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Blue Shield of California

Employer · California, United States

Employer address
California, United States
Applications on record
844
FY2025 applications
30
FY2026 to 30 June
23
Programmes
LCA · PERM
Certified (last three years)
100.0%
Median offered wage
$164,771
Most common occupation
Software Developers
H-1B dependent (as declared)
No
Certified100.0%of decided applications, last three years
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Blue Shield of California appears in 844 applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor between fiscal 2008 and fiscal 2026 (to 30 June). In fiscal 2025 it filed 30.

Applications by fiscal year — Blue Shield of California

55110FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
55110FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200812
FY200915
FY201021
FY201134
FY201236
FY201340
FY201457
FY201573
FY2016110
FY201767
FY201870
FY2019104
FY202032
FY202124
FY202263
FY202319
FY202414
FY202530
FY2026*23
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*212
FY2025273
FY2024131
FY2023190
FY2022576
FY2021204
FY2020311
FY20199410
FY20185119
FY2017589
FY20168426
FY2015712
FY2014507
FY2013319
FY20122412
FY2011304
FY2010192
FY2009141
FY2008111
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite of each application as filed (first worksite where several are listed).

Blue Shield of California: applications by worksite state

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Data table
StateApplications
CA839
CT3
TX1
WA1
Worksite states
  1. California839
  2. Connecticut3
  3. Texas1
  4. Washington1
Worksite cities
  1. San Francisco, CA456
  2. El Dorado Hills, CA175
  3. Oakland, CA146
  4. El Segundo, CA16
  5. Woodland Hills, CA5
  6. Monterey Park, CA5
  7. Long Beach, CA4
  8. Rancho Cordova, CA4
  9. Mountain House, CA2
  10. Los Angeles, CA2
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

What they hire for and pay

Occupations, job titles and offered wages as stated on the applications.

Occupations (SOC 2018)
  1. Software Developers312
  2. Computer Systems Analysts259
  3. Computer Occupations, All Other74
  4. Computer and Information Systems Managers34
  5. Actuaries20
  6. Database Administrators19
  7. Operations Research Analysts15
  8. Statisticians12
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Application Developer, Consultant28
  2. Quality Engineer, Consultant19
  3. QA Analyst Senior16
  4. SR. Release Engineer11
  5. QA Analyst Intermediate10
  6. QA Analyst Consultant10
  7. Quality Engineer, Senior10
  8. Application Developer, Senior10

Offered annual wage, FY2024–FY2026, 10th to 90th percentile

Median $164,771; middle half $146,099 to $180,569 · median prevailing wage $137,623 (marker) · 60 applications.

$140k$160k$180k$200k$220k
$140k$160k$180k$200k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I3
  2. Level II16
  3. Level III22
  4. Level IV19
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Green card sponsorship (PERM)

Country of citizenship of the workers named in certified and pending PERM applications (countries with fewer than five applications are not shown).

PERM applications by country of citizenship
  1. India104
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — PERM disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

H-1B petitions decided by USCIS

Approvals and denials of Form I-129 petitions, by USCIS fiscal year. Linked by employer name, state and the last four digits of the tax ID.

Approved H-1B petitions (initial + continuing)

4182FY2009FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2013FY2014FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023
4182FY2009FY2012FY2015FY2018FY2021FY2023
Data table
FY200917
FY20108
FY201133
FY201223
FY201325
FY201440
FY201527
FY201682
FY201757
FY201835
FY201943
FY202072
FY202138
FY202241
FY20239
Fiscal yearInitial approvalsInitial denialsContinuing approvalsContinuing denials
FY20230092
FY202210402
FY202140340
FY202001723
FY201930401
FY201801350
FY201730542
FY201630791
FY201510260
FY201460340
FY201330220
FY201210220
FY201170260
FY20100081
FY200910160
Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services — H-1B Employer Data Hub (FY2009–FY2023)Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Law firms on the filings

Firms named as the employer's representative (firm names only).

Applications by law firm
  1. Greenberg Traurig, LLP225
  2. Feldman Feldman & Associates103
  3. Greenberg Traurig, LLC37
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Among employers in California

Blue Shield of California has 844 work visa applications on record (FY2008–FY2026), ranking #267 of 30,712 sponsoring employers in California and #1,586 of 168,030 in the United States; that is 0.04% of the applications filed by employers based in California.

Rank in California
267 of 30,712
Rank in the United States
1,586 of 168,030
Share of California's applications
0.04%
Employers in the same industry group (NAICS 524) in California
214
Largest sponsoring employers in California
  1. Google LLC100,642
  2. HCL America, Inc.65,516
  3. Facebook, Inc.63,530
  4. Intel Corporation61,185
  5. Apple Inc.60,673
  6. Google Inc.34,245
  7. Cisco Systems, Inc.26,767
  8. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.25,216
  9. UST Global Inc.25,160
  10. Linkedin Corporation17,398
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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