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
Financial Analysts $102,450.90 4,147 Axis Specialty U.s. Services, Inc. , Banfi Advisory Co , 1531 more
Securities, Commodities, And Financial Services Sales Agents $102,193.52 86 John Hancock Life Insurance Company (usa) , Aatinaa Enterprise, Llc , 62 more
Optometrists $101,772.41 80 Absolute Eyecare Center Llc , Albany-troy Cataract & Laser Associates, Pllc , 50 more
Management Analysts $100,889.27 5,595 Delivery Associates , Netspend Corporation , 1592 more
First-line Supervisors Of Non-retail Sales Workers $100,443.00 1 Grundfos Cbs Inc.
Computer Systems Analysts $100,387.98 46 Acnovate Corporation , Advanced Network Technology Solutions, Inc. , 37 more
Statisticians $100,286.48 2,745 Affinity Solutions, Inc. , Axtria Inc , 936 more
Clinical Data Managers $99,174.00 1 Mckesson Corporation
Business Intelligence Analysts $98,598.83 6 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. , Global Lending Services Llc , 2 more
Microsystems Engineers $98,236.12 35 Allegro Microsystems, Llc , Analog Devices, Inc. , 18 more
Chemical Engineers $97,695.10 821 3e Company Env. Ecol. & Eng. , Abbvie Bioresearch Center Inc. , 423 more
Construction Managers $97,535.57 872 Ch2m Hill Engineers, Inc. , 361 Degrees , 520 more
Industrial-organizational Psychologists $97,175.98 24 Aig Employee Services, Inc. , Analog Devices, Inc. , 19 more
Computer Occupations, All Other $95,846.00 2 Pc Connection, Inc. , Zf Active Safety Us Inc.
Firefighters $95,638.00 1 Capitol Helicopters 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 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.