Worksite city · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA wage area
H-1B salaries in South San Francisco, CA
11% of new-employment offers here reach Level IV; 36% get a single lottery entry.
696certified H-1B LCAs with a worksite here, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$155,344median offer
11%of new-employment offers reach Level IV
191new-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 $71k to $232k
Lottery entries
191 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 | 101 | $161,637 |
| Biological Scientists, All Other | 87 | $135,000 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | 61 | $150,500 |
| Data Scientists | 55 | $164,403 |
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | 40 | $150,000 |
| Biochemists and Biophysicists | 36 | $141,949 |
| Operations Research Analysts | 30 | $170,000 |
| Statisticians | 22 | $139,901 |
| Chemists | 22 | $146,508 |
| Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists | 19 | $159,328 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | 17 | $246,000 |
| Mechanical Engineers | 15 | $160,000 |
| Industrial Engineers | 14 | $165,000 |
| Management Analysts | 11 | $141,003 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | 10 | $128,180 |
Top employers
| Employer | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Genentech, Inc. | 121 | $143,200 |
| Stripe, Inc. | 77 | $171,621 |
| Zipline International Inc. | 56 | $170,000 |
| ZS Associates, Inc. | 44 | $171,200 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 33 | $159,328 |
| AbbVie Biotherapeutics Inc. | 16 | $149,156 |
| Calico Life Sciences LLC | 15 | $164,000 |
| Amgen Inc. | 14 | $159,948 |
| Twist Bioscience Corporation | 11 | $135,699 |
| Blue Matter Consulting LLC | 9 | $130,000 |
| Insitro, Inc. | 8 | $112,549 |
| Saama Technologies, LLC | 8 | $118,500 |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | 8 | $164,757 |
| AeroVect Technologies Inc | 7 | $195,000 |
| MRL San Francisco, LLC | 7 | $140,213 |
| Ernst & Young U.S. LLP | 6 | $160,463 |
| CNN IT Corp Inc. | 5 | $115,000 |
| ProcDNA, LLC | 5 | $155,000 |
| AbbVie Inc. | 4 | $175,000 |
| Aochi AI LLC | 4 | $84,240 |
| All other employers | 238 | – |