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Sunnyvale, CA

Sunnyvale, CA is a Professional & Technical Services-heavy labor market: 392 tracked employers at a $161,500 median H-1B wage across 43,133 LCAs.

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392
Employers
$161,500
Median H-1B wage
43,133
H-1B filings

Sunnyvale, CA: 392 tracked employers at a $161,500 median H-1B wage across 43,133 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 Sunnyvale, CA (CA), PlainEmployers rolls up 392 employers at a $161,500 disclosed median with 26 employers carrying WARN history. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 392 employers
  • $161,500 median H-1B
  • 43,133 H-1B LCAs
  • 26 WARN employers

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

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

$161,500 Top 25% higher than 75% 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%). Below this entry. $160,000–$180,000: 22,983 credible H-1B wage rows (8%). This entry sits in this band. $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. Sunnyvale, 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

Sunnyvale, CA (392 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, Sunnyvale, CA ranks #25 of 6906 by employer count (about the 100th 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 ServicesInformation & MediaManufacturingRetail TradeTransportation & Warehousing

What the data says about Sunnyvale, CA

Corpus placement: Sunnyvale, CA ranks #25 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 100th percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Professional & Technical Services leads with 194 of 392 tracked employers (~49%); next sectors in the mix are Information & Media and Manufacturing. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: Apple Inc., Amazon.com Services LLC, and Google LLC (17,201 filings combined, ~40% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Sunnyvale, CA: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records; state WARN Act layoff notices, including 26 employers with WARN history.

Headline sponsors: Apple Inc., Amazon.com Services LLC, and Google LLC, together 17,201 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

Sunnyvale, CA reads as a concentrated labor market: Professional & Technical Services alone covers about 49% of tracked employers, so wage and safety benchmarks here are heavily shaped by that sector.

Apple Inc. plus Amazon.com Services LLC account for about 40% of Sunnyvale, 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 Sunnyvale, CA, 26 carry WARN Act history (286 notices, about 20,538 workers named across credible filings). That is a local stability signal separate from H-1B hiring volume.

Within CA, Sunnyvale, 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 Sunnyvale, CA

26 tracked employers with a worksite here have filed 286 WARN notices , naming about 20,538 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 Sunnyvale, CA

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1Apple Inc.Transportation & Warehousing6,047$174,304
2Amazon.com Services LLCTransportation & Warehousing5,757$171,235
3Google LLCProfessional & Technical Services5,397$193,915
4Meta Platforms, IncInformation & Media5,097$214,032
5Wal-Mart Associates, INC.Retail Trade2,614$150,080
6Capgemini America INCProfessional & Technical Services2,299$131,748
7Tesla, Inc.Manufacturing1,868$157,964
8Linkedin CORPORATIONInformation & Media1,150$179,079
9Uber Technologies, Inc.Professional & Technical Services734$199,800
10DoorDash, Inc.Professional & Technical Services406$180,710
11Fiserv Solutions, LLCInformation & Media381$130,707
12GlobalLogic Inc.Professional & Technical Services242$112,923
13Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Manufacturing205$167,877
14Synopsys, Inc.Professional & Technical Services170$147,316
15Target Enterprise, Inc.Retail Trade159$145,018
16Georgia Institute of TechnologyEducational Services153$93,500
17Block, Inc.Information & Media147$222,100
18SK Hynix NAND Product Solutions CorpManufacturing134$147,750
19Fortinet, Inc.Professional & Technical Services119$156,853
20Amazon Advertising LLCRetail Trade113$142,800
21Elite IT Technologies LLCProfessional & Technical Services105$110,079
22Juniper Networks, Inc.Manufacturing97$248,643
23MetLife Group, Inc.Finance & Insurance94$129,663
24Amazon Development Center U.S., INC.Retail Trade94$180,717
25CrowdStrike, Inc.Professional & Technical Services88$220,262
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Disclaimer: The Sunnyvale, 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 Sunnyvale, 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.