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Santa Monica, CALIFORNIA

Reported H-1B wages at worksites in this city. Explore roles, wages, and case statuses using public Department of Labor records.

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Santa Monica insights

Official U.S. DOL records
Total filings7,855All loaded years · FY 2016–2026
Median yearly base salary$119,5176,665 eligible salary records
Employer names1,520Distinct reported names
Typical salary range$90,000–$150,000Middle 50% of yearly wages

Filing & salary trends

How reported activity and wages changed over time

All loaded years · FY 2016–2026
02745478211kFY 2016: 774 filings16FY 2017: 718 filings17FY 2018: 885 filings18FY 2019: 977 filings19FY 2020: 866 filings20FY 2021: 686 filings21FY 2022: 809 filings22FY 2023: 612 filings23FY 2024: 561 filings24FY 2025: 568 filings25FY 2026: 399 filings · through June26*Fiscal year
FY 2026*399 filings$152,734 median · n=345

*FY 2026 covers Q1–Q3 through June; earlier years cover full fiscal years. Median: certified, positive yearly base wages; nominal USD.

Salary distribution

Where reported yearly base wages concentrate

All loaded years · FY 2016–2026
$100k–$125kMost common wage band
$0$125k$250k+

$25k bands · 6,665 certified filings with positive yearly wages. Final band includes all wages ≥$250k.

Most reported roles

Explore job mix and compare reported wages

All loaded years · FY 2016–2026
Software Engineer334
$104,146 median · n=291 eligible
Software Developer315
$123,500 median · n=250 eligible
Senior Software Engineer191
$142,133 median · n=160 eligible
Software Engineer (4)179
$135,886 median · n=142 eligible
Software Development Engineer Ii165
$147,950 median · n=162 eligible
Software Development Engineer I114
$116,000 median · n=113 eligible
Software Engineer (3)96
$111,280 median · n=74 eligible
Data Scientist89
$104,000 median · n=74 eligible

Top 8 by filing volume. Medians use certified, positive yearly wages. Bars start at zero.

Leading worksite cities

Where filings are concentrated

All loaded years · FY 2016–2026
Santa Monica, CA6,996
$120,000 median · n=5,920 eligible
Santa Monica, CALIFORNIA848
$110,000 median · n=737 eligible
Santa Monica, Ca, CA7
$76,502 median · n=5 eligible
Santa Monica, OH2
$82,093 median · n=1 eligible
Santa Monica, ARKANSAS1
$75,000 median · n=1 eligible
Santa Monica, IL1
$85,000 median · n=1 eligible

Top 6 by filing volume. Medians use certified, positive yearly wages. Bars start at zero.

Case outcomes

Certification and withdrawal context

All loaded years · FY 2016–2026
88.5%Certified LCAs
Certified6,955 88.5%
Certified - Withdrawn640 8.1%
Withdrawn187 2.4%
Denied73 0.9%

Denominator: all 7,855 matching filings. LCA certification is not a visa approval rate.

Leading employers

Companies with the most matching filings

All loaded years · FY 2016–2026
Snap Inc.843
$125,268 median · n=662 eligible
Amazon.Com Services LLC531
$139,360 median · n=523 eligible
Hulu, LLC467
$145,000 median · n=348 eligible
Cornerstone Ondemand, Inc.346
$118,050 median · n=308 eligible
Activision Publishing Inc231
$140,000 median · n=207 eligible
Kite Pharma Inc.165
$118,882 median · n=165 eligible
Amazon.Com Services, Inc.120
$134,900 median · n=117 eligible
Beachbody, LLC108
$140,000 median · n=99 eligible

Top 8 by filing volume. Medians use certified, positive yearly wages. Bars start at zero.

Salary benchmarks

Reported wage percentiles, from P10 to P90

All loaded years · FY 2016–2026
$119,517Median reported annual base wage
10th percentile$69,506
25th percentile$90,000
Median (50th)$119,517
75th percentile$150,000
90th percentile$177,029

n=6,665 certified filings with positive yearly wages. Percentiles describe filings, not unique workers or total compensation.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosures · FY 2016–2026 (FY 2026 partial) · salary charts exclude non-yearly pay, non-certified cases, and missing or non-positive wages. Coverage & methodology

Salary filing history

7,855 matching H-1B filings

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Reported base wages in USD · pay period shown beside each amount · select a salary for case details

EmployerJob titleBase salaryLocationSubmit dateStart date
Generac Power SystemsFirmware Engineer Iv

Filing details

$199,120 /yr

I-200-26169-028964
Reported wage: $199,120 / year
Annualized: $199,120
Status: Certified
Fiscal year: 2026
Decision: 2026-06-26
Employment end: 2029-11-19
Worker positions: 1

Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.

Santa Monica, CA06/18/202611/20/2026
Avj Properties, LLCDirector Of Community & Public Affairs

Filing details

$195,021 /yr

I-200-26169-029743
Reported wage: $195,021–$196,000 / year
Annualized: $195,021
Status: Certified
Fiscal year: 2026
Decision: 2026-06-26
Employment end: 2029-09-30
Worker positions: 1

Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.

Santa Monica, CA06/18/202610/01/2026
Avj Properties, LLCDirector Of Communications

Filing details

$195,021 /yr

I-200-26169-029808
Reported wage: $195,021–$196,000 / year
Annualized: $195,021
Status: Certified
Fiscal year: 2026
Decision: 2026-06-26
Employment end: 2029-09-30
Worker positions: 1

Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.

Santa Monica, CA06/18/202610/01/2026
Ccla Construction IncCost Estimator

Filing details

$90,896 /yr

I-200-26170-032657
Reported wage: $90,896 / year
Annualized: $90,896
Status: Certified
Fiscal year: 2026
Decision: 2026-06-26
Employment end: 2029-09-30
Worker positions: 1

Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.

Santa Monica, CA06/18/202610/01/2026
Ccla Construction IncCost Estimator

Filing details

$90,896 /yr

I-200-26170-032667
Reported wage: $90,896 / year
Annualized: $90,896
Status: Certified
Fiscal year: 2026
Decision: 2026-06-26
Employment end: 2029-09-30
Worker positions: 1

Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.

Santa Monica, CA06/18/202610/01/2026
Ccla Construction IncCost Estimator

Filing details

$90,896 /yr

I-200-26170-032670
Reported wage: $90,896 / year
Annualized: $90,896
Status: Certified
Fiscal year: 2026
Decision: 2026-06-26
Employment end: 2029-09-30
Worker positions: 1

Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.

Santa Monica, CA06/18/202610/01/2026
Reddit, Inc.Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Filing details

$300,000 /yr

I-200-26170-033996
Reported wage: $300,000 / year
Annualized: $300,000
Status: Certified
Fiscal year: 2026
Decision: 2026-06-26
Employment end: 2029-06-29
Worker positions: 1

Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.

Santa Monica, CA06/19/202606/30/2026
Dialogica, Inc.Engineer 011

Filing details

$130,000 /yr

I-200-26168-025890
Reported wage: $130,000 / year
Annualized: $130,000
Status: Certified
Fiscal year: 2026
Decision: 2026-06-25
Employment end: 2029-06-25
Worker positions: 1

Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.

Santa Monica, CA06/17/202606/26/2026
Playq Inc.Data Analyst

Filing details

$101,712 /yr

I-200-26168-026218
Reported wage: $101,712–$120,000 / year
Annualized: $101,712
Status: Certified
Fiscal year: 2026
Decision: 2026-06-25
Employment end: 2029-09-30
Worker positions: 1

Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.

Santa Monica, CA06/17/202610/01/2026
Ziprecruiter, Inc.Data Scientist I

Filing details

$155,000 /yr

I-200-26166-015099
Reported wage: $155,000 / year
Annualized: $155,000
Status: Certified
Fiscal year: 2026
Decision: 2026-06-23
Employment end: 2029-09-30
Worker positions: 1

Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.

Santa Monica, CA06/15/202610/01/2026
Hirebeat IncFinancial Analyst

Filing details

$95,000 /yr

I-200-26167-017660
Reported wage: $95,000 / year
Annualized: $95,000
Status: Certified
Fiscal year: 2026
Decision: 2026-06-23
Employment end: 2029-12-13
Worker positions: 1

Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.

Santa Monica, CA06/15/202612/14/2026
Apple Sentity Independent Productions LLCStudio Tech Ops

Filing details

$221,520 /yr

I-200-26163-008683
Reported wage: $221,520–$303,200 / year
Annualized: $221,520
Status: Certified
Fiscal year: 2026
Decision: 2026-06-22
Employment end: 2029-09-30
Worker positions: 1

Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.

Santa Monica, CA06/12/202610/01/2026
Ccla Construction IncCost Estimator

Filing details

$43.7 per hour

I-200-26163-010324
Reported wage: $43.7 / hour
Annualized: $90,896
Status: Certified
Fiscal year: 2026
Decision: 2026-06-22
Employment end: 2028-03-30
Worker positions: 1

Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.

Santa Monica, CA06/12/202610/01/2026
Ccla Construction IncCost Estimator

Filing details

$43.7 per hour

I-200-26163-010344
Reported wage: $43.7 / hour
Annualized: $90,896
Status: Certified
Fiscal year: 2026
Decision: 2026-06-22
Employment end: 2029-09-30
Worker positions: 1

Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.

Santa Monica, CA06/12/202610/01/2026
Drsb Engineering Inc.Geostructural Project Engineer

Filing details

$97,500 /yr

I-200-26164-012433
Reported wage: $97,500 / year
Annualized: $97,500
Status: Certified
Fiscal year: 2026
Decision: 2026-06-22
Employment end: 2029-03-31
Worker positions: 1

Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.

Santa Monica, CA06/12/202606/24/2026
Snap Inc.Software Engineer (4)

Filing details

$149,136 /yr

I-200-23229-275150
Reported wage: $149,136–$191,063 / year
Annualized: $149,136
Status: Certified - Withdrawn
Fiscal year: 2026
Decision: 2026-06-18
Employment end: 2026-09-30
Worker positions: 1

Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.

Santa Monica, CA08/17/202310/01/2023
Snap Inc.Sr Manager, Software Engineering

Filing details

$204,506 /yr

I-200-23342-555782
Reported wage: $204,506–$260,000 / year
Annualized: $204,506
Status: Certified - Withdrawn
Fiscal year: 2026
Decision: 2026-06-18
Employment end: 2026-12-17
Worker positions: 1

Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.

Santa Monica, CA12/08/202312/18/2023
Kite Pharma Inc.Sr Process Engineer I

Filing details

$137,280 /yr

I-200-26162-004780
Reported wage: $137,280–$172,000 / year
Annualized: $137,280
Status: Certified
Fiscal year: 2026
Decision: 2026-06-18
Employment end: 2029-06-28
Worker positions: 1

Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.

Santa Monica, CA06/11/202606/29/2026
Oracle America, Inc.Software Development Snr Director

Filing details

$237,141 /yr

I-200-26162-007002
Reported wage: $237,141–$364,774 / year
Annualized: $237,141
Status: Certified
Fiscal year: 2026
Decision: 2026-06-18
Employment end: 2029-06-30
Worker positions: 10

Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.

Santa Monica, CA06/11/202607/01/2026
Ccla Construction IncCost Estimator

Filing details

$43.7 per hour

I-200-26162-007552
Reported wage: $43.7 / hour
Annualized: $90,896
Status: Certified
Fiscal year: 2026
Decision: 2026-06-18
Employment end: 2029-09-30
Worker positions: 1

Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.

Santa Monica, CA06/11/202610/01/2026
Ccla Construction IncCost Estimator

Filing details

$43.7 per hour

I-200-26162-007581
Reported wage: $43.7 / hour
Annualized: $90,896
Status: Certified
Fiscal year: 2026
Decision: 2026-06-18
Employment end: 2029-09-30
Worker positions: 1

Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.

Santa Monica, CA06/11/202610/01/2026
Ccla Construction IncCost Estimator

Filing details

$43.7 per hour

I-200-26162-007778
Reported wage: $43.7 / hour
Annualized: $90,896
Status: Certified
Fiscal year: 2026
Decision: 2026-06-18
Employment end: 2028-03-30
Worker positions: 1

Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.

Santa Monica, CA06/11/202610/01/2026
Ccla Construction IncCost Estimator

Filing details

$43.7 per hour

I-200-26162-007801
Reported wage: $43.7 / hour
Annualized: $90,896
Status: Certified
Fiscal year: 2026
Decision: 2026-06-18
Employment end: 2028-03-30
Worker positions: 1

Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.

Santa Monica, CA06/11/202610/01/2026
Bpm LlpAssurance Senior

Filing details

$83,000 /yr

I-200-26125-871109
Reported wage: $83,000–$88,000 / year
Annualized: $83,000
Status: Certified - Withdrawn
Fiscal year: 2026
Decision: 2026-06-17
Employment end: 2029-09-30
Worker positions: 1

Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.

Santa Monica, CA05/05/202610/01/2026
Ziprecruiter, Inc.Data Scientist I

Filing details

$155,000 /yr

I-200-26161-000531
Reported wage: $155,000 / year
Annualized: $155,000
Status: Certified
Fiscal year: 2026
Decision: 2026-06-17
Employment end: 2029-09-30
Worker positions: 1

Employer-reported disclosure · Base wage, not total compensation.

Santa Monica, CA06/10/202610/01/2026

These records describe employer-reported wages, not total compensation. A certified LCA does not establish that a visa was granted or that an employer is currently hiring. Read the methodology and coverage.