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H-1B median annual compensation

Median reported annual compensation associated with approved H-1B petitions.

Government data$120,000

Fiscal year 2024 · United States · Approved H-1B beneficiaries with valid compensation

Data 2024 · Source retrieved 16 Sept 2026

Retrieval confirms when the source was collected, not that the underlying figures describe today.

USCIS

Published 29 Apr 2025 · Retrieved 16 Sept 2026

Source period: 2019-10-012024-09-30

Release schedule: Annual.

Next release: No confirmed next publication date is recorded here.

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Historical observations

Only source observations are plotted. Gaps remain missing; lines never fill missing annual values.

USCIS · USD
Data 2024 · Source retrieved 16 Sept 2026

Retrieval confirms when the source was collected, not that the underlying figures describe today.

USCIS

Published 29 Apr 2025 · Retrieved 16 Sept 2026

Source period: 2019-10-012024-09-30

Release schedule: Annual.

Next release: No confirmed next publication date is recorded here.

How updates are checked →

What this measures

Median reported annual compensation associated with approved H-1B petitions.

Calculation

USCIS-reported median; not calculated from subgroup medians.

Population denominator

Not applicable

Limitations & comparability

Appendix D Tables 1a, 1b, 7; section 2.7. USCIS CLAIMS 3 and ELIS accessed November 2024. Petitions are not unique workers. Approvals and filings are different fiscal-year cohorts; do not divide them for an approval rate. Compensation is reported compensation, not observed earnings.

Calendar-year and fiscal-year series must not be silently combined.

USCIS

Characteristics of H-1B Specialty Occupation Workers, FY 2024

Original source ↗ · Retrieved 2026-09-16