The International Student Blog

If you’re an international student who recently graduated with a web design degree, you may be wondering where some of the best locations to work in web development in the US are if you’re going to participate in OPT. The state of California has a great many advantages for budding web designers and web developers, making working in web development in California a top choice for graduating international students.

California has the advantage of having two very large and very tech-friendly metropolitan areas: the San Francisco Bay area and the Los Angeles area, that are both great places to work in web development. According to 2014 data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan area employs the second most security analysts, web developers, and computer network architects in the country while the San Francisco-San Mateo- Redwood City metropolitan division employs the fifth most security analysts, web developers, and computer network architects in the country.

The state statistics for web development in California look even better. California has the highest number of people who work in web development at almost 18,970. Even more encouraging is the fact that California’s annual mean wage of just over $79,500 for web developers is the fourth highest in the country next to Virginia, Delaware and Washington.

Statistically, web development in California looks like a sound idea. But just what is it in the state that makes it that way? One of the biggest factors is Silicon Valley, the nickname for an area south of San Francisco that is the home to many of the world’s largest technology companies. Los Angeles is also a very favorable place for web developers to find work- this is largely due to the city’s huge entertainment industry and the corresponding internet content that goes along with it.

If you’re looking for a great place to participate in OPT, California is a top place to find work in web development, whether in the technology-heavy areas of Northern California or the entertainment mecca of Southern California!

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