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 836 distinct job titles with current H1B workers in the United States, accross 1,580 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 (2025)




The table below shows the top paying H1-B visa jobs for the year 2025 across all job categories. The top paying H1-B visa job in 2025 is First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker, with an average salary of $60,359 across 17 jobs with 13 distinct hiring companies. The second top paying H1-B visa job in 2025 is Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers with an average salary of $55,833 across 33 jobs with 32 distinct hiring companies

Job Title Average Wage Number Of Jobs Hiring Companies
Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other $56,844.16 11 Arizona State University , Board Of Regents Of The University Of Nebraska , 9 more
Life, Physical, And Social Science Technicians, All Other $56,804.60 2 Catalent Pharma Solutions , James S Enge
Agents And Business Managers Of Artists, Performers, And Athletes $56,607.20 2 Blindlight Studio Inc. , Cl Entertainment Inc
Soil And Plant Scientists $56,553.66 87 Acm Human Resources Llc , Af Newco, Inc. , 43 more
Meeting, Convention, And Event Planners $56,292.69 13 Ashyana Banquets Llc. , Cambodian Association Of Greater Philadelphia , 10 more
Anthropologists And Archeologists $56,253.75 4 Alta Archaeological Consulting Llc , Syracuse University , 2 more
Sales Representatives, Wholesale And Manufacturing, Except Technical And Scientific Products $56,231.40 5 High Sierra Remodeling & Construction Llc , Lineslip Solutions, Inc. , 3 more
Online Merchants $56,056.00 1 Yamazaki Usa Inc.
First-line Supervisors Of Non-retail Sales Workers $56,014.40 1 Power Oil Inc
Exercise Physiologists $55,783.64 29 Action Apps Inc , Action Apps, Inc. , 22 more
Home Economics Teachers, Postsecondary $55,754.33 6 Bowling Green State University , Colorado State University , 3 more
Accountants $55,702.00 1 Medstar Shah Mso, Llc
Agricultural Workers, All Other $55,681.60 1 Olsen Brothers Ranches, Inc.
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education $55,454.40 247 Alief Independent School District , Alpha Academy , 122 more
Cytotechnologists $55,296.65 4 Northwestern Memorial Healthcare , Orlando Health Inc. , 2 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 2025 with an average salary of $121,908, 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 5,633,498 H1-B visa workers across all job types. The most common job type is Computer and Mathematical Occupations with 3,567,094 Computer and Mathematical Occupations jobs on record over all years accounting for 63.32% of total H1-B jobs. The second most prevalent job is the Business and Financial Operations Occupations job with 538,821 Business and Financial Operations Occupations jobs on record over all years accounting for 9.56% of 's total H1-B jobs.