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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Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers | 6,153 | $99,711 | 91.67% |
Computer Hardware Engineers | 5,883 | $118,198 | 88.72% |
Civil Engineers | 5,576 | $81,188 | 86.01% |
Information Technology Project Managers | 5,460 | $115,436 | 88.22% |
Computer and Information Research Scientists | 5,435 | $126,687 | 88.29% |
Graphic Designers | 5,374 | $61,642 | 92.48% |
Marketing Managers | 4,787 | $141,945 | 83.15% |
Biochemists and Biophysicists | 4,586 | $98,193 | 83.49% |
Business Intelligence Analysts | 4,424 | $107,157 | 91.94% |
Architectural and Engineering Managers | 4,120 | $158,213 | 87.21% |
Occupation | # of Jobs | Avg Wage | Approval % |
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Soil and Plant Scientists | 1 | $52,000 | 2.94% |
Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food | 1 | $33,384 | 3.13% |
Nonfarm Animal Caretakers | 1 | $30,722 | 3.45% |
Occupation | # of Jobs | Avg Wage | Approval % |
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Architectural and Engineering Managers | 606 | $145,728 | 88.60% |
Multimedia Artists and Animators | 596 | $310,872 | 88.82% |
Information Security Analysts | 493 | $116,050 | 75.85% |
Materials Engineers | 471 | $104,075 | 74.53% |
Financial Managers | 469 | $134,053 | 80.17% |
Database Administrators | 454 | $96,395 | 77.61% |
Logisticians | 447 | $80,450 | 78.42% |
Graphic Designers | 426 | $47,669 | 74.87% |
General and Operations Managers | 373 | $117,201 | 71.59% |
Operations Research Analysts | 353 | $69,962 | 68.41% |
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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California Institute Of Technologyjet Propulsion | 91 | $71,247 | 89.22% |
Mu Sigma Inc | 91 | $73,161 | 89.22% |
Callaway Golf Company | 91 | $100,591 | 89.22% |
Nextev Llc | 91 | $127,674 | 89.22% |
Abbvie Biotherapeutics Inc | 91 | $109,626 | 89.22% |
Hyundai Autoever America Llc | 91 | $103,463 | 89.22% |
Stratitude Inc | 91 | $76,104 | 89.22% |
Walt Disney Pictures | 91 | $89,108 | 89.22% |
Enexus Global Inc | 90 | $89,121 | 89.11% |
Decision Minds Inc | 90 | $90,956 | 89.11% |
Company | # of Jobs | Avg Wage | Approval % |
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Company | # of Jobs | Avg Wage | Approval % |
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Icertis Inc | 7 | $150,960 | 35.00% |
Functional Software Inc Dba Sentry | 7 | $118,863 | 35.00% |
Syapse Inc | 7 | $145,389 | 35.00% |
Inventure Capital Corporation Dba Tala | 7 | $97,570 | 35.00% |
Life On Air Inc | 7 | $145,850 | 35.00% |
Bethel Church Of Redding | 7 | $37,657 | 35.00% |
Healthtap Inc | 7 | $137,916 | 35.00% |
Pluto Inc | 7 | $116,982 | 35.00% |
Earnest Llc | 7 | $148,800 | 35.00% |
Tbwa Worldwide Inc | 7 | $125,035 | 35.00% |
Industry | # of Jobs | Avg Wage | Approval % |
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Research And Development In The Social Sciences And Humanities | 915 | $72,439 | 87.64% |
Supermarkets And Other Grocery Retailers Except Convenience Retailers | 898 | $113,213 | 86.18% |
Other Electronic Parts And Equipment Merchant Wholesalers | 890 | $101,451 | 85.82% |
Other Electrical Equipment And Component Manufacturing | 880 | $104,185 | 86.11% |
Other Services Related To Advertising | 880 | $95,800 | 87.04% |
Medical Laboratories | 878 | $100,756 | 87.36% |
Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing | 872 | $103,804 | 87.29% |
Landscape Architectural Services | 844 | $58,411 | 86.92% |
Medicinal And Botanical Manufacturing | 842 | $95,968 | 87.89% |
Aircraft Manufacturing | 828 | $104,174 | 87.07% |
Industry | # of Jobs | Avg Wage | Approval % |
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Industry | # of Jobs | Avg Wage | Approval % |
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Direct Insurance Except Life Health And Medical Carriers | 69 | $117,286 | 21.77% |
Fitness And Recreational Sports Centers | 68 | $99,690 | 22.22% |
Packaged Frozen Food Merchant Wholesalers | 68 | $68,255 | 22.30% |
Industrial Building Construction | 67 | $82,252 | 22.11% |
Other Specialty Trade Contractors | 66 | $49,726 | 23.00% |
Arts Entertainment And Recreation | 66 | $96,917 | 23.16% |
Lessors Of Nonresidential Buildings Except Miniwarehouses | 66 | $86,832 | 23.91% |
Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing | 65 | $82,783 | 23.90% |
Credit Card Issuing | 64 | $114,961 | 23.79% |
Hardware Manufacturing | 64 | $90,741 | 23.79% |
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.