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Santa Cruz, California

City · California, United States

Applications on record
2,197
FY2025
159
FY2026 to 30 June
135
Share of U.S. total
0.02%
Median offered wage (LCA)
$151,840
Median wage$151,840certified 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 Cruz, California.

Applications by fiscal year — Santa Cruz, California

93185FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
93185FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008101
FY200994
FY201089
FY201160
FY201267
FY201345
FY201473
FY201566
FY201686
FY2017106
FY2018161
FY2019173
FY2020115
FY2021157
FY2022185
FY2023170
FY2024155
FY2025159
FY2026*135
Fiscal yearH-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*011421
FY2025014316
FY2024013817
FY2023212642
FY2022015332
FY2021012730
FY202001087
FY2019314426
FY2018013922
FY201709511
FY201607016
FY201505115
FY20140712
FY20130423
FY20120625
FY20110537
FY201007910
FY200908410
FY200808813
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 Cruz, California.

Applications by employer
  1. University of California, Santa Cruz666
  2. Joby Aero, Inc.393
  3. Amazon.com Services LLC139
  4. Plantronics, Inc.130
  5. Amazon.com Services, Inc.64
  6. Two Pore Guys System Inc34
  7. Amazon Corporate LLC29
  8. Etech Global IT Solutions LLC27
  9. Verisign, Inc.16
  10. Two Pore Guys, Inc.15
  11. Care From The Heart InHome Services, Inc.14
  12. Editorialist YX, LLC14
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 Developers428
  2. Mechanical Engineers147
  3. Biochemists and Biophysicists86
  4. Aerospace Engineers75
  5. Biological Scientists, All Other72
  6. Electrical Engineers58
  7. Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary40
  8. Computer Occupations, All Other38
  9. Computer Systems Analysts36
  10. Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary33
Visa routes
  1. H-1B1,723
  2. PERM labour certification305
  3. E-3 (Australia)72
  4. H-1B1 (Singapore)7
  5. H-1B1 (Chile)6
  6. H-2B non-agricultural workers5
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 $151,840; middle half $117,900 to $179,200 · median prevailing wage $116,002 (marker) · 389 applications.

$80k$115k$150k$185k$220k
$80k$115k$150k$185k$220k
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Among cities in California

Santa Cruz, California ranks #103 of 571 cities in California by work visa applications on record, with 0.10% of the applications for worksites in the state's cities that have their own page.

Rank in California
103 of 571
Share of California's city applications
0.10%
Share of U.S. total
0.02%
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
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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