Worksite city · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA wage area
H-1B salaries in Stanford, CA
0% of new-employment offers here reach Level IV; 83% get a single lottery entry.
364certified H-1B LCAs with a worksite here, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$91,000median offer
0%of new-employment offers reach Level IV
23new-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 $68k to $269k
Lottery entries
23 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biological Scientists, All Other | 86 | $83,000 |
| Biochemists and Biophysicists | 63 | $79,802 |
| Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other | 35 | $101,192 |
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | 22 | $92,000 |
| Physicists | 11 | $82,000 |
| Data Scientists | 10 | $119,464 |
| Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers | 10 | $115,925 |
| Software Developers | 9 | $149,365 |
| Mechanical Engineers | 5 | $84,947 |
| Economics Teachers, Postsecondary | 5 | $331,602 |
| Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists | 4 | $109,990 |
| Statisticians | 4 | $116,818 |
| Engineers, All Other | 4 | $115,000 |
| Materials Scientists | 4 | $97,388 |
| Political Scientists | 4 | $209,700 |
Top employers
| Employer | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| The Leland Stanford, Jr University | 304 | $87,625 |
| Stanford Health Care | 36 | $101,192 |
| Howard Hughes Medical Institute | 7 | $85,384 |
| StellAI Loom Inc. | 4 | $109,990 |
| Carnegie Institution of Washington d/b/a Carnegie Institution for Science | 3 | $82,467 |
| All other employers | 10 | – |