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 Structural Iron and Steel Worker, with an average salary of $65,416 across 1 jobs with 1 distinct hiring companies. The second top paying H1-B visa job in 2023 is Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines with an average salary of $54,392 across 3 jobs with 3 distinct hiring companies

Job Title Average Wage Number Of Jobs Hiring Companies
Molecular And Cellular Biologists $70,056.63 1,466 The J. David Gladstone Institutes , 10x Genomics, Inc. , 439 more
Environmental Scientists And Specialists, Including Health $69,852.82 301 A & B Environmental Services, Inc. , Aecom Technical Services Inc , 191 more
Chiropractors $69,598.71 33 Ability Holdings Llc , Baruch Medical Pllc , 28 more
Compensation, Benefits, And Job Analysis Specialists $69,465.26 66 Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , Arthur J. Gallagher Service Company, Llc , 40 more
Human Resources Specialists $68,435.84 613 Nextracker Llc , Tolbert Yilmaz School Of Dance, Inc , 435 more
Anthropology And Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary $68,136.12 61 Appalachian State University , Beloit College , 45 more
Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary $68,001.96 77 Administrators Of The Tulane Educational Fund , Anderson University , 58 more
Business Operations Specialists, All Other $67,997.24 315 Interval Usa Inc , Academy Property Management Llc , 230 more
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, And Illustrators $67,908.12 5 Kayafas Artistry , Mindart Studio Llc , 2 more
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary $67,904.15 127 Alabama A&m University , Alcorn State University , 60 more
Geneticists $67,880.73 121 Agilent Technologies, Inc. , Azenta, Inc. , 53 more
Business Teachers, Postsecondary $67,610.63 1,103 Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College , Administrators Of The Tulane Educational Fund , 422 more
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, And Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary $67,279.72 88 Arizona State University , Auburn University , 59 more
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary $67,112.11 388 Administrators Of The Tulane Educational Fund , Angelo State University , 198 more
Biochemists And Biophysicists $66,923.14 2,579 Clark Atlanta University , Janssen Research & Development Llc , 518 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.