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Companies hiring Geographers in California: 32 certified H-1B and PERM cases, FY2023 to FY2026
20 employers had 32 certified H-1B and PERM cases for Geographers (occupation code 19-3092) with a worksite in California, decided through June 25, 2026; the median offered wage is $83,050 a year.
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Employers hiring Geographers in California
| Employer | Worksite cities | Cases | Job titles | Median offered | Median prevailing | Latest decision | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of California at Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara | 3 | Postdoctoral Scholar; Communications Specialist | $77,250 | $77,250 | November 19, 2025 | dol.gov |
| The University of Alabama | Redlands, Arcadia | 3 | Geography Researcher; Geography Researcher II | $75,000 | $63,419 | June 23, 2025 | dol.gov |
| Formation Environmental LLC | Sacramento | 3 | Geographer | $65,770 | $65,770 | May 30, 2024 | dol.gov |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) | Moss Landing | 2 | Post Doctoral Fellow; Postdoctoral Fellow | $70,267 | $69,180 | November 18, 2025 | dol.gov |
| Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. | San Diego | 2 | Geospatial Information Professional Associate; Geospatial Information Professional | $98,218 | $80,995 | December 10, 2025 | dol.gov |
| Moody's Analytics, Inc. | Newark | 2 | Asst Dir Mgr-Analytics & Model; Assc Analytics & Model Analyst | $141,032 | $90,272 | April 29, 2026 | dol.gov |
| Aurora Operations, Inc. | Mountain View | 2 | Senior Software Engineer, Map Creation Systems; Project Manager I (Mapping) | $131,000 | $103,522 | May 14, 2026 | dol.gov |
| NVIDIA Corporation | Santa Clara | 2 | Program Manager; Transaction Processing Specialist | $70,616 | $69,504 | April 14, 2025 | dol.gov |
| California Institute of Technology | Pasadena | 2 | Scientist | $140,200 | $73,507 | July 22, 2024 | dol.gov |
| Bayro LLC | Mountain View | 1 | Geospatial Strategy Analyst | $83,200 | $82,534 | May 1, 2026 | dol.gov |
| WSP USA Inc. | Costa Mesa | 1 | Sr. Consultant, Geology | $113,464 | $113,464 | May 8, 2026 | dol.gov |
| Wonderful Orchards LLC | Shafter | 1 | GIS Analyst | $113,464 | $113,464 | May 19, 2026 | dol.gov |
| Geoconvergence, LLC | Long Beach | 1 | Geographer - GIS Engineer | $98,010 | $98,010 | June 25, 2026 | dol.gov |
| HDR Engineering, Inc. | Walnut Creek | 1 | GIS Analyst | $90,147 | $75,462 | June 9, 2025 | dol.gov |
| University of California, Berkeley | Berkeley | 1 | Postdoctoral Scholar Employee | $63,673 | $59,784 | October 10, 2024 | dol.gov |
| The University of Southern California | Los Angeles | 1 | Postdoctoral Scholar - Research Associate | $55,827 | $55,827 | May 24, 2024 | dol.gov |
| Risk Management Solutions, Inc. | Newark | 1 | Senior Modeling Services Analyst (Regulatory Services) | $133,000 | $111,197 | January 22, 2024 | dol.gov |
| Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope | Duarte | 1 | Data Scientist | $97,531 | $77,688 | October 10, 2023 | dol.gov |
| Uber Technologies, Inc. | Sunnyvale | 1 | Technical Program Manager II | $146,000 | $90,189 | July 7, 2023 | dol.gov |
| University of California, Los Angeles | Los Angeles | 1 | Postdoctoral Scholar | $66,976 | $66,976 | January 25, 2023 | dol.gov |
Updated June 25, 2026. Read from US Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification. Public domain (U.S. government work). A certified labor condition application (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3) or PERM labor certification is an employer filing the Department of Labor approved. It is not a count of people hired or visas issued. Wages are as the employer filed them, converted to a yearly figure at 2,080 hours; a wage whose unit is missing is left blank. The files show the first worksite of a case. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.