916 certified filings with a worksite in this city · FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3)
Historical filed wages are not verified amounts paid to workers or current salary offers. Filings are counted by worksite, so a company headquartered elsewhere appears here if the job is here.
FY2025 median across the 148 filings that reported a wage for a worksite in Santa Barbara, CA — of 916 certified filings in total. DOL LCA · FY2025
| Fiscal year | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (through Q3) | $101,200 median of 107 | 107 |
| FY2025 | $99,792 median of 148 | 148 |
| FY2024 | $97,885 median of 133 | 133 |
| FY2023 | $88,000 median of 168 | 168 |
| FY2022 | $86,920 median of 186 | 186 |
| FY2021 | $79,305 median of 171 | 171 |
How these wages are computed · All cities · All job titles
Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files ·Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Loaded 2026-08-28 ·Files and method · Basis worksite city as filed; single-file values or qualifying medians, not averages
Filings from Santa Barbara, CA fall inside the federal statistical area SANTA MARIA-SANTA BARBARA, 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 Santa Barbara itself, so the numbers above are city figures, not area figures.
| Employer | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| University of California at Santa Barbara | $77,320 median of 420 | 420 |
| Amazon | $110,028 median of 104 | 104 |
| Sonos, Inc. | $113,609 median of 18 | 18 |
| Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital | $120,286 median of 15 | 15 |
| Bruker Nano, Inc. | $112,750 median of 13 | 13 |
| HG Insights Inc. | $129,000 median of 12 | 12 |
| Green Hills Software LLC | $126,000 median of 10 | 10 |
| Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company | 9 filings — too few for a median | 9 |
| Impact Tech, Inc. | 9 filings — too few for a median | 9 |
| University of California, Santa Barbara Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 7 filings — too few for a median | 7 |
| Westmont College Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 7 filings — too few for a median | 7 |
| Crossno & Kaye, Inc. Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 7 filings — too few for a median | 7 |
| Google LLC | 7 filings — too few for a median | 7 |
| Mayachitra, Inc. Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 6 filings — too few for a median | 6 |
| AppFolio Inc. | 5 filings — too few for a median | 5 |
| Bright Market, LLC | 5 filings — too few for a median | 5 |
| Analog Devices, Inc. | 5 filings — too few for a median | 5 |
| Hochhauser Blatter Architects, Inc. Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 5 filings — too few for a median | 5 |
| Winick Architects Inc. Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 4 filings — too few for a median | 4 |
| Anacapa Architecture Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 4 filings — too few for a median | 4 |
| Photothermal Spectroscopy Corp. Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 4 filings — too few for a median | 4 |
| Blackbird Architects, Inc. Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 4 filings — too few for a median | 4 |
| One Skill Factory Inc. Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 4 filings — too few for a median | 4 |
| Hawk Applications Corporation Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 4 filings — too few for a median | 4 |
| 19six Architects Fewer than 10 certified filings, so this employer does not have its own page. | 4 filings — too few for a median | 4 |
Ranked by number of filings, not by pay and not by quality. This is not a “best employers” list. A wage sample of 1 shows the single filing. Samples from 2 to9 show the count with the wage withheld; at10 or more, the table shows the median and sample size. 177 employers in total filed for a worksite in Santa Barbara; 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 ·Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Loaded 2026-08-28 ·Files and method · Basis worksite city as filed; counted across the whole coverage period, not one year
These companies list a worksite in Santa Barbara, CA on their filings, while their own filing address is in another city — so they appear neither in the ranking above nor in the filing-address list. Counts are their certified filings with a worksite here.
Teleflex LLC (2, based in Morrisville, NC)
Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files ·Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Loaded 2026-08-28 ·Files and method · Basis worksite city as filed; the employer’s own filing address is elsewhere
We have loaded California WARN notices (2018-11-15 to 2026-08-24, 13,739 source records). Matched source records for a specific company appear on that company's page. Location rows and repeated or amended records do not establish a count of independent events or unique people.
Source State WARN layoff notices ·Coverage CA · 2018-11-15 to 2026-08-24 ·Loaded 2026-08-28 ·Files and method
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.