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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Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | 3,922 | $65,970 | 85.00% |
Information Security Analysts | 3,907 | $110,021 | 92.60% |
Engineers, All Other | 3,193 | $85,668 | 86.79% |
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval | 2,849 | $64,016 | 81.75% |
Logisticians | 2,748 | $79,940 | 82.67% |
Biological Scientists, All Other | 2,747 | $63,793 | 86.99% |
Biomedical Engineers | 2,732 | $91,100 | 90.25% |
Speech-Language Pathologists | 2,606 | $70,176 | 90.58% |
Materials Engineers | 2,466 | $103,371 | 87.82% |
Lawyers | 2,420 | $133,781 | 89.27% |
Occupation | # of Jobs | Avg Wage | Approval % |
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Occupation | # of Jobs | Avg Wage | Approval % |
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Computer Programmers | 335 | $96,034 | 66.34% |
Nursing Assistants | 330 | $28,163 | 66.53% |
Sales Managers | 318 | $113,528 | 68.53% |
Computer Network Architects | 311 | $128,680 | 69.89% |
Cooks, Restaurant | 311 | $30,293 | 72.33% |
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 303 | $39,953 | 71.97% |
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval | 299 | $71,034 | 71.70% |
Biomedical Engineers | 298 | $93,690 | 71.81% |
Engineers, All Other | 296 | $107,254 | 71.67% |
Lawyers | 269 | $124,835 | 66.58% |
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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Commuter Rail Systems | 4 | $82,628 | 80.00% |
Reconstituted Wood Product Manufacturing | 4 | $63,092 | 100.00% |
Drive In Motion Picture Theaters | 4 | $40,440 | 100.00% |
Boiler Tank And Shipping Container Manufacturing | 4 | $81,344 | 100.00% |
Building Material And Supplies Dealers | 4 | $69,451 | 100.00% |
Fertilizer And Compost Manufacturing | 4 | $58,781 | 100.00% |
Pulp Mills | 4 | $51,678 | 100.00% |
Asphalt Shingle And Coating Materials Manufacturing | 4 | $86,050 | 100.00% |
Hay Farming | 4 | $45,885 | 100.00% |
Textile Furnishings Mills | 4 | $63,924 | 100.00% |
Industry | # of Jobs | Avg Wage | Approval % |
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Industry | # of Jobs | Avg Wage | Approval % |
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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.