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 $240,057 across 33 jobs with 30 distinct hiring companies. The second top paying H1-B visa job in 2023 is Software Developers, Systems Software with an average salary of $217,423 across 1 jobs with 1 distinct hiring companies

Job Title Average Wage Number Of Jobs Hiring Companies
Petroleum Engineers $124,115.24 83 Accenture Llp , Akal Energy Llc , 51 more
Sales Engineers $123,448.55 1,618 Bakelite Chemicals Llc , Next Insurance, Inc. , 718 more
Managers, All Other $122,665.03 89 168 Trading (us) Fund, Lp , Abbvie Inc. , 78 more
Purchasing Managers $122,652.30 177 Nextracker Llc , The Tiles Of India Llc , 131 more
Natural Sciences Managers $122,278.87 460 Advanced Testing Laboratory, Inc. , The J. David Gladstone Institutes , 290 more
Information Technology Project Managers $122,233.00 9 Acnovate Corporation , Alpha Net Consulting Llc , 6 more
Wind Energy Operations Managers $121,669.00 3 Constellation Wind Llc , Ow North America Llc , 1 more
Art Directors $119,993.86 189 72andsunny Partners, Llc , Ab Platform Llc , 137 more
Quality Control Systems Managers $117,630.00 191 743 Brick Row Dr Ste 100 , Abbott Laboratories , 163 more
Wind Energy Project Managers $116,829.22 9 Clearway Energy Group Llc , Nextera Energy Operating Services, Llc , 6 more
Industrial Production Managers $115,540.91 431 4s Graphics, Inc. , Abb Inc. , 298 more
Pharmacists $113,917.18 100 7 Hills Rx Inc , Albertson’s Llc , 64 more
General And Operations Managers $112,566.15 1,287 Cellular Longevity, Inc. , Fclt Co. , 1082 more
Photonics Engineers $111,055.16 209 2082 Technology Llc , Advanced Optowave Corporation , 82 more
Actuaries $110,344.42 483 Axis Specialty U.s. Services, Inc. , John Hancock Life Insurance Company (usa) , 121 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.