Table 5

Top 30 H-1B employers: Number of H-1B certified positions by prevailing wage level, fiscal 2019

Rank Employer Name Wage Level I (17th percentile) Wage Level 2 (34th percentile) Wage Level 3 (50th/median) Wage Level 4 (67th percentile) Other wage surveys Total
1 COGNIZANT TECH SOLNS US CORP               788         14,443           7,411         2,493               396            25,531
2 DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP         31,024         32,343         17,657         4,407           4,824            90,255
3 TATA CONSULTANCY SVCS LTD                  –         14,397           1,271               16               107            15,791
4 AMAZON.COM SERVICES INC           4,211           6,332           1,241            137               404            12,325
5 GOOGLE LLC                 13           4,944           2,752            678               698              9,085
6 INFOSYS LTD                   1         16,738           3,162         1,493               120            21,514
7 MICROSOFT CORPORATION           3,499           4,198           1,842            338               112              9,989
8 CAPGEMINI AMERICA INC               157           5,583           2,862            581               127              9,310
9 FACEBOOK INC                   1               591           1,509            994           3,023              6,118
10 LARSEN AND TOUBRO INFOTECH LTD                 21           5,283               394               13                 45              5,756
11 APPLE INC               558           8,279           8,432         8,838                   3            26,110
12 WIPRO LIMITED                  –         11,656               834               25                 62            12,577
13 ACCENTURE LLP                 36           4,151           2,061            843                 58              7,149
14 INTEL CORPORATION                  –           2,476           2,153               78           2,702              7,409
15 IBM CORPORATION                   2           3,506           1,457            670                 50              5,685
16 ERNST & YOUNG US LLP           1,061           4,001           2,703            766               273              8,804
17 TECH MAHINDRA AMERICAS INC                   1           3,971                 35               13                 43              4,063
18 HCL AMERICA INC               567           3,941           2,979         1,353               380              9,220
19 CISCO SYSTEMS INC                 10           3,579           2,940         3,588           3,991            14,108
20 ORACLE AMERICA INC                   1           1,530                 20         5,535           5,710            12,796
21 PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS ADVISORY SE               636           1,324                 94            447                 45              2,546
22 JPMORGAN CHASE & CO                 80               636               528            406               459              2,109
23 QUALCOMM TECHNOLOGIES INC           1,150         12,361           9,354         6,474           2,970            32,309
24 WAL-MART ASSOCIATES INC               301               708               800            233                 14              2,056
25 SALESFORCE COM INC                 55               838               587            720                 38              2,238
26 MPHASIS CORPORATION               641           3,364                 73                –               111              4,189
27 AMAZON WEB SERVICES INC           1,059               826               291               15                 81              2,272
28 SYNTEL INC               157           1,490                 36                –                 14              1,697
29 UBER TECHNOLOGIES INC                 23           3,015           1,946            716                   8              5,708
30 RANDSTAD TECHNOLOGIES LLC                   1               951           1,778                 3                   9              2,742
Totals for top 30 H-1B employers         46,054      177,455         79,202      41,873         26,877         371,461
Totals for all H-1B employers      134,900      447,843      184,825   116,754        84,216         968,538

Note: “Top 30” defined as the 30 employers with the largest number of approved H-1B petitions, according to data from United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Top 30 H-1B rankings based on fiscal year 2018 H-1B Employer Data Hub total approvals.

Source: Authors’ analysis of USCIS, H-1B Employer Data Hub files, fiscal year 2018; Office of Foreign Labor Certification, Labor Condition Applications for fiscal year 2018 (Disclosure Data tab), U.S. Department of Labor.

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