Worksite city · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA wage area
H-1B salaries in Foster City, CA
13% of new-employment offers here reach Level IV; 28% get a single lottery entry.
1,126certified H-1B LCAs with a worksite here, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$167,938median offer
13%of new-employment offers reach Level IV
311new-employment LCAs
Source U.S. Dept. of Labor, OFLC disclosure files Covers decisions Jul 2025 to Jun 2026 Release FY2026 Q3, published Aug 7, 2026 Wage levels OFLC 2026-27
Wage levels for the top jobs here
same scale for every row · black mark: median offerunder Level ILevel IIIIIIIV and upmedian offerscale $73k to $304k
Lottery entries
311 new-employment LCAs1 entry · Level I2 · Level II3 · Level III4 · Level IVunder Level I, still 1 entry
How this is calculated
New-employment H-1B LCAs only, the filings behind most cap petitions; extensions, transfers and amendments do not go through the lottery, and cap-exempt universities and nonprofit research organizations are left out. Each offered salary (low end of the range) is compared with the OFLC Level I to IV wages for its occupation and worksite area, wage year 2026-27; a filing with several worksites counts at its lowest level, as the rule requires. Numbers on the right are LCAs. Full methodology.
Jobs and employers
Jul 2025 to Jun 2026Top jobs
| Job | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | 345 | $187,574 |
| Data Scientists | 97 | $192,000 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | 79 | $171,122 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | 61 | $162,000 |
| Mechanical Engineers | 55 | $159,000 |
| Industrial Engineers | 43 | $163,030 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | 37 | $203,500 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | 27 | $149,400 |
| Statisticians | 25 | $159,360 |
| Biological Scientists, All Other | 24 | $146,873 |
| Electrical Engineers | 20 | $178,402 |
| Project Management Specialists | 19 | $164,715 |
| Information Security Analysts | 18 | $163,598 |
| Operations Research Analysts | 18 | $143,580 |
| Database Architects | 15 | $204,214 |
Top employers
| Employer | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Zoox Inc. | 337 | $184,829 |
| Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 147 | $159,360 |
| Visa U.S.A. Inc. | 112 | $169,100 |
| Visa Technology & Operations LLC | 99 | $164,403 |
| Qualys, INC. | 45 | $151,258 |
| CyberSource Corporation | 37 | $161,670 |
| Replit, Inc. | 30 | $211,000 |
| Indeed, Inc. | 22 | $187,658 |
| Illumina, Inc. | 21 | $152,400 |
| Zuora, Inc. | 16 | $190,418 |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp | 11 | $150,405 |
| Coupa Software, Inc. | 9 | $178,324 |
| Dako Resources, LLC | 9 | $149,760 |
| Alten Technology USA, Inc. | 8 | $110,091 |
| Kite Pharma Inc. | 7 | $137,920 |
| QuinStreet, Inc. | 6 | $174,306 |
| United Business Solutions Inc | 6 | $137,200 |
| Conviva, INC. | 5 | $220,000 |
| Cognowiz LLC | 4 | $137,322 |
| Infotech Spectrum, INC | 4 | $134,826 |
| All other employers | 191 | – |