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Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA

Metropolitan area (Census CBSA 42100) · United States

Applications on record
3,906
FY2025
255
FY2026 to 30 June
213
Share of U.S. total
0.03%
Median offered wage (LCA)
$145,000
Median wage$145,000certified 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-Watsonville, CA.

Applications by fiscal year — Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA

144288FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
144288FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008175
FY2009157
FY2010152
FY2011122
FY2012159
FY2013144
FY2014173
FY2015237
FY2016173
FY2017203
FY2018257
FY2019288
FY2020207
FY2021247
FY2022265
FY2023248
FY2024231
FY2025255
FY2026*213
Fiscal yearH-2AH-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*10017429
FY202510121529
FY202421018327
FY202321317351
FY202214021536
FY202110119838
FY202016017615
FY201910324233
FY201811021531
FY20178016332
FY20169013331
FY201513019727
FY20145015513
FY2013001368
FY20120014019
FY20110010022
FY20100013715
FY20090013522
FY20080014530
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-Watsonville, CA.

Applications by employer
  1. University of California, Santa Cruz672
  2. Joby Aero, Inc.393
  3. Amazon.com Services LLC136
  4. Plantronics, Inc.130
  5. Wipro Limited114
  6. Seagate US LLC94
  7. Driscoll's, Inc.75
  8. Enquero, Inc.69
  9. Amazon.com Services, Inc.64
  10. Driscoll Strawberry Associates, Inc.45
  11. Zero Motorcycles Inc.40
  12. Two Pore Guys System Inc34
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 Developers744
  2. Mechanical Engineers176
  3. Computer Occupations, All Other172
  4. Computer Systems Analysts168
  5. Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse154
  6. Computer Programmers117
  7. Electrical Engineers98
  8. Biological Scientists, All Other87
  9. Biochemists and Biophysicists86
  10. Aerospace Engineers80
Visa routes
  1. H-1B2,959
  2. PERM labour certification508
  3. H-2A agricultural workers158
  4. E-3 (Australia)109
  5. H-1B1 (Chile)16
  6. H-1B1 (Singapore)11
  7. H-2B non-agricultural workers8
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 $145,000; middle half $110,000 to $172,728 · median prevailing wage $114,683 (marker) · 560 applications.

$80k$110k$140k$170k$200k
$80k$110k$140k$170k$200k
Primary crop on H-2A applications
  1. Strawberries24
  2. Berries7
  3. Iceberg Lettuce2
  4. Raspberries2
  5. Strawberry Harvest1
  6. strawberry and blackberry machine & ground harvest1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Cities

Worksite cities in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA with their own pages.

Applications by city
  1. Santa Cruz, CA2,191
  2. Watsonville, CA789
  3. Scotts Valley, CA631
  4. Aptos, CA46
  5. Capitola, CA44
  6. Soquel, CA39
  7. San Francisco, CA12
  8. San Jose, CA11
  9. Mountain View, CA9
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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