18,654 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 3,324 filings that reported a wage for a worksite in Palo Alto, CA — of 18,654 certified filings in total. DOL LCA · FY2025
| Fiscal year | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (through Q3) | $186,486 median of 2,700 | 2,700 |
| FY2025 | $180,069 median of 3,324 | 3,324 |
| FY2024 | $175,056 median of 2,805 | 2,805 |
| FY2023 | $170,000 median of 2,853 | 2,853 |
| FY2022 | $160,000 median of 3,618 | 3,618 |
| FY2021 | $150,000 median of 3,334 | 3,334 |
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 Palo Alto, CA fall inside the federal statistical area SAN JOSE-SUNNYVALE-SANTA CLARA, 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 Palo Alto itself, so the numbers above are city figures, not area figures.
| Employer | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| Tesla, Inc. | $164,800 median of 2,533 | 2,533 |
| VMware, Inc. | $175,974 median of 2,213 | 2,213 |
| Amazon | $184,662 median of 1,209 | 1,209 |
| Rivian Automotive, LLC | $178,588 median of 902 | 902 |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | $185,000 median of 597 | 597 |
| Rubrik, Inc. | $178,550 median of 458 | 458 |
| SAP Labs, LLC | $152,752 median of 416 | 416 |
| Pinterest, Inc. | $174,304 median of 345 | 345 |
| Ariba, Inc. | $154,671 median of 318 | 318 |
| The Leland Stanford, Jr University | $85,000 median of 313 | 313 |
| Snap Inc. | $181,478 median of 305 | 305 |
| Salesforce | $220,000 median of 245 | 245 |
| Google LLC | $168,000 median of 206 | 206 |
| Varian Medical Systems, Inc. | $137,904 median of 189 | 189 |
| Stanford Health Care | $128,000 median of 176 | 176 |
| A9.com INC | $180,137 median of 172 | 172 |
| Rivian, LLC | $175,000 median of 162 | 162 |
| Ford Motor Company | $164,299 median of 158 | 158 |
| Rivian and VW Group Technology, LLC | $200,035 median of 155 | 155 |
| SAP America, Inc. | $164,903 median of 144 | 144 |
| Sambanova Systems, Inc. | $159,097 median of 136 | 136 |
| Tencent America LLC | $189,314 median of 126 | 126 |
| Visa Technology & Operations LLC | $140,442 median of 121 | 121 |
| Wing Aviation LLC | $175,000 median of 118 | 118 |
| HP Inc. | $148,102 median of 115 | 115 |
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. 1,307 employers in total filed for a worksite in Palo Alto; 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 Palo Alto, 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.
ActiveHours, Inc. (156) · Woven by Toyota, U.S., Inc. (151) · Houzz, Inc. (145) · TIBCO Software Inc. (143) · AppLovin Corporation (141) · Navan, Inc. (141) · LSI Corporation (140) · Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (136) · Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. (133) · Cooley LLP (126) · Glean Technologies, Inc. (102) · TripActions, Inc. (96) · X.ai LLC (95) · Plume Design, Inc. (92) · Wealthfront Corporation (90) · InnoPeak Technology, Inc. (89) · Aisera, Inc. (88) · Woven Planet North America (77) · Turing Enterprises Inc. (70) · Next Insurance, Inc. (64) · BitGo, Inc. (63) · Matonee Inc. (45) · Branch Metrics, Inc. (43) · Mercari Inc. (35) · Integration Appliance, Inc. (DBA Intapp, Inc.) (34) · Nauto, Inc. (29) · Point Digital Finance, Inc. (18)
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 Palo Alto
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.
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.