Salaries / Network and Computer Systems Administrators / San Francisco
Network and Computer Systems Administrators salaries in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 158 certified H-1B applications for network and computer systems administrators in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 109 employers.
The middle half of offers were $110,000 to $166,000 a year, with a median of $135,000: 35% above the national median for this job ($100,000).
The most common wage level was Level IV (37% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $90,064 at Level I and $111,966 at Level II.
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Wage levels
DOL sets four wage levels by experience. The share of filings at each level, and the minimum the employer must pay for that level here.
| Level | Share of filings | Prevailing wage (minimum) |
|---|---|---|
| Level I (entry) | 9% | $90,064 |
| Level II (qualified) | 36% | $111,966 |
| Level III (experienced) | 18% | $133,848 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 37% | $155,750 |
Who sponsors network and computer systems administrators here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 10 | $133,500 | 83 |
| Crusoe Energy Systems LLC | 9 | $185,000 | — |
| Tata Consultancy Services Limited | 4 | $121,500 | — |
| Stanford Health Care | 4 | $197,000 | — |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 3 | $200,000 | 4 |
| Google LLC | 3 | $215,000 | — |
| Amazon Web Services, Inc. | 3 | $142,000 | 2 |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions Us Corp | 3 | $110,000 | — |
| Tesla, Inc. | 3 | $176,500 | 2 |
| Qualys, Inc. | 3 | $110,000 | 5 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | 3 | $175,000 | 1 |
| INTELENT INC (f.k.a SILICON STAFF IT SERVICES INC) | 2 | $145,500 | — |
| Strategic Staffing Solutions, L.C. | 2 | $146,000 | 1 |
| ServiceNow, Inc. | 2 | $156,500 | 5 |
| Zoox Inc. | 2 | $164,500 | 2 |
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Common titles filed under this occupation: Network Engineer, System Administrator, Infrastructure Consultant 2, Network And Computer Systems Administrator, Systems Administrator, Network Administrator, Manager Jc50 - Network And Computer Systems Administrators, Devops Engineer.
About this data
Offers are the wages employers put on certified Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) for H-1B workers: Certified H-1B LCAs decided July 2025 to June 2026. An LCA is filed before a petition, so not every filing became a job, and pay excludes bonus and stock. Annual pay; hourly offers are multiplied by 2,080. Pages appear only where there were at least 100 filings. Source: DOL disclosure data and OFLC wage data. Not legal or financial advice.