DOL OFLC, CA

California State Summary VISA CATEGORY TOTAL APPLICATIONS PROCESSED TOTAL APPLICATIONS CERTIFIED TOTAL POSITIONS REQUESTED TOTAL POSITIONS CERTIFIED % OF TOTAL CERTIFIED APPLICATIONS % OF TOTAL CERTIFIED POSITIONS AVERAGE WAGE OFFER/AEWR PERM H-1B H-2B H-2A 29579 116,026 192 316 27548 105,159 131 298 23246 244,076 2,786 11,369 27548 227,039 2,130 11,106 23.76% 18.15% 2.21% 2.99% 23.76% 18.94% 1.79% 7.94% $111,212.11 $94,353.50 $14.38 $11.89 Top Three Cities PERMANENT LABOR (BY POSITIONS CERTIFIED) City Name Positions Certified San Francisco San Jose Mountain View 2,957 2,674 2,469 H-2B (BY POSITIONS CERTIFIED ) City Name Positions Certified Yreka Redlands Riverside 200 125 120 Average Wage Offer $126,575.17 $121,412.50 $122,767.40 Average Wage Offer $9.38 $25.00 $9.41 Top Five Occupations/Agricultural Commodities PERMANENT LABOR Occupation Positions Certified Average Wage Offer Software Developers, Applications Software Developers, Systems Software Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Computer Systems Analysts Computer and Information Systems Managers 8,772 4,620 2,010 1,938 704 $124,128.67 $12,6828.64 $115,187.13 $109,565.68 $158,181.88 H-1B (BY POSITIONS CERTIFIED ) City Name Positions Certified San Francisco San Jose Cupertino 28,942 27,843 18,444 H-2A (BY POSITIONS CERTIFIED ) Average Wage Offer $104,830 $102,543 $120,869 City Name Santa Maria Salinas Bard Positions Certified AEWR 1,277 918 837 $11.89 $11.89 $11.89 H-1B Occupation Software Developers, Applications Computer Systems Analysts Positions Certified Average Wage Offer 38,310 36,844 $114,665.66 $83,358.34 Software Developers, Systems Software 22,627 $121,122.13 Computer Occupations, All Other Computer Programmers 20,420 15,689 $84,640.30 $68,568.78 H-2B Occupation Positions Certified Average Wage Offer Amusement and Recreation Attendants Forest and Conservation Workers Coaches and Scouts Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and 913 668 602 240 142 $9.65 $9.53 $18.37 $13.81 $10.39 H-2A Occupation Berries Lettuce Livestock Tomatoes Onions Positions Certified AEWR 4,705 2,650 871 475 380 $11.89 $11.89 $11.89 $11.89 $11.89 56 • APPENDIX A: STATE EMPLOYMENT-BASED IMMIGRATION PROFILES