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
Soil And Plant Scientists $57,596.83 359 Aferna, Inc. , Akusa, Inc. , 128 more
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary $57,519.44 651 Administrators Of The Tulane Educational Fund , Alabama A&m University , 290 more
Set And Exhibit Designers $57,486.33 17 Acomb Ostendorf & Associates Llc , Chanel, Inc. , 13 more
Historians $57,261.46 20 Boston College , Brandeis University , 16 more
Education, Training, And Library Workers, All Other $57,147.91 14 Auburn University At Montgomery , Cambridge College , 11 more
Healthcare Social Workers $57,069.45 78 A Plus Adult Day Health Care Inc , A Plus Adult Health Care , 53 more
Recreational Therapists $57,011.43 12 Abraxas Alliance, Inc. , Bhc Streamwood Hospital Inc. , 8 more
Anthropologists And Archeologists $56,992.23 23 Anthrotech, Inc , Arizona State University , 17 more
Media And Communication Workers, All Other $56,981.74 38 A Partnership, Inc. , Arizona State University , 30 more
Heavy And Tractor-trailer Truck Drivers $56,846.00 1 A.m.f Hilux Trucking Llc
Artists And Related Workers, All Other $56,794.55 4 Fablevision Inc. , Gkl Studio Llc , 2 more
Art, Drama, And Music Teachers, Postsecondary $56,508.34 306 Academy International Inc. , Administrators Of The Tulane Educational Fund , 208 more
Foreign Language And Literature Teachers, Postsecondary $56,439.67 503 Adelphi University , Administrators Of The Tulane Educational Fund , 209 more
Therapists, All Other $56,435.17 13 American Medical, Inc. , Ameristar Staffing, Inc. , 6 more
Poets, Lyricists And Creative Writers $56,326.50 2 The Leland Stanford, Jr University , Yale University

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.