Worksite city · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA wage area
H-1B salaries in Oakland, CA
14% of new-employment offers here reach Level IV; 51% get a single lottery entry.
797certified H-1B LCAs with a worksite here, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$142,324median offer
14%of new-employment offers reach Level IV
202new-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 $61k to $304k
Lottery entries
202 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 | 143 | $187,574 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | 95 | $143,000 |
| Civil Engineers | 70 | $111,919 |
| Data Scientists | 41 | $174,400 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | 29 | $270,000 |
| Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education | 29 | $67,430 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | 19 | $128,665 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | 18 | $128,125 |
| Computer Programmers | 18 | $107,203 |
| Management Analysts | 17 | $171,000 |
| Statisticians | 16 | $172,068 |
| Mechanical Engineers | 15 | $140,000 |
| Electrical Engineers | 14 | $134,528 |
| Database Administrators | 13 | $148,000 |
| Database Architects | 12 | $178,872 |
Top employers
| Employer | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Credit Karma LLC | 48 | $267,036 |
| Pacific Gas and Electric Company | 46 | $170,184 |
| Block, Inc. | 40 | $225,188 |
| Intuit Inc. | 35 | $226,668 |
| California Department of Transportation | 30 | $89,136 |
| Infosys Limited | 30 | $114,795 |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp | 21 | $150,405 |
| Delta Dental Of California | 20 | $161,637 |
| Yu Ming Charter School | 17 | $61,623 |
| Education for Change | 14 | $83,436 |
| CRA International, Inc. | 13 | $133,000 |
| Tata Consultancy Services Limited | 13 | $113,277 |
| Everlaw, Inc. | 11 | $161,637 |
| Fivetran, Inc. | 11 | $180,000 |
| California Physicians' Service | 9 | $206,980 |
| AECOM Technical Services Inc | 8 | $127,450 |
| Andrew M. Jordan, Inc. | 8 | $122,500 |
| Ernst & Young U.S. LLP | 8 | $158,919 |
| Hitachi Rail STS USA, Inc. | 7 | $134,056 |
| Lincoln University | 6 | $65,153 |
| All other employers | 402 | – |