H1B Visa Sponsors in Virginia

Total H1B Applications
179,500
H1B Employers
16,586
Average Salary
$83,293
Top City
RICHMOND
Top Employer
Capital One Services, LLC

H1B Visa Sponsorship Overview

Virginia is an active state for H1B visa sponsorship, with 179,500 labor condition applications filed by 16,586 employers with the U.S. Department of Labor. The average salary offered on H1B applications in Virginia is $83,293.

The top H1B sponsor in Virginia is Capital One Services, LLC, and the most commonly sponsored occupation is 15-1132. Employers in Virginia must comply with federal and state prevailing wage requirements when filing H1B petitions.

The leading H1B metro area in Virginia is richmond with 24,627 filings, followed by mclean. Salary levels and prevailing wages vary significantly across metro areas within the state.

Top H1B Cities in Virginia

The largest metro areas for H1B visa sponsorship in Virginia. Click any city to view detailed employer and salary data.

#CityLCAsEmployersAvg SalaryTop Employer
1 richmond, VA 24,627 2,808 $78,816 Capital One Services, LLC
2 mclean, VA 19,453 2,422 $90,930 Capital One Services, LLC
3 herndon, VA 18,437 2,524 $84,559 Amazon Web Services, Inc.
4 reston, VA 16,656 2,604 $89,061 Hexaware Technologies, Inc.
5 ¿Arlington, VA 10,525 2,071 $93,190 Amazon.com Services LLC
6 sterling, VA 7,712 965 $79,379 Asta CRS, Inc.
7 ashburn, VA 7,539 1,348 $82,678 ANIRA SOLUTIONS INC
8 fairfax, VA 7,457 1,403 $75,432 AKVARR, INC.
9 chantilly, VA 6,165 862 $76,228 USM Business Systems, Inc
10 vienna, VA 5,713 1,208 $83,381 Capital One Services, LLC
11 norfolk, VA 5,382 860 $80,927 Anthem, Inc.
12 alexandria, VA 4,220 1,422 $80,394 Halvik Corp.
13 Glen Allen,, VA 3,877 915 $81,811 WIPRO LLC
14 Charlottesville,, VA 3,336 391 $78,253 University of Virginia
15 manassas, VA 3,118 551 $84,327 Micron Technology, Inc.
16 falls church, VA 2,655 687 $74,135 Enterprise Business Solutions
17 dulles, VA 2,539 292 $81,810 AOL, INC.
18 virginia beach, VA 2,155 625 $76,939 Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corporation
19 Roanoke, VA 1,864 408 $76,217 INFOSYS LIMITED
20 Blacksburg, VA 1,743 134 $70,530 Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University

Top H1B Sponsors in Virginia

These employers headquartered in Virginia have filed the most H1B visa applications.

#EmployerCityLCAsAvg SalaryApproval Rate
1 Satyam Computer Services, Ltd. Vienna 13,177 $67,933 93.3%
2 Fujitsu America, Inc. Sunnyvale 9,694 $82,732 96.7%
3 Virtusa, Inc. Westborough 7,345 $101,966 98.4%
4 Capital One Services, LLC Richmond 6,985 $97,353 95.3%
5 System Soft Technologies, LLC TAMPA 6,735 $74,493 94.7%
6 CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc. Tallahassee 5,123 $87,860 98.1%
7 Headstrong Services LLC Short Hills 4,168 $86,441 96.6%
8 CSC Covansys Corporation Tysons 3,920 $70,553 92.8%
9 Multivision, Inc. RESTON 3,590 $65,529 90.1%
10 GlobalLogic Inc. vienna 3,100 $104,807 96.7%
11 Idexcel Inc Herndon 2,611 $88,791 88.8%
12 LanceSoft, Inc. Herndon 2,574 $74,444 86.0%
13 Xceltech, Inc. Dunn Loring 2,550 $57,178 67.0%
14 Amdocs, Inc. St.Louis 2,518 $95,489 97.5%
15 Genpact, LLC Short Hills 2,473 $94,618 87.0%
16 Anthem, Inc. WILMINGTON 2,414 $92,632 97.1%
17 Computer Sciences Corporation Tysons 2,213 $74,312 92.0%
18 USM Business Systems, Inc. Chantilly 2,088 $72,595 86.5%
19 University of Virginia Charlottesville 2,060 $72,240 99.1%
20 The Children's Hospital Corporation RICHMOND 1,996 $68,776 99.0%

Top H1B Occupations in Virginia

The most commonly sponsored H1B job titles in Virginia. Click any occupation to view detailed salary and employer data for this state.

#OccupationLCAsEmployersAvg SalaryBLS State Median
1 Software Developers, Applications 33,249 4,132 $93,474 N/A
2 SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS, APPLICATIONS 21,013 2,251 $76,916 N/A
3 PROGRAMMER ANALYST 14,737 1,835 $68,025 N/A
4 Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers 7,378 1,383 $90,865 N/A
5 SoftwareDevelopers 5,610 1,834 $129,732 $134,470
6 Auditors 3,494 805 $69,143 $84,190
7 Management Analysts 3,251 742 $83,492 $109,650
8 Computer Programmers 3,196 873 $64,389 N/A
9 Computer Systems Analysts 2,999 812 $70,863 N/A
10 Software Developers, Systems Software 2,927 828 $104,741 N/A
11 PROFESSIONAL SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR 2,690 825 $79,525 N/A
12 Operations Research Analysts 2,627 351 $86,141 $123,050
13 Computer Software Engineers, Applications 2,445 749 $81,566 N/A
14 Database Administrators 2,355 762 $82,835 N/A
15 Electrical Engineers 1,802 335 $89,137 $122,320
16 Financial and Investment Analysts 1,407 418 $82,617 $104,030
17 Water/Wastewater Engineers 1,336 359 $80,269 $96,210
18 Search Marketing Strategists 1,327 598 $61,008 $79,840
19 Computer and Information Systems Managers 1,285 470 $148,907 $192,870
20 Web Administrators 1,113 432 $125,067 $132,810

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