Metro area · CA

Sunnyvale, CA

H-1B hiring, wages and employer concentration across 397 employers in the Sunnyvale, CA metro.

397
Employers
$158,682
Median H-1B wage
22,396
H-1B filings

The metro at a glance

Sunnyvale, CA, CA aggregates 397 tracked employers at a $158,682 median H-1B wage and 22,396 H-1B filings on record, with hiring concentrated in Professional & Technical Services and Information & Media.

397
employers
$158,682
median H-1B wage
22,396
H-1B filings
5
top industries
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesInformation & MediaManufacturingTransportation & WarehousingRetail TradeAdministrative & 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.

Sunnyvale, CA, CA aggregates 397 employers at a median disclosed H-1B wage of $158,682, 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: Amazon.com Services LLC, Apple Inc., and Meta Platforms, Inc, together 10,975 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 Sunnyvale, CA

Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in

employers

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

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

Top employers in Sunnyvale, CA

# Employer H-1B filingsMedian wage
1 Amazon.com Services LLC Transportation & Warehousing 5,757 $171,235
2 Apple Inc. Transportation & Warehousing 2,751 $179,321
3 Meta Platforms, Inc Information & Media 2,467 $370,590
4 Google LLC Professional & Technical Services 2,367 $355,887
5 WAL-MART ASSOCIATES, INC. Retail Trade 1,823 $147,343
6 CAPGEMINI AMERICA INC Professional & Technical Services 1,420 $363,409
7 Tesla, Inc. Manufacturing 856 $159,976
8 Uber Technologies, Inc. Professional & Technical Services 378 $193,074
9 LINKEDIN CORPORATION Information & Media 328 $175,238
10 DoorDash, Inc. Professional & Technical Services 257 $180,193
11 Fiserv Solutions, LLC Information & Media 238 $132,391
12 GlobalLogic Inc. Professional & Technical Services 136 $116,081
13 Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. Manufacturing 120 $155,490
14 Target Enterprise, Inc. Retail Trade 104 $139,391
15 Juniper Networks, Inc. Manufacturing 96 $168,791
16 Block, Inc. Information & Media 95 $322,116
17 AMAZON DEVELOPMENT CENTER U.S., INC. Retail Trade 94 $180,717
18 Georgia Institute of Technology Educational Services 92 $87,226
19 CEPHEID Manufacturing 63 $145,873
20 CrowdStrike, Inc. Professional & Technical Services 62 $192,075
21 MetLife Group, Inc. Finance & Insurance 62 $124,264
22 Synopsys, Inc. Professional & Technical Services 59 $177,476
23 Fortinet, Inc. Professional & Technical Services 56 $164,938
24 Amazon Advertising LLC Retail Trade 56 $168,662
25 LatentView Analytics Corporation Professional & Technical Services 52 $142,643

What this means if you work in Sunnyvale, CA

Use Sunnyvale, CA's $158,682 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 $158,682 is worth questioning, the median here is set by 397 tracked employers.
  • Amazon.com Services LLC 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.