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25
Highest Paid H
1
B Occupations
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2005
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B Visa Report
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Average Annual
Salary
Number of Visa
Petitions
Occupation
Median Annual
Salary
September
2006
738
Fashion Models
$624,000
$525,818
1
1,489
Lawyers
$125,000
$121,919
2
8,185
Physicians & Surgeons
$120,000
$119,291
3
883
Dentists
$104,000
$110,917
4
23
Mining Industry Managers & Officials
$101,109
$108,055
5
2,411
Pharmacists
$83,000
$72,991
6
810
Manufacturing Industry Managers & Officials
$75,000
$83,739
7
2,852
Finance
,
Insurance
,
Real Estate Managers
&
Officials
$70,000
$81,372
8
11,748
Electrical/Electronics Engineering
$69,400
$72,259
9
104
Nuculear Engineering
$68,250
$71,571
10
517
Mining And Petroleum Engineering
$68,000
$71,935
11
392
Aeronautical Engineering
$67,864
$74,356
12
89
Ceramic Engineering
$65,000
$62,539
13
230
Marine Engineering
$65,000
$74,534
14
2,008
Mathematics
$65,000
$72,383
15
1,416
Chemical Engineering
$64,525
$65,987
16
220
Metallurgy And Metallurgical Engineering
$61,922
$65,316
17
1,022
Physics
$60,000
$66,741
18
259
Veterinarians
$60,000
$61,763
19
415
Geology
$58,656
$64,471
20
5,716
Mechanical Engineering
$58,000
$61,796
21
423
Construction Industry Managers & Officials
$57,574
$64,097
22
112,284
Systems Analysis & Programming
$57,500
$62,661
23
3,240
Industrial Engineering
$56,500
$61,718
24
484
Transportations
,
Communication
,
Utilities
Industry Managers
&
Officials
$54,519
$71,118
25
All H
1
B Occupations
:
$63,620
$54,080
315,127