Total Visas | % of all Visas | Average Wage | Visa Type |
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1,132,362 | 86.89% | $100,819 | H-1B |
137,987 | 10.59% | $145,140 | PERM |
27,949 | 2.14% | $107,091 | E-3 Australian |
4,960 | 0.38% | $29,309 | H-2A |
As of May 2023, California has seen a total of 1,303,258 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in California is the H-1B visa with 1,132,362 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 86.89% of California's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 137,987 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 10.59% of California's total visas.
Occupation | # of Jobs | Avg Wage | Approval % |
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Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education | 645 | $45,444 | 86.46% |
Data Warehousing Specialists | 629 | $112,730 | 85.23% |
Database Architects | 624 | $108,974 | 85.83% |
Managers, All Other | 619 | $115,913 | 86.82% |
Soil and Plant Scientists | 619 | $54,460 | 87.06% |
Interpreters and Translators | 617 | $46,490 | 87.39% |
Aerospace Engineers | 598 | $99,915 | 85.06% |
Judicial Law Clerks | 587 | $56,549 | 83.50% |
Art Directors | 586 | $104,432 | 84.68% |
Robotics Engineers | 583 | $118,656 | 84.62% |
Occupation | # of Jobs | Avg Wage | Approval % |
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Occupation | # of Jobs | Avg Wage | Approval % |
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Childcare Workers | 90 | $26,991 | 41.47% |
Computer User Support Specialists | 87 | $76,836 | 40.85% |
Nonfarm Animal Caretakers | 87 | $25,572 | 41.04% |
Instructional Coordinators | 87 | $54,227 | 41.23% |
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary | 87 | $66,640 | 41.43% |
Interpreters and Translators | 85 | $43,451 | 40.48% |
Environmental Engineers | 83 | $81,807 | 39.71% |
Fashion Designers | 81 | $53,104 | 38.94% |
Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products | 80 | $58,525 | 38.46% |
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 79 | $55,037 | 38.16% |
Country | # of Jobs | Avg Wage | Approval % |
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India | 42,735 | $178,228 | 48.91% |
China | 15,777 | $108,656 | 53.06% |
South Korea | 4,032 | $154,868 | 40.97% |
Canada | 3,684 | $145,079 | 47.74% |
Taiwan | 1,769 | $272,719 | 36.38% |
Philippines | 1,733 | $517,903 | 45.04% |
Mexico | 1,231 | $85,995 | 37.92% |
United Kingdom | 913 | $111,050 | 45.38% |
Japan | 796 | $241,546 | 40.24% |
France | 786 | $107,939 | 47.61% |
Company | # of Jobs | Avg Wage | Approval % |
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University Of California San Francisco | 2,464 | $128,609 | 84.38% |
Persistent Systems Inc | 2,441 | $79,207 | 83.80% |
Twitter Inc | 2,433 | $124,754 | 87.08% |
Marvell Semiconductor Inc | 2,303 | $109,783 | 83.72% |
Adobe Inc | 2,296 | $149,584 | 86.48% |
Qualcomm Atheros Inc | 2,289 | $117,740 | 88.45% |
Applied Materials Inc | 2,269 | $117,309 | 88.05% |
Qualcomm Incorporated | 2,241 | $88,160 | 90.00% |
Amazon Web Services Inc | 2,186 | $123,935 | 89.12% |
Palo Alto Networks Inc | 2,163 | $142,208 | 91.38% |
Company | # of Jobs | Avg Wage | Approval % |
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Company | # of Jobs | Avg Wage | Approval % |
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Arista Networks Inc | 278 | $111,279 | 43.44% |
University Of Southern California | 277 | $68,833 | 43.28% |
Micron Technology Inc | 260 | $112,719 | 40.75% |
Samsung Research America Inc | 259 | $127,397 | 41.11% |
Omnivision Technologies Inc | 256 | $104,315 | 43.10% |
Epam Systems Inc | 244 | $98,656 | 41.36% |
Roku Inc | 244 | $160,908 | 41.57% |
Genentech Inc | 243 | $113,194 | 41.47% |
Lendingclub Corporation | 242 | $121,330 | 44.32% |
Amazon Corporate Llc | 239 | $107,560 | 44.10% |
Industry | # of Jobs | Avg Wage | Approval % |
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Radio And Television Broadcasting And Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing | 17,764 | $106,869 | 85.22% |
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services | 16,252 | $92,674 | 94.43% |
Offices Of Certified Public Accountants | 15,717 | $79,425 | 94.75% |
Financial Transactions Processing Reserve And Clearinghouse Activities | 13,776 | $127,944 | 93.01% |
Administrative Management And General Management Consulting Services | 9,480 | $98,388 | 93.54% |
Management Consulting Services | 9,232 | $89,300 | 92.69% |
Research And Development In The Physical Engineering And Life Sciences | 8,765 | $106,353 | 91.38% |
Accounting Tax Preparation Bookkeeping And Payroll Services | 6,554 | $75,736 | 94.51% |
All Other Professional Scientific And Technical Services | 6,097 | $99,638 | 88.20% |
Computer Storage Device Manufacturing | 5,166 | $116,276 | 90.68% |
Industry | # of Jobs | Avg Wage | Approval % |
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Crop Production | 83 | $35,077 | 100.00% |
Greenhouse Nursery And Floriculture Production | 76 | $35,004 | 100.00% |
Soil Preparation Planting And Cultivating | 73 | $28,085 | 100.00% |
Support Activities For Agriculture And Forestry | 59 | $35,754 | 100.00% |
Agriculture Forestry Fishing And Hunting | 58 | $34,656 | 100.00% |
All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming | 45 | $25,279 | 100.00% |
Other Crop Farming | 44 | $34,410 | 100.00% |
Cattle Ranching And Farming | 41 | $31,076 | 100.00% |
Beef Cattle Ranching And Farming | 34 | $31,432 | 100.00% |
Other Noncitrus Fruit Farming | 29 | $33,533 | 100.00% |
Industry | # of Jobs | Avg Wage | Approval % |
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Offices Of Lawyers | 855 | $88,146 | 21.63% |
All Other Travel Arrangement And Reservation Services | 837 | $117,870 | 22.03% |
Surgical And Medical Instrument Manufacturing | 716 | $106,518 | 31.79% |
Other Activities Related To Real Estate | 625 | $327,423 | 29.98% |
Other Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers | 502 | $61,574 | 30.63% |
Freight Transportation Arrangement | 498 | $63,811 | 35.29% |
Limited Service Restaurants | 480 | $32,183 | 35.16% |
Other Management Consulting Services | 440 | $104,728 | 34.08% |
Offices Of All Other Miscellaneous Health Practitioners | 431 | $207,577 | 33.59% |
Computer And Electronic Product Manufacturing | 423 | $91,011 | 34.76% |
The chart below compares The average wage in California to that of the other top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in California over all years is $100,819. California has the highest average wage of H1-B workers for all states, with the second highest average wage being WA with an average wage of $99,834.