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2025 Top H-1B Occupation Report

Most Common Occupations, Salaries, and Job Trends for H-1B Visa sponsorship.

Rank	Occupation	Number of LCA ^*	Average Salary
1	IT and Math	278,555	$128,576
2	Architecture and Engineering	40,453	$118,074
3	Business and Finance	36,381	$118,178
4	Management	22,120	$177,038
5	Life, Physical, and Social science	19,129	$90,822
6	Healthcare	16,046	$182,812
7	Education, Training, and Library	15,758	$94,020
8	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	4,612	$101,355
9	Legal	2,401	$191,693
10	Sales	2,063	$144,334
11	Community and Social services	1,884	$56,477
12	Transportation and Material Moving	363	$214,026
13	Office and Administrative Support	265	$65,697
14	Installation, Maintenance and Repair	91	$63,005
14	Farming, Fishing and Forestry	91	$45,417
16	Food Preparation and Serving	83	$66,627
17	Production	76	$52,163
18	Healthcare Support	55	$47,555
19	Personal Care and Service	52	$52,932
20	Construction and Extraction	28	$78,937
21	Protective Service	10	$97,839
22	Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	8	$55,881

The above report lists the top Occupations submitted by US emplloyer in fiscal year 2024. 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 2025 278,555 LCA submitted for H1B Visa are IT and Math. The average salary of those 278,555 LCA is $128,576.

*: 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.