H1B Salary Database · 2026

Highest-paying H1B sponsors and occupations

Among sponsors with 50+ certified filings, OpenAI pays the highest H1B median at $280,000, and Cardiologists is the highest-paying occupation at $450,000. All figures are certified median wages from U.S. Department of Labor filings, the legal floor, so real total pay is often higher.

Highest-paying H1B sponsors

Companies with 50+ certified filings, by median wage

1OpenAI$280,000 2Roblox$273,070 3Netflix$264,514 4Presbyterian Healthcare$255,000 5Ochsner Clinic Foundation$238,500 6Citadel Securities$225,000 7White Case$225,000 8Crusoe Energy$220,000 9Meta$214,032 10Block$213,512 11Bain$212,000 12ByteDance$211,110 13Waymo$210,000 14Tiktok Usds Joint Venture$208,000 15Coinbase$207,100 16Tiktok$203,460 17Social Finance$203,300 18Docusign$200,907 19Salesforce$200,780 20Atlassian$200,000 21Pure Storage$200,000 22Uber$198,500 23Maplebear$197,500 24TT Commerce$196,000 25F5$194,835 26Google$193,440 27Ebay$193,380 28Mckinsey United States$192,000 29Airbnb$191,000 30Boston$190,000 31Zscaler$188,851 32Nvidia$188,293 33Anthropic Pbc$187,574 34Vmware$186,466 35Nutanix$186,142 36Pricewaterhousecoopers Advisory$186,000 37Snowflake$185,099 38Annapurna Labs (U S )$184,000 39Doordash$183,352 40Zoox$182,728 41Microsoft$180,710 42Snap$180,710 43Palo Alto Networks$180,019 44Intuit$179,418 45Rivian And Volkswagen$179,273 46Stripe$179,088 47LinkedIn$179,079 48Robinhood Markets$179,000 49Zoom Communications$178,620 50Broadcom$178,131

Highest-paying H1B occupations

Occupations with 50+ certified filings, by median wage

1Cardiologists$450,000 2Anesthesiologists$400,000 3Radiologists$390,000 4Surgeons, All Other$325,000 5Neurologists$299,998 6Hospitalists$291,200 7Psychiatrists$275,190 8Physicians, Pathologists$265,304 9General Internal Medicine Physicians$250,000 10Chief Executives$248,299 11Family Medicine Physicians$240,000 12Physicians, All Other$225,000 13Lawyers$225,000 14Pediatricians, General$214,120 15Computer and Information Systems Managers$203,400 16Financial Managers$196,000 17Computer and Information Research Scientists$190,883 18Architectural and Engineering Managers$187,648 19Sales Managers$187,230 20Dentists, General$185,060 21Human Resources Managers$184,349 22Marketing Managers$180,000 23Regulatory Affairs Managers$177,382 24Computer Hardware Engineers$176,696 25Compliance Managers$161,539 26Robotics Engineers$158,621 27Electronics Engineers, Except Computer$156,853 28Sales Engineers$155,189 29Natural Sciences Managers$153,448 30Photonics Engineers$153,254

Questions about the highest-paying H1B jobs

Which companies pay H1B workers the most?

Among sponsors with 50 or more certified filings, the highest-paying in 2026 are OpenAI ($280,000), Roblox ($273,070), Netflix ($264,514), Presbyterian Healthcare ($255,000), Ochsner Clinic Foundation ($238,500). These are median certified wages from U.S. DOL filings, and actual total pay with equity and bonuses is often higher.

Which H1B occupations pay the most?

The highest-paying H1B occupations in 2026 are Cardiologists ($450,000), Anesthesiologists ($400,000), Radiologists ($390,000), Surgeons, All Other ($325,000), Neurologists ($299,998), by certified median wage.

Are these the salaries I would actually earn?

These are the certified median wages employers attested to the U.S. Department of Labor. They are the legal floor, not total compensation. Equity, bonuses, and sign-on pay are on top, so real offers at these companies are frequently higher.

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