838 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.
FY2025 median across the 156 filings that reported a wage for a worksite in Lake Forest, CA — of 838 certified filings in total. DOL LCA · FY2025
| Fiscal year | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (through Q3) | $119,368 median of 100 | 100 |
| FY2025 | $113,142 median of 156 | 156 |
| FY2024 | $104,333 median of 130 | 130 |
| FY2023 | $110,000 median of 118 | 118 |
| FY2022 | $111,384 median of 145 | 145 |
| FY2021 | $105,373 median of 187 | 187 |
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
Filings from Lake Forest, CA fall inside the federal statistical area LOS ANGELES-LONG BEACH-ANAHEIM, 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 Lake Forest itself, so the numbers above are city figures, not area figures.
| Employer | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| Alcon Research, LLC | $108,347 median of 125 | 125 |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp | $111,384 median of 67 | 67 |
| Aveva Software, LLC | $131,633 median of 56 | 56 |
| Panasonic Avionics Corporation | $125,000 median of 43 | 43 |
| HCL America Inc | $111,384 median of 39 | 39 |
| Source Code Technologies, LLC | $91,728 median of 25 | 25 |
| Tekhqs Inc. | $92,000 median of 25 | 25 |
| Schneider Electric Systems USA Inc. | $129,667 median of 21 | 21 |
| L&T Technology Services Limited | $91,354 median of 20 | 20 |
| Intertek Testing Services NA, Inc. | $96,900 median of 17 | 17 |
| Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc. | $102,232 median of 12 | 12 |
| CitiusTech Inc. | 8 filings — too few for a median | 8 |
| Wipro Limited | 7 filings — too few for a median | 7 |
| Schneider Electric USA, Inc. | 7 filings — too few for a median | 7 |
| Tata Consultancy Services Limited | 6 filings — too few for a median | 6 |
| Newracom, Inc. | 6 filings — too few for a median | 6 |
| Meta | 6 filings — too few for a median | 6 |
| Wipro VLSI Design Services, LLC | 6 filings — too few for a median | 6 |
| Ernst & Young U.S. LLP | 5 filings — too few for a median | 5 |
| Softvision, LLC | 5 filings — too few for a median | 5 |
| Leoch Battery Corporation Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 5 filings — too few for a median | 5 |
| MRCC Techforza Corp | 5 filings — too few for a median | 5 |
| Quantum Fuel Systems LLC Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 5 filings — too few for a median | 5 |
| Advantest America Inc. | 5 filings — too few for a median | 5 |
| STAAR Surgical Company | 5 filings — too few for a median | 5 |
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. 236 employers in total filed for a worksite in Lake Forest; 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
The table above ranks employers by how many roles they filed for a worksite here. This list is a different question: employers whose filing address is in Lake Forest, CA, that have their own page, and that are not already in that table. The two are not the same set — an employer can be headquartered here and file most of its roles elsewhere.
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Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files (ETA-9035, employer address as filed) ·Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Basis employer filing address, not worksite; counts are that employer’s certified filings everywhere, not only in Lake Forest
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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.