Metro area · GA

Atlanta, GA

H-1B hiring, wages and employer concentration across 823 employers in the Atlanta, GA metro.

823
Employers
$121,514
Median H-1B wage
14,450
H-1B filings

The metro at a glance

Atlanta, GA, GA aggregates 823 tracked employers at a $121,514 median H-1B wage and 14,450 H-1B filings on record, with hiring concentrated in Information & Media and Professional & Technical Services.

823
employers
$121,514
median H-1B wage
14,450
H-1B filings
5
top industries
Top industries Information & MediaProfessional & Technical ServicesAdministrative & Waste ServicesFinance & InsuranceEducational ServicesPublic Administration

What the data says about this metro

Metro pages on PlainEmployers gather every employer whose federal filings tie to a single regional labor market, so you can see where H-1B hiring concentrates, which sectors dominate, and how often layoffs are filed in one place. Every figure below comes from the same three public datasets behind individual profiles, the Department of Labor H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury records, and state WARN Act notices, aggregated across the metro. Use these regional numbers as the backdrop against which any single local employer should be read.

Atlanta, GA, GA aggregates 823 employers at a median disclosed H-1B wage of $121,514, with hiring concentrated in Information & Media, Professional & Technical Services, Administrative & Waste Services. The mix is computed from actual DOL/OSHA/WARN filings in this specific metro; see methodology for source documentation.

Headline sponsors: INFOSYS LIMITED, WAL-MART ASSOCIATES, INC., and Accenture LLP, together 6,130 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

Metro-area figures sum the employer records tied to this region's labor market, based on WARN Act notices and US Department of Labor data. Geographic boundaries are approximate: a filing is attributed to the metro of the affected worksite, so a multi-site employer may appear across several metros, and remote reductions can be hard to localize. Local economic conditions, seasonal patterns, and the presence of one or two very large employers can all skew a metro's totals. Use these numbers to understand the broad shape of activity in the area, not as a precise census, and consult the individual records and the methodology for the underlying detail.

Employer mix in Atlanta, GA

Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in

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What this shows Professional & Technical Services is the largest tracked sector in Atlanta, GA, shaping the metro's wage and hiring profile.

Source DOL H-1B, OSHA & WARN filings mapped to NAICS sector

Top employers in Atlanta, GA

# Employer H-1B filingsMedian wage
1 INFOSYS LIMITED Professional & Technical Services 2,886 $102,937
2 WAL-MART ASSOCIATES, INC. Retail Trade 1,823 $147,343
3 Accenture LLP Professional & Technical Services 1,421 $138,919
4 CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc. Professional & Technical Services 380 -
5 Elevance Health, Inc. Finance & Insurance 278 $140,631
6 Comcast Cable Communications, LLC Information & Media 278 $145,590
7 Intuit Inc. Professional & Technical Services 267 $180,080
8 T-Mobile USA, Inc. Information & Media 262 $147,742
9 Visa Technology & Operations LLC Finance & Insurance 224 $145,066
10 EFICENS SYSTEMS INC Professional & Technical Services 209 -
11 Emory University Educational Services 183 $88,157
12 Workday, Inc. Professional & Technical Services 171 $156,667
13 Northwestern University Educational Services 169 $104,589
14 Micron Technology, Inc. Management of Companies 159 $148,867
15 Home Depot Management Company LLC Retail Trade 143 $139,883
16 Truist Bank Finance & Insurance 142 $139,678
17 The University of Texas at Austin Educational Services 130 $94,142
18 NIKE, Inc. Management of Companies 119 $181,618
19 Battelle Memorial Institute Professional & Technical Services 118 $113,684
20 Equifax Inc. Administrative & Waste Services 102 $134,183
21 Nordstrom, Inc. Retail Trade 99 $168,079
22 Georgia Institute of Technology Educational Services 92 $87,226
23 PHOTON INFOTECH, INC. Professional & Technical Services 88 $179,088
24 Intercontinental Exchange Holdings, Inc. Finance & Insurance 83 $119,376
25 MANHATTAN ASSOCIATES, INC. Professional & Technical Services 81 $137,289

What this means if you work in Atlanta, GA

Use Atlanta, GA's $121,514 median as the local benchmark, H-1B wages are legally tied to each metro's prevailing wage, so the same role pays differently city to city.

  • A same-role H-1B offer well below $121,514 is worth questioning, the median here is set by 823 tracked employers.
  • INFOSYS LIMITED leads local H-1B sponsorship; compare its pay and safety grade against peers before applying. Compare employers
  • Check an employer’s WARN layoff history for job-stability risk in this metro. Largest layoffs

Metro figures aggregate worksites by city; a multi-site employer can appear across several metros, and remote roles are hard to localize.