California Air Resources Board — 108 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 26
- Filings · FY2025
- $107k
- Median base · FY2025
- Air Pollution Specialist
- Top role · 52 all-time
- CA
- Top state · 108 all-time
California Air Resources Board filed 26 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 63% from the year before), with a median base salary of $107k and the middle 50% of offers between $107k and $112k. Across all years it has 108 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Air Pollution Specialist in California.
How much does California Air Resources Board pay H-1B workers?
Certified base salary by fiscal year: each box is the p25–p75 range, the heavy line the median, the whiskers reach p10–p90. $107k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has California Air Resources Board's H-1B hiring changed by year?
5 certified filings in FY2016 → 20 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 20 | −23% | $110k |
| FY2025 | 26 | +63% | $107k |
| FY2024 | 16 | +1500% | $105k |
| FY2023 | 1 | −83% | $105k |
| FY2022 | 6 | −25% | $90k |
| FY2021 | 8 | 0% | $94k |
| FY2020 | 8 | +33% | $117k |
| FY2019 | 6 | +20% | $90k |
| FY2018 | 5 | −29% | $86k |
| FY2017 | 7 | +40% | $103k |
| FY2016 | 5 | — | $91k |
Which wage levels does California Air Resources Board file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 63% of California Air Resources Board's filings sit at Level III–IV. A heavy I–II skew reads as entry-level or contractor-style hiring; a heavy IV skew as senior in-house roles — and higher levels earn more lottery entries.
Share of 40 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I20.0%8
- Level II17.5%7
- Level III50.0%20
- Level IV12.5%5
What jobs does California Air Resources Board sponsor for H-1B?
The most-filed job titles across all years (DOL titles, employer pay-grade codes stripped), with base-salary percentiles. Open a title for California Air Resources Board's pay on that role by year, wage level and worksite.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Air Pollution Specialist | 52 | $105k |
| Air Resources Engineer | 43 | $106k |
| Staff Air Pollution Specialist | 5 | $130k |
| Air Resources Supervisor | 3 | $147k |
| Air Resources Supervisor I | 3 | $131k |
| Engineering Geologist | 1 | $110k |
| Air Resource Engineer | 1 | $110k |
Where does California Air Resources Board hire H-1B workers?
Worksite states on the certified filings, all years. Deeper pink = more filings; hover a state for its figures.
| State | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| CA | 108 | $107k |
What has California Air Resources Board filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 108 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about California Air Resources Board's H-1B filings
- How much does California Air Resources Board pay H-1B workers?
- California Air Resources Board's median certified H-1B base salary is $107k (FY2025), from 26 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does California Air Resources Board sponsor?
- California Air Resources Board has 108 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does California Air Resources Board sponsor for H-1B?
- California Air Resources Board's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Air Pollution Specialist, Air Resources Engineer, Staff Air Pollution Specialist, Air Resources Supervisor.
- Where does California Air Resources Board hire H-1B workers?
- California Air Resources Board's top H-1B worksite states are CA.
- Does a certified LCA mean an H-1B visa was approved?
- No. A Labor Condition Application (LCA) is the Department of Labor attestation an employer must have certified before filing an H-1B petition with USCIS. It records the job, worksite and offered wage, but not whether the petition was filed, selected in the lottery, or approved. Filing counts measure intent to sponsor, not headcount.
- What salary do these figures show?
- The base annual wage offered on the certified LCA, converted to a yearly amount. Bonus, equity, overtime and benefits are not included, so total compensation is typically higher. Figures are medians and percentiles over certified filings; wages above $5,000,000 a year are excluded as data-entry errors.
- What do prevailing-wage levels I–IV mean?
- The Department of Labor assigns each LCA an OES wage level from I (entry) to IV (fully competent) for the occupation and area. Under the FY2027 wage-weighted H-1B lottery rule, a higher level earns more selection entries, so an employer's level mix is a proxy for how senior its sponsored roles are.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — certified LCA disclosure data through June 2026 (FY2016–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →