Highest-paying H-1B employers in 2026
Published November 10, 2026 · Data through FY2026 Q3
Which companies pay H-1B workers the most? This guide ranks employers by the median base salary on their certified Labor Condition Application (LCA) filings in fiscal year 2026. The FY2026 data covers only the first three quarters (Q1–Q3, October 2025 through June 2026), so the rankings may shift once the final quarter is added.
All figures are annual base salary from certified LCA filings, with no bonus or stock included. A certified LCA is not a visa approval, and one filing can cover more than one worker.
The top 25 by median salary
To keep the list meaningful, we only ranked employers with at least 500 certified filings in FY2026. A company with a handful of filings for very senior roles could otherwise top the list by accident.
| Rank | Employer | FY2026 filings | 25th pct | Median | 75th pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ByteDance | 542 | $190,000 | $240,000 | $307,020 |
| 2 | Meta | 5,150 | $183,499 | $214,032 | $231,968 |
| 3 | Salesforce | 1,536 | $165,998 | $197,196 | $234,952 |
| 4 | TikTok | 1,875 | $150,000 | $196,000 | $260,013 |
| 5 | Uber | 682 | $164,400 | $193,600 | $224,075 |
| 6 | 7,339 | $167,000 | $193,000 | $213,000 | |
| 7 | Boston Consulting Group | 642 | $145,100 | $190,000 | $195,000 |
| 8 | NVIDIA | 2,380 | $167,636 | $186,472 | $216,091 |
| 9 | Adobe | 1,028 | $152,000 | $184,815 | $215,000 |
| 10 | Intuit | 602 | $153,600 | $180,508 | $221,094 |
| 11 | 1,046 | $153,493 | $179,079 | $207,000 | |
| 12 | PwC | 855 | $145,000 | $179,000 | $199,000 |
| 13 | PayPal | 742 | $145,729 | $177,465 | $207,252 |
| 14 | Microsoft | 5,107 | $159,220 | $177,000 | $197,589 |
| 15 | Apple | 4,844 | $148,741 | $173,769 | $198,882 |
| 16 | Morgan Stanley | 940 | $143,225 | $169,000 | $195,000 |
| 17 | Bank of America | 688 | $137,375 | $164,906 | $190,000 |
| 18 | JPMorgan Chase | 2,743 | $135,000 | $160,100 | $185,000 |
| 19 | Barclays | 638 | $132,000 | $160,000 | $186,931 |
| 20 | Citi | 1,224 | $145,642 | $158,272 | $178,700 |
| 21 | Amazon | 19,901 | $133,000 | $158,000 | $181,400 |
| 22 | IBM | 736 | $133,533 | $157,635 | $195,892 |
| 23 | EY | 5,079 | $115,725 | $155,731 | $199,727 |
| 24 | ServiceNow | 544 | $127,550 | $155,012 | $187,574 |
| 25 | American Express | 500 | $132,206 | $153,000 | $174,198 |
ByteDance is first, with a median of $240,000 on 542 filings. TikTok, which is owned by ByteDance but files under its own U.S. companies, is fourth at $196,000; Wage Record counts TikTok's U.S. filers, including TikTok Inc., TikTok U.S. Data Security and TT Commerce and Global Services, as one employer and ByteDance as another. Meta is the highest-paying employer with a large H-1B workforce, at a median of $214,032 across 5,150 filings.
The list is not only tech. Consulting and professional services firms (Boston Consulting Group, PwC, EY) and banks (Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Barclays, Citi) all appear, each with a median of at least $155,000.
The highest payers among large sponsors
A 500-filing threshold still mixes mid-sized filers with the giants. If you only look at employers with at least 2,000 FY2026 filings, the ranking looks like this:
| Employer | FY2026 filings | Median | 25th pct | 75th pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meta | 5,150 | $214,032 | $183,499 | $231,968 |
| 7,339 | $193,000 | $167,000 | $213,000 | |
| NVIDIA | 2,380 | $186,472 | $167,636 | $216,091 |
| Microsoft | 5,107 | $177,000 | $159,220 | $197,589 |
| Apple | 4,844 | $173,769 | $148,741 | $198,882 |
| JPMorgan Chase | 2,743 | $160,100 | $135,000 | $185,000 |
| Amazon | 19,901 | $158,000 | $133,000 | $181,400 |
| EY | 5,079 | $155,731 | $115,725 | $199,727 |
| Tesla | 2,563 | $150,070 | $124,349 | $182,020 |
| Walmart | 2,166 | $148,327 | $125,003 | $163,929 |
| Goldman Sachs | 2,014 | $130,000 | $96,250 | $168,000 |
| Deloitte | 4,206 | $129,917 | $98,181 | $161,463 |
| Fidelity Investments | 2,386 | $128,601 | $114,676 | $147,042 |
| Cognizant | 5,794 | $111,134 | $94,307 | $126,818 |
| Infosys | 4,588 | $92,581 | $86,445 | $109,335 |
Among large sponsors, the spread is wide: Meta's median is about 2.3 times Infosys's median ($214,032 versus $92,581), a gap of more than $121,000.
Who files the most
Pay and volume are different questions. Amazon is by far the largest H-1B filer in FY2026, with 19,901 certified filings, more than 2.7 times Google's 7,339. Here are the 15 largest filers:
| Employer | FY2026 filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 19,901 | $158,000 |
| 7,339 | $193,000 | |
| Cognizant | 5,794 | $111,134 |
| Meta | 5,150 | $214,032 |
| Microsoft | 5,107 | $177,000 |
| EY | 5,079 | $155,731 |
| Apple | 4,844 | $173,769 |
| Infosys | 4,588 | $92,581 |
| Deloitte | 4,206 | $129,917 |
| Tata Consultancy Services | 2,880 | $92,394 |
| JPMorgan Chase | 2,743 | $160,100 |
| Tesla | 2,563 | $150,070 |
| Fidelity Investments | 2,386 | $128,601 |
| NVIDIA | 2,380 | $186,472 |
| Walmart | 2,166 | $148,327 |
Large IT services and outsourcing firms such as Cognizant, Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services file in high volume but report much lower medians, between about $92,000 and $111,000. Product companies such as Meta, Google and NVIDIA combine large volume with medians above $185,000.
How to read these rankings
- A median is not an offer. Half of each employer's filings are below its median. Check the 25th–75th percentile range to see what is typical.
- Job mix drives the median. An employer that mostly hires senior engineers in high-cost metros will show a higher median than one hiring entry-level analysts across the country, even if their pay for the same role is similar.
- Base salary is only part of pay. Many of the top-ranked companies also pay bonuses and stock, which LCA data does not show. Rankings by total compensation could look different.
- The year is incomplete. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
This guide summarizes public filing data. It is not legal or immigration advice.
How we calculated this
We took certified H-1B LCA filings with an FY2026 decision date through Q3, used each filing's annual base wage, and grouped filings by employer. We ranked employers with at least 500 filings (and, separately, at least 2,000) by median wage. See our methodology for details.