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H-1B Rankings

Top H-1B sponsors and highest-wage occupations, computed live from U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosures. Every row reflects the current dataset, not a hand-curated list.

119,880
Sponsoring employers
1,207
Occupations tracked
48,738
Top sponsor petitions

The rankings, in one line

Amazon.com Services LLC files more H-1B petitions than any other U.S. sponsor, while the highest-paid H-1B roles are medical specialists led by Cardiologists.

48,738
petitions - Amazon.com Servi…
$527,089
avg wage - Cardiologists
119,880
sponsoring employers
1,207
occupations tracked

According to the U.S. Department of Labor OFLC, employers filed more than 1.88 million H-1B applications across FY2023–FY2026. Every row below reflects the current dataset, see our methodology for derivation.

Top 25 employers by total H-1B petitions

Ranked by total petitions filed, highest first.

Top 10 H-1B sponsors by petition volume

Total Labor Condition Applications filed, FY2023–FY2026

petitions

What this shows Amazon.com Services LLC leads with 48,738 petitions, well ahead of the rest of the top 10.

Source U.S. Department of Labor OFLC As of FY2023–FY2026
# Employer Total petitions
1 Amazon.com Services LLC 48,738
2 Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp 39,691
3 Ernst & Young US LLP 35,410
4 Google LLC 30,573
5 Microsoft Corporation 29,803
6 Tata Consultancy Services Limited 28,590
7 Infosys Limited 21,741
8 Meta Platforms, Inc 18,785
9 Apple Inc 17,876
10 Amazon Web Services, Inc 12,811
11 Wal-Mart Associates, Inc 12,347
12 JPMorgan Chase & Co 11,961
13 Deloitte Consulting LLP 11,670
14 Hcl America Inc 11,551
15 Intel Corporation 11,265
16 Accenture LLP 10,798
17 Capgemini America Inc 10,535
18 IBM Corporation 9,463
19 Wipro Limited 8,333
20 LTIMindtree Limited 8,136
21 Qualcomm Technologies, Inc 7,852
22 Amazon Development Center US, Inc 7,127
23 Tesla, Inc 7,037
24 Compunnel Software Group, Inc 6,836
25 Salesforce, Inc 6,778

How concentrated is this list? These 25 employers are just 0.02% of all 119,880 sponsors on record, yet they account for 22.6% of every H-1B petition filed nationally, and the top 10 alone hold 15.1%. The other 119,855 employers split the remaining 77.4%.

Top 25 occupations by average wage

Limited to occupations with at least 50 H-1B petitions, so a one- or two-filing niche role can’t top the list on a single high salary. Ranked by average wage, highest first.

Highest-wage H-1B occupations

Average offered wage, occupations with ≥50 petitions, FY2023–FY2026

avg wage

What this shows Cardiologists leads at $527,089 average offered wage.

Source U.S. Department of Labor OFLC As of FY2023–FY2026
# Occupation Avg wage Total petitions
1 Cardiologists $527,089 62
2 Cardiologists $423,655 1,393
3 Urologists $382,355 147
4 Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric $369,756 160
5 Pediatric Surgeons $366,653 87
6 Anesthesiologists $333,985 1,022
7 Radiologists $327,398 1,196
8 Surgeons, All Other $322,199 1,433
9 Emergency Medicine Physicians $320,816 302
10 Surgeons, All Other $315,464 51
11 Dermatologists $315,052 76
12 Physicians, All Other $296,999 549
13 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons $291,420 57
14 Orthodontists $284,852 119
15 Neurologists $282,000 1,182
16 Obstetricians and Gynecologists $279,017 363
17 Hospitalists $267,605 5,026
18 Chief Executives $261,098 2,432
19 Psychiatrists $259,892 1,181
20 Hospitalists $255,578 170
21 Physicians and Surgeons, All Other $253,104 272
22 General Internal Medicine Physicians $249,275 135
23 Investment Fund Managers $242,567 441
24 Physicians, Pathologists $237,301 531
25 General Internal Medicine Physicians $230,699 3,605

Source: U.S. Department of Labor Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) LCA Disclosure Data. Verify with DOL →

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