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
Wholesale And Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products $56,320.87 19 3d Technologies Llc , Autocar, Llc , 14 more
Dental Laboratory Technicians $56,305.60 2 Newtech Dental Laboratories, Inc.
Adapted Physical Education Specialists $56,246.01 2 Boston Higashi School, Inc. , School District Of The City Of Wyandotte
Mechanical Engineering Technicians $56,238.80 10 Hrm Engineering Services Pc , Micronics Engineered Filtration Group Inc , 8 more
Construction And Building Inspectors $56,166.93 3 Alpha Construction & Engineering Corporation , Prima Strategic Group Inc. , 1 more
Child, Family, And School Social Workers $55,931.74 50 American Friends Of Beit Ruth , Association To Benefit Children , 31 more
Health Educators $55,463.15 137 Benjamin Harry Peikin Foundation, Inc. , 2life Communities Inc , 94 more
Interpreters And Translators $55,461.98 52 A5 Labs Inc. , American Education And Translation Services Corp , 39 more
Marriage And Family Therapists $55,423.21 38 Alternative Options Counseling Center Inc. , Amr, A Licensed Clinical Social Worker Corporation , 30 more
English Language And Literature Teachers, Postsecondary $55,373.88 172 Appalachian State University , Bard College , 124 more
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary $55,247.11 231 Abilene Christian University , Allegheny College , 168 more
Mental Health And Substance Abuse Social Workers $55,242.95 119 Accend Services, In, , Acmh, Inc. , 47 more
First-line Supervisors Of Office And Administrative Support Workers $55,161.60 6 3001 Atlantic, Llc , Alert Home Service Corporation , 4 more
Production, Planning, And Expediting Clerks $54,897.93 3 Bechtel Manufacturing & Technology, Inc. , Brigade Manufacturing Inc. , 1 more
Robotics Technicians $54,725.00 1 Florida International 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.