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San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

Metropolitan area (Census CBSA 41940) · United States

Applications on record
828,556
FY2025
55,547
FY2026 to 30 June
43,919
Share of U.S. total
6.83%
Median offered wage (LCA)
$174,862
Median wage$174,862certified 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 Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.

Applications by fiscal year — San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

30k60kFY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
30k60kFY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200820,535
FY200916,479
FY201020,968
FY201124,574
FY201228,684
FY201332,815
FY201441,401
FY201549,744
FY201654,306
FY201751,688
FY201858,796
FY201960,066
FY202055,058
FY202154,010
FY202259,095
FY202351,267
FY202449,604
FY202555,547
FY2026*43,919
Fiscal yearH-2AH-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*51337,0326,833
FY202550645,9099,582
FY2024481240,4999,045
FY2023281140,10811,120
FY2022311049,1179,937
FY2021221543,19610,777
FY2020151844,92910,096
FY201912749,67910,368
FY201831347,60211,178
FY201742142,9018,762
FY201631241,88112,410
FY20153541,0518,685
FY20141034,7226,678
FY20130029,0303,785
FY20120023,6615,023
FY20110019,7824,792
FY20100016,7774,191
FY20090014,6051,874
FY20080017,4623,073
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 Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.

Applications by employer
  1. Google LLC63,776
  2. Apple Inc.48,152
  3. Google Inc.26,025
  4. Infosys Limited17,058
  5. Linkedin Corporation14,487
  6. Intel Corporation13,622
  7. Cisco Systems, Inc.13,577
  8. NVIDIA Corporation12,787
  9. Amazon.com Services LLC12,444
  10. Paypal, Inc.12,259
  11. Ebay Inc.11,391
  12. Vmware, Inc.11,143
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 Developers345,367
  2. Computer Systems Analysts64,878
  3. Computer Occupations, All Other54,330
  4. Electronics Engineers, Except Computer53,887
  5. Computer Programmers30,222
  6. Computer and Information Systems Managers17,895
  7. Electrical Engineers16,954
  8. Mechanical Engineers10,805
  9. Computer and Information Research Scientists10,602
  10. Operations Research Analysts10,103
Visa routes
  1. H-1B654,250
  2. PERM labour certification148,209
  3. E-3 (Australia)6,614
  4. H-1B1 (Singapore)1,748
  5. H-1B1 (Chile)553
  6. H-2A agricultural workers271
  7. H-2B non-agricultural workers133
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 $174,862; middle half $146,307 to $204,134 · median prevailing wage $163,686 (marker) · 121,458 applications.

$120k$150k$180k$210k$240k
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Primary crop on H-2A applications
  1. Lettuce5
  2. General Farm Workers3
  3. Strawberries2
  4. Peppers1
  5. Farmworkers & Laborers Crop1
  6. Tomatoes1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Cities

Worksite cities in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA with their own pages.

Applications by city
  1. San Jose, CA207,199
  2. Sunnyvale, CA167,498
  3. Mountain View, CA138,559
  4. Santa Clara, CA128,908
  5. Palo Alto, CA69,620
  6. Cupertino, CA58,198
  7. Milpitas, CA32,982
  8. Stanford, CA6,882
  9. Los Gatos, CA5,729
  10. Campbell, CA4,573
  11. Los Altos, CA2,031
  12. Morgan Hill, CA788
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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