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
Budget Analysts $74,231.42 192 Royal Marble And Granite Llc , Aba Support Services, Llc , 160 more
Market Research Analysts And Marketing Specialists $74,182.97 3,091 C & Y Global Inc , Castle Branch, Inc. , 2024 more
Cost Estimators $73,888.03 558 Pond & Company Inc. , A Cts Group, Inc. , 380 more
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary $73,877.93 423 Administrators Of The Tulane Educational Fund , Alabama State University , 233 more
Property, Real Estate, And Community Association Managers $73,731.49 23 Alibaba Group (u.s.) Inc. , Amazing Home In Orlando, Llc , 19 more
Logistics Engineers $73,665.59 183 Ryder System, Inc. , 4px Express Usa , 127 more
Materials Scientists $73,553.91 544 10x Genomics, Inc. , 3d Array Technology Llc , 237 more
Registered Nurses $73,399.63 258 Achiever United Inc. , American Quality Care , 90 more
Cartographers And Photogrammetrists $73,041.70 21 Aerotas, Llc , Airspace Link, Inc. , 16 more
Agricultural Engineers $72,885.23 67 Alto Ingredients, Inc. , Anthony Vineyards Inc. , 52 more
Loan Officers $72,786.29 20 Better Mortgage Corporation (a Better Holdco, Inc. Company) , California Pacific Bank , 16 more
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, And Investigators $72,775.67 6 Ace American Insurance Company , Aig Claims, Inc. , 3 more
Cytogenetic Technologists $72,767.80 6 Adventist Health System/sunbelt, Inc. , Montefiore Medical Center , 3 more
Tax Preparers $72,654.00 1 Frawley & Associates Llc
Critical Care Nurses $72,551.83 29 Adventist Health System/sunbelt, Inc. , Barlow Respiratory Hospital , 9 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.