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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Mental Health Counselors | 283 | $47,550 | 88.16% |
Physical Scientists, All Other | 279 | $63,724 | 86.92% |
Health Educators | 279 | $41,619 | 90.00% |
Mechatronics Engineers | 275 | $111,172 | 89.87% |
Fashion Designers | 266 | $48,440 | 89.26% |
Auditors | 260 | $74,270 | 88.44% |
Social and Community Service Managers | 257 | $62,616 | 89.55% |
Automotive Engineers | 254 | $115,349 | 89.12% |
Health Diagnosing and Treating Practitioners, All Other | 252 | $46,908 | 88.42% |
Healthcare Social Workers | 251 | $51,887 | 89.64% |
Occupation | # of Jobs | Avg Wage | Approval % |
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Occupation | # of Jobs | Avg Wage | Approval % |
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Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers | 41 | $39,198 | 28.08% |
Carpenters | 41 | $38,207 | 28.28% |
Psychiatrists | 40 | $163,692 | 27.97% |
Urban and Regional Planners | 39 | $65,198 | 27.46% |
Procurement Clerks | 39 | $38,092 | 27.46% |
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers | 38 | $114,628 | 26.95% |
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand | 38 | $25,181 | 26.95% |
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers | 38 | $46,623 | 27.14% |
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technicians | 38 | $66,479 | 27.14% |
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors | 37 | $45,215 | 26.81% |
Country | # of Jobs | Avg Wage | Approval % |
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Rwanda | 10 | $96,589 | 45.45% |
Cameroon | 10 | $82,778 | 47.62% |
Paraguay | 9 | $64,009 | 42.86% |
Mauritius | 8 | $77,522 | 38.10% |
Palestine | 8 | $94,532 | 42.11% |
Sudan | 8 | $96,341 | 47.06% |
Bolivia | 7 | $86,008 | 43.75% |
Iraq | 7 | $98,473 | 43.75% |
Tanzania | 6 | $94,248 | 40.00% |
Macedonia | 6 | $76,374 | 46.15% |
Company | # of Jobs | Avg Wage | Approval % |
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Google Llc | 38,716 | $127,956 | 94.62% |
Infosys Limited | 36,898 | $83,664 | 99.63% |
Apple Inc | 22,458 | $137,574 | 95.00% |
Facebook Inc | 13,287 | $138,722 | 79.66% |
Tata Consultancy Services Limited | 13,278 | $77,335 | 90.33% |
Qualcomm Technologies Inc | 12,429 | $111,545 | 91.74% |
Google Inc | 11,217 | $104,626 | 83.70% |
Ernst Young Us Llp | 10,887 | $87,513 | 92.65% |
Wipro Limited | 10,642 | $83,359 | 96.42% |
Intel Corporation | 10,332 | $112,309 | 94.84% |
Company | # of Jobs | Avg Wage | Approval % |
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Company | # of Jobs | Avg Wage | Approval % |
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Apple Inc | 9,547 | $120,655 | 82.47% |
Google Inc | 6,753 | $104,685 | 70.73% |
Cisco Systems Inc | 5,845 | $115,778 | 78.35% |
Oracle America Inc | 3,708 | $116,020 | 54.91% |
Linkedin Corporation | 2,794 | $120,757 | 42.45% |
Amazoncom Services Llc | 2,375 | $116,864 | 40.63% |
Paypal Inc | 2,178 | $117,471 | 58.74% |
Yahoo Inc | 1,800 | $109,314 | 49.71% |
Microsoft Corporation | 1,740 | $112,768 | 56.20% |
Broadcom Corporation | 1,451 | $111,455 | 51.93% |
Industry | # of Jobs | Avg Wage | Approval % |
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New Single Family Housing Construction Except For Sale Builders | 76 | $75,492 | 86.36% |
Other Business Support Services | 76 | $108,190 | 86.36% |
Manufacturing And Reproducing Magnetic And Optical Media | 76 | $71,765 | 87.36% |
Plastics Material And Resin Manufacturing | 75 | $70,054 | 86.21% |
Indoor And Outdoor Display Advertising | 75 | $85,864 | 86.21% |
Packaging Machinery Manufacturing | 75 | $79,379 | 86.21% |
Heavy Duty Truck Manufacturing | 75 | $96,235 | 86.21% |
All Other Specialty Trade Contractors | 75 | $68,192 | 86.21% |
Lessors Of Real Estate | 74 | $111,070 | 86.05% |
Furniture And Home Furnishing Merchant Wholesalers | 73 | $51,918 | 84.88% |
Industry | # of Jobs | Avg Wage | Approval % |
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Industry | # of Jobs | Avg Wage | Approval % |
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Justice Public Order And Safety Activities | 1 | $54,496 | 3.23% |
All Other Grain Farming | 1 | $84,573 | 3.23% |
Metal Kitchen Cookware Utensil Cutlery And Flatware Except Precious Manufacturing | 1 | $58,136 | 3.23% |
Truck Transportation | 1 | $57,387 | 3.23% |
Legislative Bodies | 1 | $53,477 | 3.33% |
Metal Ore Mining | 1 | $91,478 | 3.33% |
Veneer Plywood And Engineered Wood Product Manufacturing | 1 | $28,891 | 3.33% |
Grantmaking And Giving Services | 1 | $59,717 | 3.33% |
Nitrogenous Fertilizer Manufacturing | 1 | $56,056 | 3.33% |
Paperboard Mills | 1 | $117,042 | 3.33% |
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.