We now have Quarter 4 H1B visa FY 2023 data and Quarter 4 PERM visa FY 2023 data and Quarter 4 H2A visa FY 2023 data.
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As of February 2024, there are 825 distinct job titles with current H1B workers in the United States, accross 1,536 distinct industries (by SOC code).

This page displays the top paying H1B Visa Jobs in the USA. Click any job title or company name to learn more about it, or use the dropdowns to sort and filter the data.


Top paying H1B Visa Jobs (2024)




The table below shows the top paying H1-B visa jobs for the year 2023 across all job categories. The top paying H1-B visa job in 2023 is Orthodontist, with an average salary of $239,070 across 28 jobs with 26 distinct hiring companies. The second top paying H1-B visa job in 2023 is Chief Executives with an average salary of $206,832 across 403 jobs with 359 distinct hiring companies

Job Title Average Wage Number Of Jobs Hiring Companies
Orthodontists $239,069.97 28 Brident Dds Pc , Brident Dental Associates Pc , 24 more
Chief Executives $206,832.45 403 Castle Branch, Inc. , Chenmark Capital Management, Llc , 357 more
Loss Prevention Managers $176,010.00 1 Betmgm, Llc
Financial Managers $169,625.21 972 1stdibs.com, Inc. , 213 Management, Llc , 626 more
Computer And Information Systems Managers $168,141.33 8,379 Avail Medsystems, Inc. , Glassdoor, Inc. , 2321 more
Airline Pilots, Copilots, And Flight Engineers $166,908.42 192 Abx Air, Inc. , Agriflite Services Inc. , 34 more
Biofuels Production Managers $164,382.00 1 Sempra Corporation Dba Sempra Services Corporation
Architectural And Engineering Managers $157,592.23 1,256 Doordash, Inc. , E & J Gallo Winery , 674 more
Marketing Managers $155,058.65 1,414 Netspend Corporation , Bala Bangles Inc. , 919 more
Chief Sustainability Officers $150,387.50 6 Abb Inc. , Enlite Home Llc , 3 more
Physicians And Surgeons, All Other $148,647.00 2 Carolinas Physicians Network, Inc. D/b/a Atrium Health Medical Group , Howard University
Nurse Anesthetists $147,977.30 10 American Anesthesiology Of North Carolina, P.c. , Perfusion.com Inc , 3 more
Computer Hardware Engineers $147,466.17 599 Achronix Semiconductor Corporation , Adecco Group Na/modis, Inc. , 149 more
Human Resources Managers $147,096.39 193 351323 Coffee Cafe Llc , 7shifts (us) Corp , 151 more
Lawyers $147,085.08 1,480 Direct Counsel Llc , Aart Inc , 603 more

Average Salary Over Time For all H1B visa jobs

In 2010, the salary for all H1B visa jobs was $76,011. It peaked in 2023 with an average salary of $104,257, and the recent trend shows the salary on an incline.


Number of H1B Visa Employees by Category (All Years)

As of May 2023, there has been a total of 5,450,552 H1-B visa workers across all job types. The most common job type is Computer and Mathematical Occupations with 3,559,698 Computer and Mathematical Occupations jobs on record over all years accounting for 65.31% of total H1-B jobs. The second most prevalent job is the Business and Financial Operations Occupations job with 498,397 Business and Financial Operations Occupations jobs on record over all years accounting for 9.14% of 's total H1-B jobs.