Comprehensive H1B Visa Data: Salaries, Top Paying Jobs, Employers Trends Information

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As of February 2024, there are 836 distinct job titles with current H1B workers in the United States, accross 1,580 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 (2025)

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The table below shows the top paying H1-B visa jobs for the year 2025 across all job categories. The top paying H1-B visa job in 2025 is Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineer, with an average salary of $216,588 across 48 jobs with 12 distinct hiring companies. The second top paying H1-B visa job in 2025 is Chief Executives with an average salary of $216,282 across 128 jobs with 120 distinct hiring companies

Job Title	Average Wage	Number Of Jobs	Hiring Companies
Nursing Instructors And Teachers, Postsecondary	$61,870.42	10	Arkansas State University , Carroll College , 8 more
Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$61,695.00	2	Georgia State University , University Of Illinois
Philosophy And Religion Teachers, Postsecondary	$61,540.25	12	Gonzaga University , Luther Classical College , 7 more
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$61,489.99	71	Administrators Of The Tulane Educational Fund , Arizona State University , 51 more
Mental Health And Substance Abuse Social Workers	$61,400.96	20	Cambridge Public Health Commission , Connections Health Llc , 13 more
Art, Drama, And Music Teachers, Postsecondary	$61,352.66	29	Arizona State University , Auburn University , 24 more
Psychologists, All Other	$61,177.00	10	Emory University , Human Resources Research Organization , 8 more
Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$61,131.63	23	Clark Atlanta University , Brown University , 20 more
Geneticists	$61,076.27	22	Battelle Memorial Institute , Central State University , 14 more
Judicial Law Clerks	$60,874.71	27	Alioth Law Llp , Allison B. Margolin Plc , 22 more
Lodging Managers	$60,704.83	6	Kiwi Hospitality - Cincinnati Central Llc , Kunal Llc , 4 more
Health Educators	$60,397.60	15	Columbia University , Conscious Age Llc , 10 more
Orthotists And Prosthetists	$60,257.40	5	Cpo Services, Inc. , Hanger Prosthetics & Orthotics Inc.
Foreign Language And Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	$60,168.05	55	Arizona State University , Auburn University , 37 more
Museum Technicians And Conservators	$60,011.50	6	East Tennessee State University , Gv Art Conservation, Llc , 3 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 2025 with an average salary of $121,908, 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 5,633,498 H1-B visa workers across all job types. The most common job type is Computer and Mathematical Occupations with 3,567,094 Computer and Mathematical Occupations jobs on record over all years accounting for 63.32% of total H1-B jobs. The second most prevalent job is the Business and Financial Operations Occupations job with 538,821 Business and Financial Operations Occupations jobs on record over all years accounting for 9.56% of 's total H1-B jobs.