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San Mateo, California

City · California, United States

Applications on record
25,731
FY2025
1,678
FY2026 to 30 June
1,282
Share of U.S. total
0.21%
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 San Mateo, California.

Applications by fiscal year — San Mateo, California

1,0582,115FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
1,0582,115FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008644
FY2009578
FY2010697
FY2011783
FY2012972
FY2013932
FY20141,173
FY20151,445
FY20161,650
FY20171,899
FY20182,115
FY20192,034
FY20201,736
FY20211,552
FY20221,694
FY20231,521
FY20241,346
FY20251,678
FY2026*1,282
Fiscal yearH-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*0968314
FY202501,211467
FY202401,046300
FY202301,178343
FY202201,439255
FY202101,244308
FY202001,520216
FY201901,775259
FY201801,802313
FY201711,640258
FY201601,372278
FY201501,240205
FY201401,005168
FY2013083795
FY20120848124
FY20110665118
FY20100579118
FY2009051563
FY2008056381
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 Mateo, California.

Applications by employer
  1. Roblox Corporation1,508
  2. Snowflake Inc.841
  3. Guidewire Software, Inc.601
  4. Apttus Corporation599
  5. Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC538
  6. Verkada, Inc497
  7. ZS Associates, Inc.391
  8. Medallia, Inc.325
  9. Gopro, Inc.304
  10. Ebates Performance Marketing, Inc.300
  11. Marketo, Inc.297
  12. Asurion, LLC268
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 Developers11,332
  2. Computer Occupations, All Other1,832
  3. Computer Systems Analysts1,339
  4. Operations Research Analysts997
  5. Computer and Information Systems Managers824
  6. Accountants and Auditors549
  7. Computer Programmers488
  8. Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists437
  9. Management Analysts417
  10. Statisticians409
Visa routes
  1. H-1B20,217
  2. PERM labour certification4,283
  3. E-3 (Australia)490
  4. H-1B1 (Singapore)115
  5. H-1B1 (Chile)46
  6. H-2B non-agricultural workers1
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 $142,250 to $218,858 · median prevailing wage $155,605 (marker) · 3,155 applications.

$100k$145k$190k$235k$280k
$100k$145k$190k$235k$280k
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Among cities in California

San Mateo, California ranks #16 of 571 cities in California by work visa applications on record, with 1.14% of the applications for worksites in the state's cities that have their own page.

Rank in California
16 of 571
Share of California's city applications
1.14%
Share of U.S. total
0.21%
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.

  • Consultant
  • Data Engineer
  • Data Scientist
  • Engineering Manager
  • Member of Technical Staff
  • Principal Software Engineer
  • Product Manager
  • Senior Data Scientist
  • Senior Machine Learning Engineer
  • Senior Product Manager
  • Senior Software Engineer
  • Software Engineer
  • Staff Software Engineer
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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