Which companies sponsor H-1B visas for machine learning engineers in California?

636 employers filed H-1B visas for machine learning engineer roles in California this fiscal year. The largest are Meta, Apple, TikTok, Google, LinkedIn.

Which of them sponsor a first H-1B, not just transfers?

345 of them filed at least one petition for new H-1B employment — the kind someone on OPT or abroad needs. Among employers that aren't staffing firms, the most active are Meta, TikTok, Google.

What do H-1B machine learning engineers earn in California?

The median salary on these filings is about $201k a year.

What does cap-exempt mean?

Universities, their affiliated nonprofits and government research labs can file H-1Bs at any time of year with no lottery. 3 of the employers here are cap-exempt.

Machine Learning Engineer H-1B sponsors in California

employers filed: 636
first-time H-1Bs: 1,789
took a first-timer: 345
median pay: $201k

Every employer that filed an H-1B for this role here, from this fiscal year's official filings. The column most lists leave out is first-time H-1B: plenty of big sponsors mostly take transfers, which is no help if you're on OPT or applying from abroad.

Showing the top 50 of 636 employers

#	Employer	Filings	First-time H-1B	Median pay	Open roles
1	Meta30 transfers	536	363	$214k$186k–$226k	—
2	Apple48 transfers	230	81	$194k$175k–$224k	172
3	TikTok57 transfers	223	140	$269k$196k–$340k	786
4	Google35 transfers	207	140	$218k$200k–$239k	853
5	LinkedIn26 transfers	171	107	$188k$174k–$197k	—
6	Adobe30 transfers	170	103	$188k$164k–$227k	174
7	Nvidia8 transfers	89	59	$169k$168k–$201k	526
8	Tesla6 transfers	46	26	$270k$213k–$392k	—
9	Qualcomm42 transfers	43	42	$159k$141k–$188k	—
10	Pinterest8 transfers	37	19	$188k$174k–$225k	69
11	PayPal9 transfers	36	14	$197k$182k–$215k	45
12	Snap17 transfers	34	8	$174k$174k–$195k	54
13	Anthropic11 transfers	30	18	$214k$188k–$214k	243
14	Netflix15 transfers	28	12	$238k$238k–$265k	162
15	Waymo16 transfers	26	10	$240k$205k–$250k	174
16	Amazon1 transfer	22	17	$170k$160k–$197k	1,823
17	Roblox8 transfers	21	12	$259k$227k–$295k	168
18	MBZUAI Labs USA Inc.11 transfers	20	9	$300k$250k–$410k	—
19	Luma AI8 transfers	20	3	$188k$170k–$192k	—
20	ServiceNow7 transfers	18	14	$201k$191k–$236k	152
21	XPeng4 transfers	18	12	$255k$230k–$272k	—
22	Uber Technologies15 transfers	18	2	$236k$199k–$245k	—
23	DoorDash7 transfers	17	9	$170k$154k–$197k	83
24	JPMorgan Chaseno transfers	17	5	$192k$167k–$215k	250
25	Palo Alto Networks12 transfers	16	11	$205k$180k–$207k	—
26	Resolve AI16 transfers	16	0	$240k	4
27	Government Employee Insurance Company (GEICO)12 transfers	15	3	$260k$230k–$300k	—
28	Salesforce4 transfers	14	9	$240k$201k–$244k	113
29	General Motors5 transfers	14	5	$240k$215k–$265k	300
30	Cisco Systems3 transfers	13	12	$200k$162k–$214k	215
31	Unity Technologies SF9 transfers	11	2	$230k$227k–$245k	—
32	Workday9 transfers	11	0	$228k$198k–$228k	111
33	Zoox1 transfer	10	8	$195k$162k–$195k	118
34	Tinderno transfers	10	6	$185k$159k–$231k	—
35	Scale AI4 transfers	10	6	$250k$227k–$265k	98
36	Zoom Communications3 transfers	10	5	$188k$164k–$226k	—
37	Visano transfers	10	4	$169k$169k–$172k	101
38	Docusignno transfers	10	2	$214k$214k–$232k	—
39	Reddit7 transfers	10	0	$300k$289k–$300k	94
40	Hp1 transfer	9	7	$161k$161k–$191k	80
41	Hippocratic AI2 transfers	9	6	$260k$240k–$300k	—
42	Samsung4 transfers	9	5	$188k$174k–$197k	31
43	Wayve Technologies, Inc5 transfers	9	3	$285k$280k–$350k	—
44	Airbnb5 transfers	9	1	$191k$191k–$227k	44
45	Together Computer1 transfer	8	7	$214k	—
46	Atlassian US6 transfers	8	0	$230k$210k–$230k	—
47	Anysphereno transfers	7	7	$209k	—
48	Fireworks.ai1 transfer	7	6	$210k$190k–$240k	—
49	Intelno transfers	7	6	$195k$194k–$201k	67
50	Toyota Research Institute, Inc.2 transfers	7	5	$205k$201k–$211k	—

586 more employers filed for this role here

The big names are the ones everyone applies to. The rest of this list is where your application isn't one of 2,000. Pro opens all of it, with the filters.

Get early access

Already a member? Sign in and this page opens up.

Which companies sponsor H-1B visas for machine learning engineers in California?: 636 employers filed H-1B visas for machine learning engineer roles in California this fiscal year. The largest are Meta, Apple, TikTok, Google, LinkedIn.
Which of them sponsor a first H-1B, not just transfers?: 345 of them filed at least one petition for new H-1B employment — the kind someone on OPT or abroad needs. Among employers that aren't staffing firms, the most active are Meta, TikTok, Google.
What do H-1B machine learning engineers earn in California?: The median salary on these filings is about $201k a year.
What does cap-exempt mean?: Universities, their affiliated nonprofits and government research labs can file H-1Bs at any time of year with no lottery. 3 of the employers here are cap-exempt.