H-1B sponsorCAFEIN 68-0274794Updated Jun 2026

California Department of Transportation

US H-1B Labor Condition Application activity for California Department of Transportation. Filed 603 disclosures between FY2010 and FY2026 from worksites with a CA headquarters indicator.

Total filings

Outside top-N · FY2026

Certified

100.0%

unconditional · FY2026

Withdrawn

0.0%

withdrawn rate · FY2026

Denied

0.0%

rejection rate · FY2026

Summary

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is a state government agency responsible for planning, constructing, and maintaining California's highway system. Since 2010, Caltrans has filed 603 H-1B visa petitions, with notable increases in recent years—120 filings in FY2025 and 46 in FY2026, achieving 100% certification in the latest fiscal year.

Caltrans' H-1B role mix is heavily dominated by civil engineers, who account for 533 of 603 total filings (88%). The remaining specialized positions include data scientists (16), social scientists (21), environmental scientists (5), and management analysts (5). This concentration reflects the agency's core infrastructure mission. Across all years, Caltrans has maintained a 45.44% overall certification rate with negligible withdrawals (0.5%) and no denials, indicating straightforward application processing despite the narrow specialty focus.

Caltrans H-1B sponsor
California Department of Transportation H-1B
civil engineer H-1B California
Caltrans prevailing wage
H-1B filings California state

H-1B outcome breakdown

Share of California Department of Transportation’s LCAs by DOL case status, all fiscal years. Use the year filter above for a single-year breakdown.

Outcome breakdown
Outcome	Share
Certified	95.8%
Cert-withdrawn	3.1%
Withdrawn	1.1%

Certified95.8%

Cert-withdrawn3.1%

Withdrawn1.1%

Top occupations sponsored

SOC codes filed most by California Department of Transportation across all fiscal years. Click any row to open the national salary guide.

#	SOC	Title	Filings
1	17-2051	Civil Engineers	533
2	19-3099	Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other	21
3	15-2051	Data Scientists	16
4	19-2041	Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	5
5	13-1111	Management Analysts	5
6	13-2051	Financial and Investment Analysts	4
7	17-2071	Electrical Engineers	3
8	15-1252	Software Developers	3
9	17-1012	Landscape Architects	2
10	17-3022	Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	2

Civil Engineers

533

Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other

Data Scientists

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health

Management Analysts

Financial and Investment Analysts

Electrical Engineers

Software Developers

Landscape Architects

Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians

H-1B filings by fiscal year

Year-over-year H-1B filing volume — a hiring-demand signal, not headcount.

Year	Filings
FY2010	19
FY2011	28
FY2012	84
FY2013	22
FY2014	26
FY2015	21
FY2016	33
FY2017	12
FY2018	30
FY2019	42
FY2021	1
FY2023	25
FY2024	94
FY2025	120
FY2026	46

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