We now have Quarter 3 H1B visa FY 2022 data and Quarter 3 PERM visa FY 2022 data.

As of August 2022, there are 4,456 distinct job titles with current H1B workers in the United States, accross 1,394 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 (2022)




The table below shows the top paying H1-B visa jobs for the year 2022 across all job categories. The top paying H1-B visa job in 2022 is Security Manager, with an average salary of $211,349 accross 3 jobs with 1 distinct hiring companies. The second top paying H1-B visa job in 2022 is Preventive Medicine Physicians with an average salary of $208,000 accross 2 jobs with 1 distinct hiring companies

Job Title Average Wage Number Of Jobs Hiring Companies
Biofuels Production Managers $155,126.00 3 Sempra Lng, Llc
Architectural And Engineering Managers $154,152.01 2,039 Glassdoor, Inc. , Doordash, Inc. , 603 more
Neurologists $152,705.05 174 Alegent Creighton Clinic , Banner Medical Group , 75 more
Investment Fund Managers $151,311.47 72 Almitas Capital Llc , Anthos Management, L.p. , 31 more
Anesthesiologists $150,876.77 152 Allegheny Clinic , Anesthesia Services Associates, P.c. , 56 more
Marketing Managers $150,860.92 2,610 Oasis Labs, Inc , Bala Bangles Inc. , 897 more
Chief Sustainability Officers $148,626.75 4 Arizona State University , Sustainable Energy Advantage, Llc
Compensation And Benefits Managers $148,243.20 20 Ace American Insurance Company , Alticor Inc. , 9 more
Nurse Anesthetists $147,582.00 7 Florida Hospital Healthcare Partners, Inc. , Maple-gate Anesthesiologists, P.c. , 1 more
Lawyers $143,934.66 2,381 Squire Patton Boggs (us) Llp , A&e Television Networks, Llc , 527 more
Treasurers And Controllers $143,008.70 121 Adler University , Adnant, Llc , 57 more
Wind Energy Project Managers $142,986.33 3 D3 Llc , Orsted North America Inc.
Sales Agents, Financial Services $141,583.18 17 Bowery Real Estate Systems, Inc. , Hsbc Bank Usa, N.a , 4 more
Regulatory Affairs Managers $140,336.74 181 Doordash, Inc. , Accuray Incorporated , 84 more
Sales Agents, Securities And Commodities $140,235.74 19 Barclays Capital Inc. , Cibc World Markets Corp. , 7 more

Average Salary Over Time For all H1B visa jobs

In 2010, the salary for all H1B visa jobs was $75,923. It peaked in 2022 with an average salary of $101,066, and the recent trend shows the salary on an incline.


Number of H1B Visa Employees by Category (All Years)

As of May 2022, there has been a total of 6,105,605 H1-B visa workers across all job types. The most common job type is Computer and Mathematical Occupations with 4,098,507 Computer and Mathematical Occupations jobs on record over all years accounting for 67.13% of total H1-B jobs. The second most prevalent job is the Business and Financial Operations Occupations job with 519,580 Business and Financial Operations Occupations jobs on record over all years accounting for 8.51% of 's total H1-B jobs.