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
Sound Engineering Technicians $55,289.60 3 Magnetic Sounds Llc , Underwater Music Entertainment Inc , 1 more
Historians $55,057.50 2 The Leland Stanford, Jr University , The Trustees Of Princeton University
English Language And Literature Teachers, Postsecondary $55,014.77 15 Fairfield University , Georgetown University , 12 more
Concierges $54,725.00 1 First Virtual Group, Inc.
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special And Career/technical Education $54,348.79 275 Aa Educational Solutions Llc , Adams County 14 School District , 144 more
Child, Family, And School Social Workers $54,320.50 18 Adelante Healthcare, Inc. , Adora Childcare Llc , 13 more
Middle School Teachers, Except Special And Career/technical Education $53,863.89 120 Academy Of The Sacred Heart , Albany Leadership Charter High School For Girls , 81 more
Medical And Clinical Laboratory Technologists $53,637.26 607 Clark Atlanta University , Winneshiek Medical Center , 274 more
Film And Video Editors $53,391.71 11 C. H. Garmong & Son, Inc. , Colorlab Corporation , 9 more
Social Workers, All Other $53,116.27 3 Facets Cares Inc. , Selfhelp Community Services, Inc. , 1 more
Educational, Guidance, School, And Vocational Counselors $53,037.30 68 Aite Institute , Board Of Regents Of The University Of Nebraska , 52 more
Aircraft Mechanics And Service Technicians $52,993.01 19 Aog Resources Llc , Benson Regional Air Group, Inc , 4 more
Statistical Assistants $52,990.82 8 Aon Consulting, Inc. , Cbiz Benefits & Insurance Services, Inc. , 6 more
Legal Support Workers, All Other $52,725.87 9 Antra, Inc. , Help Law Offices Llc , 7 more
Education Teachers, Postsecondary $52,528.89 24 Boise State University , Georgia State University , 18 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.