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Santa Barbara, California

City · California, United States

Applications on record
4,091
FY2025
212
FY2026 to 30 June
172
Share of U.S. total
0.03%
Median offered wage (LCA)
$97,885
Median wage$97,885certified 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 Santa Barbara, California.

Applications by fiscal year — Santa Barbara, California

126251FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
126251FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008251
FY2009243
FY2010238
FY2011169
FY2012199
FY2013184
FY2014214
FY2015196
FY2016230
FY2017241
FY2018238
FY2019226
FY2020215
FY2021221
FY2022233
FY2023208
FY2024201
FY2025212
FY2026*172
Fiscal yearH-2AH-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*0014527
FY20250118526
FY20240115347
FY20230018424
FY20220021320
FY20210019229
FY20200019025
FY20190020125
FY20182018848
FY20172019247
FY20163018938
FY20154017022
FY20141019320
FY20130016519
FY20120016138
FY20110014821
FY20100018949
FY20090022914
FY20080021041
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 Santa Barbara, California.

Applications by employer
  1. University of California at Santa Barbara1,628
  2. Sonos, Inc.210
  3. Amazon.com Services LLC135
  4. Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital78
  5. Bruker Nano, Inc.56
  6. Qad Inc.48
  7. Rightscale, Inc.46
  8. Pacific Diagnostic Laboratories35
  9. Bright Market, LLC31
  10. Findthebest.com, Inc.29
  11. Mayachitra, Inc.27
  12. Impact Tech, Inc.27
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 Developers570
  2. Biochemists and Biophysicists154
  3. Computer Systems Analysts110
  4. Materials Scientists110
  5. Biological Technicians107
  6. Computer Occupations, All Other95
  7. Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists85
  8. Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists81
  9. Physicists80
  10. Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other71
Visa routes
  1. H-1B3,145
  2. PERM labour certification580
  3. E-3 (Australia)143
  4. H-1B1 (Chile)14
  5. H-2A agricultural workers12
  6. H-1B1 (Singapore)6
  7. H-2B non-agricultural workers2
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 $97,885; middle half $77,179 to $132,039 · median prevailing wage $82,347 (marker) · 469 applications.

$60k$90k$120k$150k$180k
$60k$90k$120k$150k$180k
Primary crop on H-2A applications
  1. Strawberries6
  2. Flowers1
  3. Blackberry1
  4. blueberry ground harvesting and packaging1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Among cities in California

Santa Barbara, California ranks #62 of 571 cities in California by work visa applications on record, with 0.18% of the applications for worksites in the state's cities that have their own page.

Rank in California
62 of 571
Share of California's city applications
0.18%
Share of U.S. total
0.03%
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.

  • Assistant Professor
  • Lecturer
  • Postdoctoral Scholar
  • Postdoctoral Scholar- Employee
  • Project Scientist
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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