Table 4
Most H-1B workers are paid below-median wages: Share of H-1B certified positions at each wage level, top 30 H-1B employers, and totals for all employers, fiscal 2019
| Employer name | Wage level 1 (17th percentile) | Wage level 2 (34th percentile) | Wage level 3 (50th/median) | Wage level 4 (67th percentile) | Other wage surveys | Share at wage levels 1 & 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cognizant Technology | 3% | 57% | 29% | 10% | 2% | 60% |
| 2 | Deloitte Consulting LLP | 34% | 36% | 20% | 5% | 5% | 70% |
| 3 | Tata Consultancy | 0% | 91% | 8% | <1% | 1% | 91% |
| 4 | Amazon.com Services | 34% | 51% | 10% | 1% | 3% | 86% |
| 5 | Google LLC | <1% | 54% | 30% | 7% | 8% | 55% |
| 6 | Infosys Ltd. | <1% | 78% | 15% | 7% | 1% | 78% |
| 7 | Microsoft Corp. | 35% | 42% | 18% | 3% | 1% | 77% |
| 8 | Capgemini America Inc. | 2% | 60% | 31% | 6% | 1% | 62% |
| 9 | Facebook Inc. | <1% | 10% | 25% | 16% | 49% | 10% |
| 10 | Larsen & Toubro Infotech | <1% | 92% | 7% | <1% | 1% | 92% |
| 11 | Apple Inc. | 2% | 32% | 32% | 34% | <1% | 34% |
| 12 | Wipro Ltd. | 0% | 93% | 7% | <1% | <1% | 93% |
| 13 | Accenture LLP | 1% | 58% | 29% | 12% | 1% | 59% |
| 14 | Intel Corp. | 0% | 33% | 29% | 1% | 36% | 33% |
| 15 | IBM Corp. | <1% | 62% | 26% | 12% | 1% | 62% |
| 16 | Ernst & Young US LLP | 12% | 45% | 31% | 9% | 3% | 57% |
| 17 | Tech Mahindra Americas | <1% | 98% | 1% | <1% | 1% | 98% |
| 18 | HCL America Inc. | 6% | 43% | 32% | 15% | 4% | 49% |
| 19 | Cisco Systems Inc. | <1% | 25% | 21% | 25% | 28% | 25% |
| 20 | Oracle America Inc. | <1% | 12% | <1% | 43% | 45% | 12% |
| 21 | PricewaterhouseCoopers | 25% | 52% | 4% | 18% | 2% | 77% |
| 22 | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 4% | 30% | 25% | 19% | 22% | 34% |
| 23 | Qualcomm Technologies | 4% | 38% | 29% | 20% | 9% | 42% |
| 24 | Walmart Associates Inc. | 15% | 34% | 39% | 11% | 1% | 49% |
| 25 | Salesforce.com Inc. | 2% | 37% | 26% | 32% | 2% | 40% |
| 26 | Mphasis Corp. | 15% | 80% | 2% | 0% | 3% | 96% |
| 27 | Amazon Web Services | 47% | 36% | 13% | 1% | 4% | 83% |
| 28 | Syntel Inc. | 9% | 88% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 97% |
| 29 | Uber Technologies Inc. | <1% | 53% | 34% | 13% | <1% | 53% |
| 30 | Randstad Technologies | <1% | 35% | 65% | <1% | <1% | 35% |
| Totals for top 30 H-1B employers | 12% | 48% | 21% | 11% | 7% | 60% | |
| Totals for all H-1B employers | 14% | 46% | 19% | 12% | 9% | 60% | |
Notes: “Top 30” is 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 are based on fiscal year 2019 H-1B Employer Data Hub total approvals.
Source: Authors’ analysis of USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub files, fiscal year 2019, and U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification, Labor Condition Applications for fiscal year 2019 (Disclosure Data tab)
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