San Francisco, California
City · California, United States
- Applications on record
- 264,290
- FY2025
- 15,855
- FY2026 to 30 June
- 12,645
- Share of U.S. total
- 2.18%
- Median offered wage (LCA)
- $175,000
Median wage$175,000certified 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 San Francisco, California.
Applications by fiscal year — San Francisco, California
Data table
| FY2008 | 4,872 |
| FY2009 | 4,727 |
| FY2010 | 5,433 |
| FY2011 | 6,019 |
| FY2012 | 8,111 |
| FY2013 | 8,982 |
| FY2014 | 12,532 |
| FY2015 | 16,065 |
| FY2016 | 18,805 |
| FY2017 | 18,789 |
| FY2018 | 21,840 |
| FY2019 | 22,857 |
| FY2020 | 19,349 |
| FY2021 | 18,222 |
| FY2022 | 19,470 |
| FY2023 | 15,683 |
| FY2024 | 14,034 |
| FY2025 | 15,855 |
| FY2026* | 12,645 |
| Fiscal year | H-2B | LCA | PERM |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026* | 3 | 10,377 | 2,265 |
| FY2025 | 0 | 12,066 | 3,789 |
| FY2024 | 4 | 11,501 | 2,529 |
| FY2023 | 0 | 12,475 | 3,208 |
| FY2022 | 4 | 16,174 | 3,292 |
| FY2021 | 2 | 14,799 | 3,421 |
| FY2020 | 2 | 16,518 | 2,829 |
| FY2019 | 2 | 19,806 | 3,049 |
| FY2018 | 0 | 18,400 | 3,440 |
| FY2017 | 1 | 16,142 | 2,646 |
| FY2016 | 1 | 15,669 | 3,135 |
| FY2015 | 2 | 14,410 | 1,653 |
| FY2014 | 0 | 11,381 | 1,151 |
| FY2013 | 0 | 8,341 | 641 |
| FY2012 | 0 | 7,291 | 820 |
| FY2011 | 0 | 5,423 | 596 |
| FY2010 | 0 | 4,773 | 660 |
| FY2009 | 0 | 4,389 | 338 |
| FY2008 | 0 | 4,360 | 512 |
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 San Francisco, California.
- Uber Technologies, Inc.7,319
- Salesforce.com, Inc.7,236
- Salesforce, Inc.6,935
- University of California, San Francisco5,484
- Ernst & Young U.S. LLP4,616
- Infosys Limited4,047
- Google LLC3,697
- Twitter, Inc.3,663
- Airbnb, Inc.3,148
- Deloitte Consulting LLP2,713
- DoorDash, Inc.2,321
- Autodesk, Inc.2,230
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 Developers101,026
- Computer Systems Analysts16,526
- Computer Occupations, All Other16,235
- Computer and Information Systems Managers9,321
- Accountants and Auditors7,561
- Financial and Investment Analysts7,327
- Management Analysts6,588
- Operations Research Analysts6,424
- Computer Programmers5,688
- Statisticians5,585
- H-1B206,586
- PERM labour certification39,974
- E-3 (Australia)10,516
- H-1B1 (Singapore)1,805
- H-1B1 (Chile)615
- H-2B non-agricultural workers21
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 $175,000; middle half $139,630 to $211,909 · median prevailing wage $150,405 (marker) · 33,113 applications.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026
Among cities in California
San Francisco, California ranks #1 of 571 cities in California by work visa applications on record, with 11.71% of the applications for worksites in the state's cities that have their own page.
- Rank in California
- 1 of 571
- Share of California's city applications
- 11.71%
- Share of U.S. total
- 2.18%
- 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.
- Account Executive
- Account Manager
- Accountant
- AI Engineer
- Amts Software Engineer
- Analyst
- Applied Scientist
- Applied Scientist II
- Architect
- Architect (non-licensed)
- Architectural Designer
- Assistant Professional Researcher
- Assistant Professor
- Assistant Researcher
- Assistant Specialist
- Associate
- Associate Attorney
- Associate Product Manager
- Associate Specialist
- Attorney
- Audit & Assurance Assistant
- Audit & Assurance Senior
- Backend Engineer
- Business Analyst
- Business Intelligence Analyst
- Business Intelligence Engineer II
- Business Operations Manager
- Business Systems Analyst
- Chief Executive Officer
- Chief of Staff
- Chief Operating Officer
- Chief Technology Officer
- Clinical Laboratory Scientist
- Consultant
- Consultant - US
- Customer Engineer
- Customer Success Manager
- Data Analyst
- Data Engineer
- Data Engineer II
- Data Science Manager
- Data Scientist
- Data Scientist II
- Data Scientist, Analytics
- Design Engineer
- Designer
- Devops Engineer
- Director
- Director of Engineering
- Director Software Engineering
- Director, Engineering
- Director, Product Management
- Engagement Manager
- Engineer
- Engineering Manager
- Finance Manager
- Financial Analyst
- Forward Deployed Engineer
- Founding Engineer
- Founding Software Engineer
- Full Specialist
- Group Product Manager
- Head of Product
- Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
- Interaction Designer
- Investment Associate
- Investment Banking Analyst
- Investment Banking Associate
- Landscape Designer
- Law Clerk
- Lead Data Scientist
- Lead Engineer
- Lead Product Manager
- Lead Software Engineer
- Machine Learning Engineer
- Machine Learning Engineer II
- Machine Learning Research Engineer
- Manager
- Manager III, Software Development
- Manager JC50
- Manager JC50 - Computer Systems Engineers/architects
- Manager, Engineering
- Manager, Software Engineering
- Market Research Analyst
- Marketing Manager
- Mechanical Engineer
- Member of Technical Staff
- Member of Technical Staff (software Engineer)
- MTS 1, Software Engineer
- MTS Software Engineer
- Partner
- Postdoctoral Scholar
- Principal
- Principal Engineer
- Principal Product Manager
- Principal Software Engineer
- Product Analyst
- Product Designer
- Product Engineer
- Product Management
- Product Manager
- Product Manager III - Technical
- Product Marketing Manager
- Product Operations
- Product Security Engineer
- Professional Services II
- Program Manager
- Project Engineer
- Project Leader
- Project Manager
- Quality Assurance Engineer II
- Research Associate
- Research Engineer
- Research Scientist
- Salesforce Developer
- Scientist
- Security Engineer
- Senior Accountant
- Senior Analyst
- Senior Applied Scientist
- Senior Associate
- Senior Backend Engineer
- Senior Business Analyst
- Senior Consultant
- Senior Data Analyst
- Senior Data Engineer
- Senior Data Scientist
- Senior Designer
- Senior Devops Engineer
- Senior Engineer
- Senior Engineering Manager
- Senior Financial Analyst
- Senior Machine Learning Engineer
- Senior Manager
- Senior Manager, Engineering
- Senior Manager, Software Engineering
- Senior Product Analyst
- Senior Product Designer
- Senior Product Manager
- Senior Program Manager
- Senior Salesforce Developer
- Senior Software Associate
- Senior Software Developer
- Senior Software Engineer
- Senior Software Engineer I
- Senior Software Engineer II
- Senior Staff Engineer
- Senior Staff Software Engineer
- Senior Systems Engineer
- Senior Technical Consultant
- Senior Technical Program Manager
- Site Reliability Engineer
- Software Dev Engineer II
- Software Developer
- Software Development Engineer
- Software Development Engineer I
- Software Development Engineer II
- Software Development Engineer III
- Software Engineer
- Software Engineer (4)
- Software Engineer (L3)
- Software Engineer 2
- Software Engineer 3
- Software Engineer I
- Software Engineer II
- Software Engineer III
- Software Engineer MTS
- Software Engineer, Backend
- Software Engineer, Machine Learning
- Software Engineering
- Software Engineering Amts
- Software Engineering Architect
- Software Engineering Lmts
- Software Engineering Manager
- Software Engineering MTS
- Software Engineering Pmts
- Software Engineering Smts
- Software Programmer II
- Solution Architect II
- Solutions Architect
- Solutions Architect II
- Solutions Architect III
- Solutions Consultant
- Solutions Engineer
- Specialist
- Speech Language Pathologist
- SR. Machine Learning Engineer
- SR. Product Manager
- SR. Software Engineer
- Staff Accountant
- Staff Data Engineer
- Staff Data Scientist
- Staff Engineer
- Staff Machine Learning Engineer
- Staff Product Designer
- Staff Product Manager
- Staff Software Engineer
- Systems Engineer
- Tax Consultant
- Tax Manager
- Tax Senior
- Technical Consultant
- Technical Product Manager
- Technical Program Manager
- Technical Program Manager II
- Technology Lead - US
- User Experience Designer
- Ux Designer
- Ux Researcher
- Vice President
- Visiting Assistant Professor
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026
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