Palo Alto, California
City · California, United States
- Applications on record
- 69,888
- FY2025
- 4,453
- FY2026 to 30 June
- 3,404
- Share of U.S. total
- 0.58%
- Median offered wage (LCA)
- $180,000
Median wage$180,000certified 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 Palo Alto, California.
Applications by fiscal year — Palo Alto, California
Data table
| FY2008 | 1,731 |
| FY2009 | 1,236 |
| FY2010 | 1,688 |
| FY2011 | 2,272 |
| FY2012 | 2,481 |
| FY2013 | 2,598 |
| FY2014 | 3,539 |
| FY2015 | 4,035 |
| FY2016 | 4,950 |
| FY2017 | 5,250 |
| FY2018 | 5,551 |
| FY2019 | 5,328 |
| FY2020 | 4,654 |
| FY2021 | 4,381 |
| FY2022 | 4,426 |
| FY2023 | 4,069 |
| FY2024 | 3,842 |
| FY2025 | 4,453 |
| FY2026* | 3,404 |
| Fiscal year | H-2B | LCA | PERM |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026* | 0 | 3,005 | 399 |
| FY2025 | 0 | 3,591 | 862 |
| FY2024 | 0 | 3,121 | 721 |
| FY2023 | 0 | 3,216 | 853 |
| FY2022 | 0 | 3,888 | 538 |
| FY2021 | 0 | 3,574 | 807 |
| FY2020 | 0 | 3,809 | 845 |
| FY2019 | 0 | 4,579 | 749 |
| FY2018 | 1 | 4,583 | 967 |
| FY2017 | 2 | 4,539 | 709 |
| FY2016 | 1 | 3,851 | 1,098 |
| FY2015 | 0 | 3,499 | 536 |
| FY2014 | 0 | 3,097 | 442 |
| FY2013 | 0 | 2,299 | 299 |
| FY2012 | 0 | 2,040 | 441 |
| FY2011 | 0 | 1,874 | 398 |
| FY2010 | 0 | 1,384 | 304 |
| FY2009 | 0 | 1,144 | 92 |
| FY2008 | 0 | 1,445 | 286 |
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 Palo Alto, California.
- Vmware, Inc.10,985
- Tesla, Inc.4,115
- SAP Labs, LLC2,482
- Amazon.com Services LLC1,516
- Tibco Software, Inc.1,329
- Rivian Automotive, LLC1,328
- Rubrik, Inc.1,138
- Groupon, Inc.1,042
- Ariba, Inc.894
- Uber Technologies, Inc.788
- Varian Medical Systems, Inc.720
- JPMORGAN Chase & Co.705
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.
- Software Developers33,654
- Computer Systems Analysts3,924
- Computer Occupations, All Other3,567
- Computer and Information Systems Managers1,889
- Computer and Information Research Scientists1,709
- Mechanical Engineers1,635
- Computer Programmers1,272
- Electrical Engineers1,151
- Financial and Investment Analysts892
- Statisticians866
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 $180,000; middle half $150,000 to $214,179 · median prevailing wage $159,819 (marker) · 9,510 applications.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026
Among cities in California
Palo Alto, California ranks #8 of 571 cities in California by work visa applications on record, with 3.10% of the applications for worksites in the state's cities that have their own page.
- Rank in California
- 8 of 571
- Share of California's city applications
- 3.10%
- Share of U.S. total
- 0.58%
- San Francisco, CA264,290
- San Jose, CA207,366
- Sunnyvale, CA167,630
- Mountain View, CA138,682
- Santa Clara, CA128,958
- Los Angeles, CA105,784
- San Diego, CA103,047
- Palo Alto, CA69,888
- Irvine, CA61,408
- 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.
- AI Scientist
- Applied Scientist II
- Applied Scientist III
- Associate
- Associate Attorney
- Associate, Software Engineer
- Associate, Software Engineer III
- Autopilot Machine Learning Engineer
- Autopilot Software Engineer
- Basic Life Research Scientist
- Data Engineer
- Data Scientist
- Data Scientist II
- Developer
- Development Expert
- Electronic Design Engineer
- Engineering Manager
- Machine Learning Engineer
- Machine Learning Engineer (4)
- Machine Learning Engineer (5)
- Machine Learning Engineer II
- Manager III, Software Development
- Mechanical Design Engineer
- Member of Technical Staff
- Member of Technical Staff 3
- Postdoctoral Research Affiliate
- Principal Engineer
- Principal Software Engineer
- Product Designer
- Product Manager
- R&D Engineer Software
- R&D Engineer Software 3
- R&D Engineer Software 4
- R&D Engineer Software 5
- Research Engineer
- Research Scientist
- Senior Data Engineer
- Senior Data Scientist
- Senior Developer
- Senior Devops Engineer
- Senior Machine Learning Engineer
- Senior Member of Technical Staff
- Senior Product Manager
- Senior Software Development Engineer
- Senior Software Engineer
- Senior Technical Program Manager
- Software Dev Engineer II
- Software Developer
- Software Development Engineer
- Software Development Engineer - Eng
- Software Development Engineer I
- Software Development Engineer II
- Software Development Engineer III
- Software Engineer
- Software Engineer (4)
- Software Engineer (5)
- Software Engineer II
- Software Engineering Lmts
- Software Engineering Smts
- Sourcing Engineer
- SR Software Development Engineer - Eng
- SR. Data Engineer
- SR. Machine Learning Engineer
- SR. Software Engineer
- Staff Engineer
- Staff Machine Learning Engineer
- Staff Mechanical Design Engineer
- Staff Software Engineer
- Technical Program Manager
- Test Engineer
- Vice President, Lead Software Engineer
- Vice President, Software Engineer
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026
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