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
Farmers, Ranchers, And Other Agricultural Managers $63,503.96 41 Atlantic Sapphire Usa Llc , Borges Reining Horses Llc , 27 more
Training And Development Specialists $63,438.16 275 Abco Computers Inc , Adi Worldlink Llc , 196 more
Education Administrators, All Other $63,426.61 28 Ayuryoga, Inc , Ball State University , 24 more
Fashion Designers $63,406.91 59 13 Rattles Inc , Ag Adriano Goldschmied Inc , 49 more
Respiratory Therapists $63,294.32 5 Cambridge Public Health Commission , Smh Health Care, Inc. , 3 more
Automotive Body And Related Repairers $62,878.40 2 Hail Medic Corporation , Morts Auto Body Inc
Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary $62,875.48 150 Administrators Of The Tulane Educational Fund , Andrews University , 70 more
Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary $62,802.15 228 Clark Atlanta University , Administrators Of The Tulane Educational Fund , 155 more
Area, Ethnic, And Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary $62,753.88 108 Administrators Of The Tulane Educational Fund , Arizona State University , 73 more
Conservation Scientists $62,718.81 27 Colorado State University , Conservation International , 21 more
Mathematical Science Occupations, All Other $62,485.97 13 Albert Einstein College Of Medicine , Baruch College , 10 more
Industrial Ecologists $62,441.00 10 Binsys Brothers Inc , Lynker Corporation , 5 more
Hydrologists $62,388.27 54 Administrators Of The Tulane Educational Fund , Bonton Associates, Llc , 33 more
Occupational Therapy Assistants $62,234.00 1 Mater Academy Of Nevada
Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other $62,230.24 43 American University , Arizona State University , 33 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.