Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
Employer · California, United States
- Employer address
- California, United States
- Applications on record
- 4,983
- FY2025 applications
- 269
- FY2026 to 30 June
- 241
- Programmes
- LCA · PERM
- Certified (last three years)
- 99.8%
- Median offered wage
- $135,297
- Most common occupation
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
- H-1B dependent (as declared)
- No
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Applications year by year
Western Digital Technologies, Inc. appears in 4,983 applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor between fiscal 2008 and fiscal 2026 (to 30 June). In fiscal 2025 it filed 269.
Applications by fiscal year — Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
Data table
| FY2008 | 98 |
| FY2009 | 52 |
| FY2010 | 82 |
| FY2011 | 87 |
| FY2012 | 109 |
| FY2013 | 127 |
| FY2014 | 132 |
| FY2015 | 105 |
| FY2016 | 99 |
| FY2017 | 261 |
| FY2018 | 317 |
| FY2019 | 297 |
| FY2020 | 398 |
| FY2021 | 589 |
| FY2022 | 644 |
| FY2023 | 492 |
| FY2024 | 584 |
| FY2025 | 269 |
| FY2026* | 241 |
| Fiscal year | LCA | PERM |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026* | 177 | 64 |
| FY2025 | 235 | 34 |
| FY2024 | 541 | 43 |
| FY2023 | 448 | 44 |
| FY2022 | 580 | 64 |
| FY2021 | 525 | 64 |
| FY2020 | 335 | 63 |
| FY2019 | 224 | 73 |
| FY2018 | 221 | 96 |
| FY2017 | 217 | 44 |
| FY2016 | 79 | 20 |
| FY2015 | 81 | 24 |
| FY2014 | 104 | 28 |
| FY2013 | 109 | 18 |
| FY2012 | 83 | 26 |
| FY2011 | 66 | 21 |
| FY2010 | 74 | 8 |
| FY2009 | 52 | 0 |
| FY2008 | 98 | 0 |
Where the jobs are
Worksite of each application as filed (first worksite where several are listed).
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.: applications by worksite state
Data table
| State | Applications |
|---|---|
| CA | 4,714 |
| CO | 87 |
| MN | 31 |
| TX | 20 |
| MA | 17 |
| AZ | 15 |
| FL | 14 |
| WA | 9 |
| ID | 8 |
| GA | 8 |
| OR | 6 |
| NY | 5 |
| PA | 5 |
| OH | 4 |
| IN | 4 |
- Milpitas, CA1,857
- San Jose, CA1,166
- Irvine, CA697
- Fremont, CA271
- Lake Forest, CA155
- Santa Clara, CA95
- Mountain View, CA79
- Longmont, CO53
- Sunnyvale, CA44
- Folsom, CA31
What they hire for and pay
Occupations, job titles and offered wages as stated on the applications.
- Senior Engineer, Industrial Engineering202
- Staff Engineer, Hardware Development Engineering173
- Principal Engineer143
- Staff Engineer, R&D Engineering136
- Staff Engineer100
- Senior Engineer, Electronic Design Engineering97
- Principal Engineer, R&D Engineering87
- Principal Engineer, Firmware Engineering86
Offered annual wage, FY2024–FY2026, 10th to 90th percentile
Median $135,297; middle half $116,168 to $155,251 · median prevailing wage $128,211 (marker) · 949 applications.
- Level I262
- Level II176
- Level III157
- Level IV146
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).
- India343
- China119
- Malaysia20
- South Korea19
- Taiwan18
- Singapore12
- Israel7
- Thailand7
- Canada6
- Poland5
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)
Data table
| FY2009 | 50 |
| FY2010 | 66 |
| FY2011 | 62 |
| FY2012 | 51 |
| FY2013 | 95 |
| FY2014 | 80 |
| FY2015 | 55 |
| FY2016 | 59 |
| FY2017 | 176 |
| FY2018 | 204 |
| FY2019 | 166 |
| FY2020 | 204 |
| FY2021 | 205 |
| FY2022 | 230 |
| FY2023 | 53 |
| Fiscal year | Initial approvals | Initial denials | Continuing approvals | Continuing denials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 4 | 1 | 49 | 2 |
| FY2022 | 73 | 0 | 157 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 66 | 0 | 139 | 1 |
| FY2020 | 67 | 2 | 137 | 1 |
| FY2019 | 60 | 1 | 106 | 3 |
| FY2018 | 49 | 1 | 155 | 2 |
| FY2017 | 59 | 0 | 117 | 1 |
| FY2016 | 5 | 0 | 54 | 0 |
| FY2015 | 11 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
| FY2014 | 31 | 0 | 49 | 0 |
| FY2013 | 28 | 0 | 67 | 2 |
| FY2012 | 16 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| FY2011 | 24 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| FY2010 | 35 | 1 | 31 | 1 |
| FY2009 | 32 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
Law firms on the filings
Firms named as the employer's representative (firm names only).
- Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP3,651
- Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP27
- Associate Attorney2
Among employers in California
Western Digital Technologies, Inc. has 4,983 work visa applications on record (FY2008–FY2026), ranking #41 of 30,712 sponsoring employers in California and #182 of 168,030 in the United States; that is 0.24% of the applications filed by employers based in California.
- Rank in California
- 41 of 30,712
- Rank in the United States
- 182 of 168,030
- Share of California's applications
- 0.24%
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- 1,421
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