Worksite city · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA wage area
H-1B salaries in San Francisco, CA
26% of new-employment offers here reach Level IV; 24% get a single lottery entry.
11,750certified H-1B LCAs with a worksite here, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$186,000median offer
26%of new-employment offers reach Level IV
3,565new-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 $66k to $304k
Lottery entries
3,565 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 | 4,446 | $200,000 |
| Data Scientists | 977 | $178,230 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | 688 | $181,293 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | 492 | $255,000 |
| Financial and Investment Analysts | 422 | $170,000 |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists | 365 | $209,082 |
| Accountants and Auditors | 296 | $133,154 |
| Management Analysts | 283 | $185,000 |
| Operations Research Analysts | 275 | $149,840 |
| Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists | 216 | $150,000 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | 202 | $163,613 |
| Biochemists and Biophysicists | 142 | $83,600 |
| Web and Digital Interface Designers | 137 | $186,763 |
| Project Management Specialists | 130 | $164,715 |
| Sales Engineers | 125 | $161,470 |
Top employers
| Employer | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Salesforce, Inc. | 782 | $222,977 |
| University of California, San Francisco | 355 | $92,284 |
| Amazon.com Services LLC | 300 | $186,000 |
| Google LLC | 273 | $196,000 |
| Uber Technologies, Inc. | 261 | $187,900 |
| Ernst & Young U.S. LLP | 242 | $158,323 |
| Anthropic, PBC | 200 | $199,420 |
| OpenAI OpCo, LLC | 192 | $280,000 |
| Airbnb, Inc. | 144 | $191,000 |
| Databricks, Inc. | 137 | $152,712 |
| DoorDash, Inc. | 135 | $187,741 |
| Adobe Inc. | 125 | $174,900 |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 114 | $171,242 |
| LinkedIn Corporation | 108 | $162,500 |
| Autodesk, Inc. | 99 | $185,994 |
| Pinterest, Inc. | 93 | $187,741 |
| Chime Financial, Inc. | 91 | $200,000 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | 88 | $223,376 |
| Crusoe Energy Systems, Inc. | 84 | $220,000 |
| Resolve AI, Inc. | 83 | $230,000 |
| All other employers | 7,844 | – |