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
Curators $66,652.77 48 American Museum Of Natural History , Bishop Museum , 35 more
Executive Secretaries And Executive Administrative Assistants $66,640.92 10 Associated Production Music, Llc , Bruce Bierman Design, Inc. , 6 more
Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, And Farm Products $66,605.07 118 Adobe Inc. , Aeronautical Support International Llc , 104 more
Special Education Teachers, Preschool $66,381.16 33 Achieve Beyond Inc. , Achieve Beyond Licensed Behavior Analyst Service Professional Corp. , 20 more
Airfield Operations Specialists $66,164.80 1 Washington International Flight Academy
Biological Scientists, All Other $66,086.77 914 Abcellera Boston Inc , Abec, Inc. , 261 more
Nuclear Engineers $65,942.34 52 Battelle Energy Alliance, Llc , Battelle Memorial Institute , 17 more
Food Service Managers $65,653.69 26 Acqualina Management Llc , Akaibana Restaurant Inc , 21 more
Physics Teachers, Postsecondary $65,594.05 218 Administrators Of The Tulane Educational Fund , Adventhealth University, Inc. , 143 more
Sociologists $65,591.68 88 Dc Studio Llc , Advertising Research Foundation, Inc. , 62 more
Public Relations Specialists $65,483.73 490 Phil And Daves Coffee , Birth Of The Cool, Llc , 418 more
Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary $65,279.23 167 Augustana University , Baruch College , 124 more
Forestry And Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary $65,227.22 23 Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College , Auburn University , 15 more
Geographers $65,035.63 55 Battelle Memorial Institute , California Institute Of Technology/jet Propulsion Laboratory , 34 more
Orthotists And Prosthetists $64,922.79 14 Above And Beyond Orthopedics Llc , Allcare Orthotic And Prosthetic Services Of Ny, Llc , 8 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.