Top 10 H1B Visa State By Occupation Group
myVisaJobs.com 2005 H1B Visa Report
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Average Annual 
Salary
Number of Visa 
Petitions
Occupation_Group
Median Annual  
Salary
September 2006
State
Percentage
Rank
Business
34,615
$46,927
$55,614
$54,083
$45,000
8,308
24
%
California
1
$64,467
$53,000
6,118
18
%
New York
2
$48,391
$41,600
3,177
9
%
Florida
3
$51,999
$43,871
2,510
7
%
Texas
4
$56,017
$49,000
2,173
6
%
New Jersey
5
$58,115
$50,000
1,538
4
%
Illinois
6
$49,567
$43,044
1,099
3
%
Georgia
7
$53,232
$47,237
963
3
%
Virginia
8
$59,020
$50,000
930
3
%
Massachusetts
9
$53,186
$45,000
722
2
%
Maryland
10
Education
30,000
$42,000
$50,150
$46,769
$38,200
3,444
11
%
Texas
1
$52,517
$46,500
3,429
11
%
California
2
$52,573
$43,000
3,328
11
%
New York
3
$48,466
$42,000
1,658
6
%
Illinois
4
$46,667
$37,951
1,528
5
%
Florida
5
$51,110
$42,765
1,488
5
%
Massachusetts
6
$56,718
$45,380
1,016
3
%
Pennsylvania
7
$52,308
$44,750
953
3
%
Michigan
8
$50,801
$40,224
940
3
%
North Carolina
9
$49,151
$42,591
916
3
%
Ohio
10
Engineering, Architecture & Surveying
39,308
$58,427
$63,305
$71,087
$66,971
10,194
26
%
California
1
$66,579
$61,799
4,071
10
%
Texas
2
$56,680
$52,000
3,119
8
%
New York
3
$52,771
$48,000
2,448
6
%
Florida
4
$62,325
$58,010
2,070
5
%
Michigan
5
$58,076
$55,029
1,575
4
%
Illinois
6
$61,143
$55,000
1,418
4
%
New Jersey
7
$58,987
$54,240
1,292
3
%
Virginia
8
$67,808
$65,000
1,079
3
%
Massachusetts
9
$56,688
$51,056
1,074
3
%
Georgia
10
Information Technology
130,340
$58,000
$63,070
$73,565
$70,000
22,480
17
%
California
1
$59,177
$54,000
16,847
13
%
New Jersey
2
$66,580
$60,000
9,639
7
%
New York
3
$59,776
$55,000
9,479
7
%
Texas
4
$58,153
$53,500
7,963
6
%
Illinois
5
$60,904
$55,000
6,661
5
%
Virginia
6
$66,221
$61,500
4,839
4
%
Massachusetts
7
$58,395
$52,000
4,449
3
%
Georgia
8
$60,448
$56,867
4,407
3
%
Pennsylvania
9
$57,079
$51,501
4,331
3
%
Michigan
10
Life Science
9,824
$42,648
$49,626
$54,677
$45,760
2,041
21
%
California
1
$53,094
$48,070
974
10
%
Maryland
2
$49,907
$42,000
599
6
%
New York
3
$56,364
$46,000
557
6
%
Massachusetts
4