Cap-exempt employers in California
81 employers in California appear cap-exempt in the register, 9 of them verified by hand and 2 with a connected careers feed. Ground 1 (higher education) dominates with 74; ground 2 (affiliated nonprofit) follows with 7. The largest by FY2026 H-1B approvals are The Leland Stanford Jr University (465), University of California San Francisco (258), University of California Berkeley (187).
All 81 employers
By FY2026 H-1B approvalsThe Leland Stanford Jr UniversityUniversity of California San FranciscoUniversity of California Berkeleyno feedUniversity of California Los Angelesno feedUniversity of Southern Californiano feedUniversity of California Davisno feedUniversity of California San Diegono feedCedars Sinai Medical Centerno feedUC Santa Barbarano feedStanford Health Careno feedCalifornia Institute of Technologyno feedUniversity of California Riversideno feedUniversity of California, Irvineno feedCalifornia Polytechnic State Univno feedCalifornia State University Fresnono feedUniversity of California, Santa Cruzno feedUniv of California San Franciscono feedSanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Instituteno feedUniversity of California Mercedno feedCalifornia State University Northridgeno feedChapman Universityno feedPresident and Board of Trustees of Santa Clara College d/b/a Santa Clarno feedSan Diego State Universityno feedFaculty Physicians and Surgeons of Llusm d/b/a Loma Linda Universityno feedLoma Linda - Inland Empire Consortium for Healthcare Education d/b/ano feedLoyola Marymount Universityno feedUniversity of the Pacificno feedCalifornia State University, San Bernardinono feedCalifornia State Polytechnic University Pomonano feedUniversity of San Diegono feedPepperdine Universityno feedCalifornia State University Long Beachno feedCalifornia State University Bakersfieldno feedCalifornia State University Fullertonno feedCalifornia State University Sacramentono feedLucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanfordno feedCalifornia Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Labno feedGolden Gate Universityno feedThe University of San Franciscono feedLincoln Universityno feedCalifornia State University Dominguez Hillsno feedMerced Community College Districtno feedRady Children's Hospital San Diegono feedCalifornia Institute of the Artsno feedHarvey Mudd Collegeno feedPoint Loma Nazarene Universityno feedSan Francisco State Universityno feedSonoma State Universityno feedCalifornia State University, East Bayno feedCharles R Drew University of Medicine and Scienceno feedClaremont McKenna Collegeno feedGlendale Community College Districtno feedLa Sierra Universityno feedMenlo Collegeno feedPacific Union Collegeno feedScripps Collegeno feedSimpson Universityno feedSoka University of Americano feedUniversity of Redlandsno feedUniversity of la Verneno feedWestern University of Health Sciencesno feedArt Center College of Designno feedAzusa Pacific Universityno feedBethesda Universityno feedBiola Universityno feedCalifornia Lutheran Universityno feedCalifornia State University Channel Islandsno feedCalifornia Western School of Lawno feedMinerva Institute for Research and Scholarship d/b/a Minerva Universityno feedMinerva Universityno feedPomona Collegeno feedSouthwestern Law Schoolno feedThomas Aquinas Collegeno feedVanguard University of Southern Californiano feedWestmont Collegeno feedWilliam Jessup University d/b/a Jessup Universityno feedCalifornia Baptist Universityno feedDominican University of Californiano feedFeather River Collegeno feedOtis College of Art and Designno feedPalo Alto Universityno feed
Openings in California
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All openings in California in the jobs search. A posting counts for California when its location text names the state, or, failing that, when its employer is based there.
What employers in California hire on H-1B
DOL FY2025 certified LCAs| Occupation (SOC) | LCAs | Median wage | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biochemists and Biophysicists | 421 | $76,140 | 12 |
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | 288 | $78,606 | 9 |
| Molecular and Cellular Biologists | 159 | $72,997 | 8 |
| Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | 151 | $121,284 | 13 |
| Physicists | 133 | $81,067 | 8 |
| Business Teachers, Postsecondary | 82 | $132,030 | 22 |
| Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary | 63 | $110,592 | 16 |
| Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers | 51 | $82,590 | 3 |
Totals add up each employer’s five most-certified occupations in DOL FY2025 Labor Condition Applications, so they understate the state’s full hiring. Median wage is the median of those employers’ median offered wages; it is an approximation, not a state-wide median.