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H-1B filed wages in Foster City, CA

6,274 certified filings with a worksite in this city · FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3)

Reported wages are what employers filed with the Department of Labor — not actual take-home pay. Filings are counted by worksite, so a company headquartered elsewhere appears here if the job is here.

Median filed wage in Foster City

DOL LCA · FY2025
$155,750
n = 1,072filings with a wage

FY2025 median across the 1,072 filings that reported a wage for a worksite in Foster City, CA — of 6,274 certified filings in total. DOL LCA · FY2025

Fiscal yearFiled wageWage sample (n)
FY2026 (through Q3)$169,100
median of 879
879
FY2025$155,750
median of 1,072
1,072
FY2024$148,450
median of 1,039
1,039
FY2023$136,802
median of 1,029
1,029
FY2022$134,588
median of 1,162
1,162
FY2021$123,261
median of 1,086
1,086

How these wages are computed · All cities · All job titles

Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files (ETA-9035) · Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Updated 2026-08-28 · Basis worksite city as filed; median not average

How this city maps to a federal statistical area

scope

Filings from Foster City, CA fall inside the federal statistical area SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND-HAYWARD, CA. That area is larger than this city — it spans several cities and, where the name says so, more than one state. Everything on this page is computed from filings whose worksite city is Foster City itself, so the numbers above are city figures, not area figures.

Employers filing the most roles in Foster City

top 25 by volume
EmployerFiled wageWage sample (n)
Zoox Inc.$163,030
median of 1,268
1,268
Gilead Sciences, Inc.$137,218
median of 874
874
Visa U.S.A. Inc.$144,726
median of 787
787
Visa Technology & Operations LLC$145,246
median of 719
719
Qualys, Inc.$137,551
median of 260
260
CyberSource Corporation$135,065
median of 222
222
Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp$125,362
median of 142
142
Illumina, Inc.$146,484
median of 98
98
Exabeam, Inc.$160,000
median of 72
72
QuinStreet, Inc.$145,205
median of 63
63
Indeed, Inc.$187,741
median of 55
55
Coupa Software, Inc.$178,324
median of 49
49
Ernst & Young U.S. LLP$130,000
median of 37
37
Conviva, Inc.$210,000
median of 35
35
HCL America Inc$126,000
median of 33
33
Replit, Inc.$203,000
median of 33
33
IBM$122,900
median of 29
29
Kite Pharma Inc.$137,920
median of 27
27
Infotech Spectrum, Inc$132,163
median of 25
25
DISH Network LLC$140,000
median of 25
25
Issam Tina Solutions, Inc.$145,000
median of 24
24
Activision Blizzard Media, LLC$184,800
median of 23
23
Activision Publishing Inc$115,000
median of 23
23
Accenture LLP$137,543
median of 22
22
MedGenome, Inc.$87,610
median of 19
19

Ranked by number of filings, not by pay and not by quality. This is not a “best employers” list. Employers with fewer than 10 filings here show the count only. 601 employers in total filed for a worksite in Foster City; the 25 above are those with the most filings. Those with at least 10 certified filings have their own page; the rest are counted here but do not.

Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files (ETA-9035) · Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Updated 2026-08-28 ·Basis worksite city as filed; counted across the whole coverage period, not one year

Layoff notices in CA

State WARN notices

We have loaded California WARN notices (2018-11-15 to 2026-08-24, 13,739 notices). Layoff notices for a specific company appear on that company's page.

Which cities have a page

We build a page for a city once it has at least 50 certified filings — 2,578 cities qualify, and 2,298 of those also clear our content threshold and are listed in the city index. Below the filing threshold we do not publish a median, because a median from a small number of filings reads like a market rate and is not one. Those filings are still counted on their employer's page.