Worksite city · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA wage area
H-1B salaries in Pasadena, CA
11% of new-employment offers here reach Level IV; 31% get a single lottery entry.
565certified H-1B LCAs with a worksite here, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$109,780median offer
11%of new-employment offers reach Level IV
141new-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 $50k to $208k
Lottery entries
141 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 | 67 | $136,448 |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists | 45 | $165,000 |
| Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists | 27 | $93,080 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | 24 | $86,403 |
| Data Scientists | 23 | $121,805 |
| Physicists | 22 | $110,638 |
| Accountants and Auditors | 20 | $101,888 |
| Biological Scientists, All Other | 18 | $72,723 |
| Engineers, All Other | 15 | $146,016 |
| Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers | 12 | $89,940 |
| Financial and Investment Analysts | 11 | $93,000 |
| Electrical Engineers | 11 | $110,000 |
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | 11 | $78,786 |
| Physical Scientists, All Other | 11 | $121,160 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | 10 | $97,011 |
Top employers
| Employer | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| California Institute of Technology | 170 | $86,880 |
| Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. | 41 | $163,400 |
| ADP Technology Services, Inc. | 24 | $150,132 |
| Tata Consultancy Services Limited | 14 | $86,403 |
| East West Bank | 12 | $119,982 |
| Accenture LLP | 9 | $137,000 |
| Miso Robotics, Inc. | 7 | $116,126 |
| Waterfall Pool Service LLC | 7 | $93,080 |
| BYD America LLC | 5 | $67,974 |
| Narrative Ads LLC | 5 | $67,413 |
| Western Asset Management Company, LLC | 5 | $128,100 |
| Amazon.com Services LLC | 4 | $159,600 |
| BYD Motors LLC | 4 | $83,148 |
| Electric Power Group LLC | 4 | $115,834 |
| First Citizens Bank and Trust Co. | 4 | $137,706 |
| GoElite, Inc. | 4 | $108,000 |
| Huntington Medical Research Institutes | 4 | $86,050 |
| NVIDIA Corporation | 4 | $176,009 |
| Oratomic, Inc. | 4 | $200,000 |
| Pasadena Unified School District | 4 | $100,056 |
| All other employers | 230 | – |