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2026 Active Hiring by Occupation (H-1B LCA)

Hiring volume, salaries, and employer trends — Based on FY2025 employer filings (latest full year of data).

All Job Title Occupation Law Firm Attorney Industry City State Status

Rank	Occupation	No. of LCA ^*	Average Salary
1	IT and Math	361,123	$138,006
2	Architecture and Engineering	58,236	$124,862
3	Business and Finance	50,906	$122,273
4	Management	33,864	$185,230
5	Life, Physical, and Social science	26,344	$93,690
6	Healthcare	24,510	$184,187
7	Education, Training, and Library	22,634	$97,213
8	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	6,173	$103,474
9	Legal	3,635	$200,702
10	Sales	3,277	$151,371
11	Community and Social services	2,993	$61,660
12	Transportation and Material Moving	318	$228,004
13	Office and Administrative Support	297	$65,615
14	Food Preparation and Serving	148	$65,603
15	Installation, Maintenance and Repair	141	$61,918
16	Farming, Fishing and Forestry	118	$50,298
17	Healthcare Support	82	$61,240
18	Production	69	$63,457
19	Personal Care and Service	47	$57,873
20	Construction and Extraction	27	$57,344
21	Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	11	$63,527
22	Protective Service	8	$92,453

All Job Title Occupation Law Firm Attorney Industry City State Status

The above report lists the top Occupations submitted by US emplloyer in fiscal year 2025. 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 2026 361,123 LCA submitted for H1B Visa are IT and Math. The average salary of those 361,123 LCA is $138,006.

*: 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.