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2017 H1B Visa Report: Top H1B Visa Occupation

Rank	Occupation	Number of LCA ^*	Average Salary
51	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special	1,282	$48,920
52	Materials Engineers	1,271	$92,429
53	Biological Technicians	1,238	$43,570
54	Architects, Except Landscape And Naval	1,203	$61,344
55	Dentists, General	1,169	$134,074
56	Business Operations Specialists, All Other	1,147	$64,888
57	Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary	1,096	$84,314
58	Business Teachers, Postsecondary	1,081	$121,940
59	Sales Managers	1,076	$118,230
60	Information Technology Project Managers	1,034	$102,923
61	Medical And Clinical Laboratory Technologists	1,006	$55,783
62	Pharmacists	992	$121,650

63	Architectural And Civil Drafters	973	$49,166
64	Biomedical Engineers	965	$80,279
65	Computer Network Architects	963	$108,298
66	Economists	951	$103,854
67	Physicists	926	$77,134
68	Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary	827	$71,399
69	Compliance Officers	823	$72,495
70	Materials Scientists	817	$71,410
71	Managers, All Other	798	$115,191
72	Family And General Practitioners	778	$199,663
73	Cost Estimators	762	$64,514
74	Medical And Health Services Managers	761	$92,670
75	Computer User Support Specialists	721	$61,822
76	Computer Systems Engineers	717	$71,192
77	Actuaries	705	$99,017
78	Healthcare Practitioners And Technical Workers,	690	$64,329
79	Industrial Production Managers	684	$108,025
80	Computer Network Support Specialists	676	$69,174
81	Credit Analysts	657	$87,000
82	Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary	617	$89,137
83	Construction Managers	612	$93,381
84	Foreign Language And Literature Teachers,	605	$58,100
85	Occupational Therapists	601	$74,782
86	Chief Executives	589	$220,343
87	Instructional Coordinators	579	$58,961
87	Interior Designers	579	$52,588
89	Food Scientists And Technologists	564	$68,010
90	Multimedia Artists And Animators	559	$77,446
90	Training And Development Specialists	559	$63,721
92	Budget Analysts	550	$62,240
93	Health Diagnosing And Treating Practitioners, All	543	$61,035
94	Transportation, Storage, And Distribution Managers	533	$109,113
95	Microbiologists	516	$56,328
96	Environmental Engineers	498	$73,233
97	Mathematicians	478	$109,024
98	Middle School Teachers, Except Special And	469	$47,084
99	Pediatricians, General	460	$175,725
100	Art Directors	453	$115,037

The above report lists the top 100 Occupation submitted by US emplloyer in fiscal year 2016. The H1B Visa Petitions is the number of Labor Condition Application(LCA) for H1B Visa. . The number includes new, renew and transfer of LCA. The Average Salary is the average proffered salary on LCA or Form 9035. Sometimes the visa sponsors(employers) does not enter a specific salary, but a salary range. Our algorithm uses the middle point of the range to calculate the average salary.

For Example, the first record on this report means that in fiscal year 2016 1,282 LCA submitted for H1B Visa are Elementary School Teachers, Except Special. The average salary of those 1,282 LCA is $48,920.

*: The number of LCA includes renewed, transferred and cap-exempt LCA. Department of Labor(DOL) typically certifies more than 3 times the number of foreign work requests than the number of H-1B visas issued by USCIS.

A new LCA is needed if the foreigner worker changes his or her work location(even within the same state and same company), because the prevailing wage of the position depends on geographic location. However, if the new location is within the same Metropolitan Statistical Area or normal commuting distance, no new LCA is needed.