
9Zipline International, Inc.Professional & Technical Services37$182,000
10Genentech USA, Inc.Professional & Technical Services29$160,464
11AbbVie Biotherapeutics Inc.Manufacturing25$163,000
12Twist Bioscience CorporationProfessional & Technical Services19$135,699
13Verily Life Sciences LLCProfessional & Technical Services16$173,346
14Veracyte, Inc.Professional & Technical Services13$146,490
15Devcare Solutions LimitedProfessional & Technical Services13$112,000
16Calico Life Sciences LLCProfessional & Technical Services11$160,000
17Insitro, Inc.Professional & Technical Services10$112,549
18Enin Systems INCProfessional & Technical Services10$74,630
19Attainment Holdco LLCEducational Services9$233,625
20Denali Therapeutics Inc.Manufacturing9$138,000
21Frugal Solutions, Inc.Professional & Technical Services9$140,000
22Healthcare Triangle, IncProfessional & Technical Services8$103,043
23GrubMarket, Inc.Retail Trade6$169,261
24Nkarta, Inc.Professional & Technical Services6$130,065
25LinxAI IncProfessional & Technical Services6$105,000
Sources, citation, and related links for South San Francisco, CA

Disclaimer: The South San Francisco, 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 South San Francisco, 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.