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 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)




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
Food Service Managers $59,625.75 8 Apt Holdings Llc , Desi District Llc , 6 more
Animal Scientists $58,989.73 20 Altano Oklahoma Interstate, Llc , Auburn University , 16 more
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary $58,983.47 24 Board Of Regents Of The University Of Nebraska , Central Washington University , 21 more
Social Science Research Assistants $58,954.93 80 American Center For International Labor Solidarity , American Institute For Economic Research, Inc. , 49 more
Instructional Coordinators $58,816.01 59 Alpha Academy , Arizona State University , 48 more
Chefs And Head Cooks $58,596.42 22 3rd Street Collaborative Llc , Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare Corp. , 18 more
Advertising Sales Agents $58,302.20 2 Place Exchange, Inc. , Techwithu Llc
Cytogenetic Technologists $58,105.00 2 H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Inc. , Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Mental Health Counselors $57,978.08 87 A Better Life Therapy, Llc , Acorn Health Of Maryland Llc , 54 more
Adult Basic And Secondary Education And Literacy Teachers And Instructors $57,883.20 5 Bluedata International, Inc. , Ivypath International Education Consulting Llc , 2 more
Career/technical Education Teachers, Secondary School $57,700.29 7 Clarke County Board Of Education (school District) , Nash County Board Of Education , 5 more
Industrial Machinery Mechanics $57,491.00 1 Senfeng Laser Usa Inc.
Self-enrichment Education Teachers $57,488.50 8 4/100 Music Wla Corp. , Bishop Museum , 4 more
Conservation Scientists $57,238.00 6 Board Of Regents Of The University Of Nebraska , Boise State University , 3 more
Adapted Physical Education Specialists $56,870.00 1 Boston Higashi School, Inc.

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.