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San Jose, California

City · California, United States

Applications on record
207,366
FY2025
13,565
FY2026 to 30 June
11,795
Share of U.S. total
1.71%
Median offered wage (LCA)
$170,000
Median wage$170,000certified 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 Jose, California.

Applications by fiscal year — San Jose, California

7,34915kFY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
7,34915kFY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY20085,931
FY20094,772
FY20106,148
FY20116,709
FY20127,467
FY20138,561
FY201410,937
FY201513,422
FY201613,568
FY201712,831
FY201814,698
FY201914,440
FY202012,500
FY202112,642
FY202213,727
FY202311,817
FY202411,836
FY202513,565
FY2026*11,795
Fiscal yearH-2AH-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*129,3632,429
FY20253211,1702,390
FY20243710,1881,638
FY2023149,8281,984
FY20220311,4802,244
FY20210810,6072,027
FY202001110,3562,133
FY20190211,6792,759
FY20180412,3252,369
FY20170610,9131,912
FY20160010,7672,801
FY20150010,9732,449
FY2014009,2781,659
FY2013007,564997
FY2012006,2071,260
FY2011005,2621,447
FY2010004,7971,351
FY2009004,093679
FY2008005,000931
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 Jose, California.

Applications by employer
  1. Paypal, Inc.12,230
  2. Cisco Systems, Inc.12,200
  3. Ebay Inc.11,377
  4. Adobe Inc.5,122
  5. Infosys Limited3,962
  6. IBM Corporation3,116
  7. Cadence Design Systems, Inc.2,945
  8. Bytedance Inc.2,722
  9. Ernst & Young U.S. LLP2,708
  10. Wipro Limited2,575
  11. Nutanix, Inc.2,546
  12. Xilinx, Inc.2,367
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 Developers71,370
  2. Computer Systems Analysts18,128
  3. Electronics Engineers, Except Computer16,225
  4. Computer Occupations, All Other16,045
  5. Computer Programmers9,813
  6. Accountants and Auditors5,432
  7. Electrical Engineers4,701
  8. Computer and Information Systems Managers4,412
  9. Operations Research Analysts3,282
  10. Data Scientists2,961
Visa routes
  1. H-1B165,532
  2. PERM labour certification35,459
  3. E-3 (Australia)1,040
  4. H-1B1 (Singapore)392
  5. H-1B1 (Chile)89
  6. H-2B non-agricultural workers49
  7. H-2A agricultural workers8
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 $170,000; middle half $136,947 to $204,901 · median prevailing wage $153,504 (marker) · 30,141 applications.

$100k$140k$180k$220k$260k
$100k$140k$180k$220k$260k
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Among cities in California

San Jose, California ranks #2 of 571 cities in California by work visa applications on record, with 9.19% of the applications for worksites in the state's cities that have their own page.

Rank in California
2 of 571
Share of California's city applications
9.19%
Share of U.S. total
1.71%
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.

  • Accountant
  • Advisory Senior Consultant
  • Advisory Software Engineer
  • Analyst
  • Application Engineer
  • Applied Researcher 1
  • Applied Scientist
  • Architect
  • Asic Engineer
  • Assistant Professor
  • Associate
  • Audit & Assurance Assistant
  • Audit & Assurance In-charge
  • Audit & Assurance Senior
  • Audit & Assurance Senior Assistant
  • Backend Software Engineer
  • Business Analyst
  • Business Intelligence Analyst
  • Business Systems Analyst
  • Cloud Developer
  • Cloud Developer II
  • Cloud Developer III
  • Component Design Engineer
  • Computer Programmer
  • Computer Systems Analyst
  • Computer Systems Engineer
  • Consultant
  • Consultant - US
  • Data Analyst
  • Data Engineer
  • Data Science Engineer
  • Data Scientist
  • Data Scientist 1
  • Data Scientist 2
  • Database Administrator
  • Design Engineer
  • Designer
  • Developer
  • Devops Engineer
  • Director
  • Director, Product Management
  • Electrical Engineer
  • Engineer
  • Engineering Manager
  • Engineering Product Manager
  • Engineering Program Manager
  • Field Application Engineer
  • Financial Analyst
  • Firmware Engineer
  • Hardware Engineer
  • IT Engineer
  • IT Project Manager
  • Java Developer
  • Lead Application Engineer
  • Lead Product Manager
  • Lead Software Engineer
  • Leader, Software Engineering
  • Machine Learning Engineer
  • Machine Learning Scientist
  • Manager
  • Manager, Software Development 2
  • Manager, Software Development 3
  • Manager, Software Engineering
  • Market Research Analyst
  • Mechanical Engineer
  • Member of Technical Staff
  • Member Technical Staff, Software Engineer
  • MGR, Software Development
  • MTS 1, Software Engineer
  • MTS 2, Software Engineer
  • MTS Silicon Design Engineer
  • MTS Software Development ENG.
  • MTS Software Development Engineer
  • Network Engineer
  • Operations Research Analyst
  • Physical Design Engineer
  • Physical Therapist
  • Princ Software Dev Engineer
  • Principal Application Engineer
  • Principal Cloud Developer
  • Principal Design Engineer
  • Principal Engineer
  • Principal Product Engineer
  • Principal Product Manager
  • Principal Software Development Engineer
  • Principal Software Engineer
  • Product Designer
  • Product Engineer
  • Product Manager
  • Program Manager
  • Programmer Analyst
  • Programmer Analyst - II
  • Project Engineer
  • Project Manager
  • Quality Assurance Analyst 1
  • Quality Assurance Analyst 2
  • R&D Engineer Hardware
  • R&D Engineer Ic Design
  • R&D Engineer Software
  • R&D Engineer SW Quality
  • Research Engineer
  • Research Scientist
  • Research Scientist/engineer
  • Security Engineer
  • Senior Associate
  • Senior Cloud Developer
  • Senior Consultant
  • Senior Data Engineer
  • Senior Data Scientist
  • Senior Design Engineer
  • Senior Engineer
  • Senior Engineer, Industrial Engineering
  • Senior Machine Learning Engineer
  • Senior Manager
  • Senior Member of Technical Staff
  • Senior Product Designer
  • Senior Product Manager
  • Senior Site Reliability Engineer
  • Senior Software Associate
  • Senior Software Development Engineer
  • Senior Software Development Engineer in Test
  • Senior Software Engineer
  • Senior Software Engineer 1
  • Senior Software Engineer 2
  • Senior Staff Engineer
  • Senior Staff Software Engineer
  • Senior Systems Engineer
  • Silicon Design Engineer
  • Site Reliability Engineer
  • Smts Silicon Design Engineer
  • Smts Software Development ENG.
  • Software Architect
  • Software Designer
  • Software Dev Engineer II
  • Software Developer
  • Software Development Engineer
  • Software Development Engineer II
  • Software Development Engineer in Test
  • Software Engineer
  • Software Engineer 2
  • Software Engineer 3
  • Software Engineer I
  • Software Engineer II
  • Software Engineer III
  • Software Engineer Quality Assurance
  • Software Engineering
  • Software Engineering Technical Leader
  • Software QA Engineer
  • Software Quality Assurance Engineer
  • Software Test Engineer
  • Solutions Architect
  • Solutions Engineer
  • Special Education Teacher
  • Speech Language Pathologist
  • SR Software Dev Engineer
  • SR. Engineer
  • SR. Member of Technical Staff
  • SR. MTS, Software Engineer
  • SR. Principal Software Engineer
  • SR. Product Manager
  • SR. Product Manager 1 - Technical
  • SR. Product Manager 2 - Technical
  • SR. Silicon Design Engineer
  • SR. Software Development Engineer
  • SR. Software Engineer
  • SR. Staff Engineer
  • SR. Staff Software Development Engineer
  • SR. Staff Software Engineer
  • Staff Accountant
  • Staff Design Engineer
  • Staff Engineer
  • Staff Engineer, Hardware Development Engineering
  • Staff Engineer, R&D Engineering
  • Staff Software Development Engineer
  • Staff Software Engineer
  • System Architect - III
  • System Engineer
  • Systems Analyst
  • Systems Engineer
  • Systems Reliability Engineer
  • Systems/software Engineer
  • Tax Consultant
  • Tax Manager
  • Tax Senior
  • Technical Lead
  • Technical Leader, Engineering
  • Technical Program Manager
  • Technical Project Manager
  • Technical Support Engineer
  • Technology Lead - US
  • Test Engineer
  • Ux Designer
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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