California Department of Transportation — 507 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 113
- Filings · FY2025
- $89k
- Median base · FY2025
- Transportation Engineer (Civil)
- Top role · 310 all-time
- CA
- Top state · 507 all-time
California Department of Transportation filed 113 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 27% from the year before), with a median base salary of $89k and the middle 50% of offers between $87k and $104k. That is 6% below the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 507 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Transportation Engineer (Civil) in California.
How much does California Department of Transportation 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. $89k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has California Department of Transportation's H-1B hiring changed by year?
28 certified filings in FY2016 → 79 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 79 | −30% | $89k |
| FY2025 | 113 | +27% | $89k |
| FY2024 | 89 | +53% | $102k |
| FY2023 | 58 | +76% | $93k |
| FY2022 | 33 | +3% | $93k |
| FY2021 | 32 | +100% | $90k |
| FY2020 | 16 | −33% | $88k |
| FY2019 | 24 | +20% | $76k |
| FY2018 | 20 | +33% | $92k |
| FY2017 | 15 | −46% | $92k |
| FY2016 | 28 | — | $86k |
What jobs does California Department of Transportation 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 Department of Transportation's pay on that role by year, wage level and worksite.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Transportation Engineer (Civil) | 310 | $92k |
| Senior Transportation Engineer, Caltrans | 45 | $108k |
| Transportation Engineer (Electrical) | 41 | $85k |
| Transportation Engineer, Civil | 25 | $86k |
| Research Data Analyst II | 13 | $77k |
| Supervising Transportation Engineer, Caltrans | 7 | $154k |
| Associate Governmental Program Analyst | 6 | $68k |
| Research Data Analyst I | 5 | $63k |
| Associate Transportation Planner | 5 | $83k |
| Transportation Planner | 5 | $71k |
Where does California Department of Transportation 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 | 507 | $89k |
What has California Department of Transportation filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 507 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about California Department of Transportation's H-1B filings
- How much does California Department of Transportation pay H-1B workers?
- California Department of Transportation's median certified H-1B base salary is $89k (FY2025), from 113 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does California Department of Transportation sponsor?
- California Department of Transportation has 507 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does California Department of Transportation sponsor for H-1B?
- California Department of Transportation's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Transportation Engineer (Civil), Senior Transportation Engineer, Caltrans, Transportation Engineer (Electrical), Transportation Engineer, Civil.
- Where does California Department of Transportation hire H-1B workers?
- California Department of Transportation'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 →