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Foster City, California

City · California, United States

Applications on record
23,923
FY2025
1,473
FY2026 to 30 June
1,140
Share of U.S. total
0.20%
Median offered wage (LCA)
$158,647
Median wage$158,647certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

All Department of Labor work visa applications with a worksite in Foster City, California.

Applications by fiscal year — Foster City, California

9721,944FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
9721,944FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008503
FY2009532
FY2010652
FY2011850
FY20121,106
FY20131,004
FY20141,285
FY20151,944
FY20161,624
FY20171,421
FY20181,634
FY20191,841
FY20201,495
FY20211,351
FY20221,457
FY20231,304
FY20241,307
FY20251,473
FY2026*1,140
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*956184
FY20251,140333
FY20241,103204
FY20231,092212
FY20221,216241
FY20211,138213
FY20201,328167
FY20191,632209
FY20181,369265
FY20171,224197
FY20161,413211
FY20151,824120
FY20141,108177
FY2013901103
FY2012985121
FY2011748102
FY201056290
FY200950626
FY200846241
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Largest sponsoring employers

Employers with the most applications for jobs in Foster City, California.

Applications by employer
  1. Gilead Sciences, Inc.2,387
  2. Visa U.S.A. Inc.2,348
  3. Zoox Inc.1,987
  4. Visa Technology & Operations LLC1,350
  5. RS Software (india) Ltd.1,163
  6. Inovant, LLC1,121
  7. Infosys Limited831
  8. Cybersource Corporation728
  9. Qualys, Inc.531
  10. IBM Corporation454
  11. Guidewire Software, Inc.429
  12. Quinstreet, Inc.410
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Occupations and routes

SOC 2018 occupation and visa programme of the applications.

Occupations
  1. Software Developers6,862
  2. Computer Systems Analysts3,097
  3. Computer Occupations, All Other2,733
  4. Computer Programmers1,145
  5. Statisticians852
  6. Computer and Information Systems Managers605
  7. Operations Research Analysts555
  8. Mechanical Engineers433
  9. Data Scientists343
  10. Engineers, All Other340
Visa routes
  1. H-1B19,876
  2. PERM labour certification3,216
  3. E-3 (Australia)196
  4. H-1B1 (Singapore)58
  5. H-1B1 (Chile)15
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $158,647; middle half $135,000 to $185,994 · median prevailing wage $149,344 (marker) · 3,137 applications.

$100k$130k$160k$190k$220k
$100k$130k$160k$190k$220k
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Among cities in California

Foster City, California ranks #17 of 571 cities in California by work visa applications on record, with 1.06% of the applications for worksites in the state's cities that have their own page.

Rank in California
17 of 571
Share of California's city applications
1.06%
Share of U.S. total
0.20%
Cities in California with the most applications
  1. San Francisco, CA264,290
  2. San Jose, CA207,366
  3. Sunnyvale, CA167,630
  4. Mountain View, CA138,682
  5. Santa Clara, CA128,958
  6. Los Angeles, CA105,784
  7. San Diego, CA103,047
  8. Palo Alto, CA69,888
  9. Irvine, CA61,408
  10. Fremont, CA59,493
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Job titles with their own pages

Titles with at least 30 labor condition applications here since FY2022.

  • Data Scientist
  • Director
  • Senior Software Engineer
  • Software Engineer
  • Software Engineer - SR. Consultant Level
  • SR. Data Engineer
  • SR. Data Scientist
  • SR. Product Manager
  • SR. Software Engineer
  • SR. SW Engineer
  • SR. SW Test Engineer
  • Staff Data Engineer
  • Staff Software Engineer
  • Staff SW Engineer
  • Staff SW Test Engineer
  • Technical Program Manager
  • Validation Engineer
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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