28,457 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 4,965 filings that reported a wage for a worksite in San Diego, CA — of 28,457 certified filings in total. DOL LCA · FY2025
| Fiscal year | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (through Q3) | $140,800 median of 2,980 | 2,980 |
| FY2025 | $130,395 median of 4,965 | 4,965 |
| FY2024 | $123,000 median of 4,533 | 4,533 |
| FY2023 | $119,500 median of 5,397 | 5,397 |
| FY2022 | $118,248 median of 5,854 | 5,854 |
| FY2021 | $112,500 median of 4,714 | 4,714 |
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 San Diego, CA fall inside the federal statistical area SAN DIEGO-CARLSBAD, 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 San Diego itself, so the numbers above are city figures, not area figures.
| Employer | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. | $121,597 median of 8,233 | 8,233 |
| Apple Inc. | $155,500 median of 1,862 | 1,862 |
| Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. | $121,597 median of 604 | 604 |
| ServiceNow, Inc. | $119,887 median of 535 | 535 |
| Intuit Inc. | $139,360 median of 517 | 517 |
| Illumina, Inc. | $118,200 median of 480 | 480 |
| ASML US, LP | $120,314 median of 452 | 452 |
| Qualcomm Incorporated | $112,321 median of 433 | 433 |
| TuSimple, Inc. | $101,109 median of 398 | 398 |
| Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC | $149,670 median of 261 | 261 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | $120,225 median of 247 | 247 |
| Google LLC | $165,000 median of 217 | 217 |
| Qualcomm Atheros, Inc. | $119,945 median of 214 | 214 |
| Becton, Dickinson and Company | $124,000 median of 187 | 187 |
| Ernst & Young U.S. LLP | $141,990 median of 171 | 171 |
| Accenture LLP | $121,750 median of 164 | 164 |
| Tata Consultancy Services Limited | $83,179 median of 156 | 156 |
| Midland Credit Management, Inc | $82,587 median of 155 | 155 |
| Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. | $129,930 median of 151 | 151 |
| Psemi Corporation | $133,500 median of 138 | 138 |
| Amazon | $155,000 median of 136 | 136 |
| Intel Corporation | $135,013 median of 133 | 133 |
| San Diego State University | $103,986 median of 118 | 118 |
| HCL America Inc | $102,998 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. 2,989 employers in total filed for a worksite in San Diego; the 24 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 San Diego, 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.
VAStek Inc. (884) · Teradata Operations, Inc. (266) · MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc. (141) · Petco Animal Supplies Stores, Inc. (140) · Mitchell International Inc. (132) · Arriver Software LLC (111) · Cymer, LLC (111) · ResMed Digital Health Inc. (102) · Axos Bank (100) · Cubic Transportation Systems, Inc. (90) · ResMed Corp. (89) · Geekplus America Inc. (70) · Brain Corporation (69) · Softhq (68) · Lytx, Inc. (67) · GoFundMe, Inc. (66) · University of San Diego (61) · EDF Renewables, Inc. (60) · NuVasive, Inc. (59) · Solar Turbines Incorporated (59) · Xsense.ai, Inc. (54) · Seismic Software Inc. (46) · Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. (34) · Zeku Inc (34) · ImmunityBio, Inc. (30) · Cue Health, Inc. (23) · Fate Therapeutics, Inc. (23) · Kneron Inc. (22) · Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation (22) · Poseida Therapeutics Inc. (22) · Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. (19)
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 San Diego
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.