H-1B sponsorship profile: California Department of Transportation. Across U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosures, California Department of Transportation filed 304 Labor Condition Applications covering 304 H-1B worker positions between fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2026. The employer’s DOL certification rate sits at 98.7% (300 certified of 304 filed), a useful proxy for how cleanly their prevailing-wage attestations pass the Labor Department’s preliminary review before USCIS adjudication.

Compensation spread. Offered wages on California Department of Transportation’s H-1B petitions range from $50,568 at the low end to $177,816 at the high end, with a petition-weighted average of $94,509. That range reflects the mix of occupations the company sponsors, led by Transportation Engineer (Civil) (211 petitions at $95,090 avg), followed by Transportation Engineer (Electrical) and Senior Transportation Engineer, Caltrans. H-1B salaries reported on LCAs must meet or exceed the DOL prevailing wage for the role and worksite, so the spread also tracks wage-level geography and seniority.

Geographic footprint. California Department of Transportation is headquartered in Sacramento, CA under NAICS code 237310, and places H-1B workers across 1 state, most heavily in CA. Combined, these signals give a granular view of how one employer uses the H-1B program, volume, approval cleanliness, wage posture, and where the jobs actually sit on the map.

Where California Department of Transportation ranks. By H-1B petition volume, California Department of Transportation is #646 of 119,880 employers nationally and #131 of 22,893 employers headquartered in CA. Both ranks are computed live from the same underlying petition counts, not a separate estimate.