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
Clergy $52,184.17 28 Baptist Health South Florida Inc. , Catholic Diocese Of Arlington , 25 more
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education $51,584.94 26 Belvidere Community Unit School District 100 , Children's International Montessori Center, Inc. , 19 more
Animal Trainers $51,480.00 1 Ellen Kealey Horsemanship Llc
Library Technicians $51,397.00 1 University Of California At Santa Barbara
Teachers And Instructors, All Other $50,819.62 21 Agog Industries Llc , Aozora Community Foundation Inc. , 15 more
Recreation And Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary $50,366.15 13 Jones County Junior College , Letourneau University , 9 more
Substance Abuse And Behavioral Disorder Counselors $49,925.15 8 Center For Alternative Sentencing And Employment Services, Inc. , Exclusive Services Inc. , 5 more
Directors, Religious Activities And Education $49,716.16 5 Archdiocese Of Cincinnati , Betzalel Fine Art And Framing Llc , 3 more
Criminal Justice And Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary $48,952.83 6 Albany State University , Texas A&m International University , 3 more
Interviewers, Except Eligibility And Loan $48,818.00 1 Savannah College Of Art And Design, Inc.
Quality Control Analysts $48,713.50 4 Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies Texas, Llc , Granules Pharmaceuticals Inc. , 2 more
Community And Social Service Specialists, All Other $48,480.63 7 A21 Usa, Inc. , Children's Crisis Treatment Center, Inc. , 5 more
Hearing Aid Specialists $47,985.60 1 Tobias And Battite Hearing Wellness
Athletic Trainers $47,555.89 9 Baptist Health South Florida Inc. , Brandeis University , 6 more
Communications Equipment Operators, All Other $47,341.00 1 Divine Express Auto Shipping

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.