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	277
3	TikTok57 transfers	223	140	$269k$196k–$340k	764
4	Google35 transfers	207	140	$218k$200k–$239k	893
5	LinkedIn26 transfers	171	107	$188k$174k–$197k	—
6	Adobe30 transfers	170	103	$188k$164k–$227k	62
7	Nvidia8 transfers	89	59	$169k$168k–$201k	708
8	Tesla6 transfers	46	26	$270k$213k–$392k	—
9	Qualcomm42 transfers	43	42	$159k$141k–$188k	—
10	Pinterest8 transfers	37	19	$188k$174k–$225k	89
11	PayPal9 transfers	36	14	$197k$182k–$215k	82
12	Snap17 transfers	34	8	$174k$174k–$195k	68
13	Anthropic11 transfers	30	18	$214k$188k–$214k	256
14	Netflix15 transfers	28	12	$238k$238k–$265k	128
15	Waymo16 transfers	26	10	$240k$205k–$250k	177
16	Amazon1 transfer	22	17	$170k$160k–$197k	1,841
17	Roblox8 transfers	21	12	$259k$227k–$295k	192
18	MBZUAI Labs USA Inc.11 transfers	20	9	$300k$250k–$410k	—
19	Luma AI8 transfers	20	3	$188k$170k–$192k	4
20	ServiceNow7 transfers	18	14	$201k$191k–$236k	233
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	94
24	JPMorgan Chaseno transfers	17	5	$192k$167k–$215k	429
25	Palo Alto Networks12 transfers	16	11	$205k$180k–$207k	—
26	Resolve AI16 transfers	16	0	$240k	5
27	Government Employee Insurance Company (GEICO)12 transfers	15	3	$260k$230k–$300k	—
28	Salesforce4 transfers	14	9	$240k$201k–$244k	167
29	General Motors5 transfers	14	5	$240k$215k–$265k	283
30	Cisco Systems3 transfers	13	12	$200k$162k–$214k	238
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	113
34	Tinderno transfers	10	6	$185k$159k–$231k	—
35	Scale AI4 transfers	10	6	$250k$227k–$265k	71
36	Zoom Communications3 transfers	10	5	$188k$164k–$226k	—
37	Visano transfers	10	4	$169k$169k–$172k	98
38	Docusignno transfers	10	2	$214k$214k–$232k	—
39	Reddit7 transfers	10	0	$300k$289k–$300k	102
40	Hp1 transfer	9	7	$161k$161k–$191k	107
41	Hippocratic AI2 transfers	9	6	$260k$240k–$300k	—
42	Samsung4 transfers	9	5	$188k$174k–$197k	23
43	Wayve Technologies, Inc5 transfers	9	3	$285k$280k–$350k	—
44	Airbnb5 transfers	9	1	$191k$191k–$227k	48
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	12
49	Intelno transfers	7	6	$195k$194k–$201k	109
50	Toyota Research Institute, Inc.2 transfers	7	5	$205k$201k–$211k	—

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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.