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Atlanta, GA

Atlanta, GA is a Professional & Technical Services-heavy labor market: 827 tracked employers at a $124,883 median H-1B wage across 25,759 LCAs.

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827
Employers
$124,883
Median H-1B wage
25,759
H-1B filings

Atlanta, GA: 827 tracked employers at a $124,883 median H-1B wage across 25,759 LCAs; Professional & Technical Services leads the local roster.

According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices mapped to worksites in Atlanta, GA (GA), PlainEmployers rolls up 827 employers at a $124,883 disclosed median with 16 employers carrying WARN history. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 827 employers
  • $124,883 median H-1B
  • 25,759 H-1B LCAs
  • 16 WARN employers

Where Atlanta, GA's median H-1B wage sits nationally

Metro median disclosed wage vs every credible H-1B wage row

$124,883 Top 50% higher than 50% of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows

$0–$20,000: 1 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $20,000–$40,000: 401 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $40,000–$60,000: 7,591 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Below this entry. $60,000–$80,000: 24,066 credible H-1B wage rows (9%). Below this entry. $80,000–$100,000: 43,829 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Below this entry. $100,000–$120,000: 49,740 credible H-1B wage rows (18%). Below this entry. $120,000–$140,000: 42,626 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). This entry sits in this band. $140,000–$160,000: 33,306 credible H-1B wage rows (12%). Above this entry. $160,000–$180,000: 22,983 credible H-1B wage rows (8%). Above this entry. $180,000–$200,000: 15,711 credible H-1B wage rows (6%). Above this entry. $200,000–$220,000: 10,825 credible H-1B wage rows (4%). Above this entry. $220,000–$240,000: 6,806 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Above this entry. $240,000–$260,000: 4,579 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. $260,000–$280,000: 2,975 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $280,000–$300,000: 1,671 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $300,000–$320,000: 5,015 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. Atlanta, GA $0 $320,000 every credible H-1B wage row, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more credible H-1B wage rows. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, H-1B Disclosure Data · August 2026

Metro Labor Presence

Atlanta, GA (827 employers) sits beside Alpharetta, GA, Cumming, GA, Duluth, GA in GA's tracked roster. Open a peer metro to compare H-1B wage and WARN density. Among metros with employers in this corpus, Atlanta, GA ranks #10 of 6906 by employer count (about the 100th percentile).

Alpharetta, GA 494 Cumming, GA 353 Duluth, GA 93 Lawrenceville, GA 61 Suwanee, GA 60 Marietta, GA 57
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesFinance & InsuranceManufacturingInformation & MediaConstruction

What the data says about Atlanta, GA

Corpus placement: Atlanta, GA ranks #10 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 100th percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Professional & Technical Services leads with 400 of 827 tracked employers (~48%); next sectors in the mix are Finance & Insurance and Manufacturing. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: Infosys Limited, Wal-Mart Associates, INC., and Accenture LLP (10,213 filings combined, ~40% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Atlanta, GA: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records; state WARN Act layoff notices, including 16 employers with WARN history.

Headline sponsors: Infosys Limited, Wal-Mart Associates, INC., and Accenture LLP, together 10,213 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

Atlanta, GA reads as a concentrated labor market: Professional & Technical Services alone covers about 48% of tracked employers, so wage and safety benchmarks here are heavily shaped by that sector.

Infosys Limited plus Wal-Mart Associates, INC. account for about 40% of Atlanta, GA's H-1B filings in this corpus, so local wage medians are sensitive to those sponsors' role mix.

Among employers with a worksite mapped to Atlanta, GA, 16 carry WARN Act history (113 notices, about 8,216 workers named across credible filings). That is a local stability signal separate from H-1B hiring volume.

Within GA, Atlanta, GA is among denser labor markets versus Alpharetta, GA (494 employers); Cumming, GA (353 employers); Duluth, GA (93 employers); its median and mix are less likely to swing on a single filing.

WARN layoff activity in Atlanta, GA

16 tracked employers with a worksite here have filed 113 WARN notices , naming about 8,216 workers across credible records. Compare those employers' profiles before treating any local offer as stable; see largest WARN layoffs for corpus-wide notices.

Top employers in Atlanta, GA

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1Infosys LimitedProfessional & Technical Services5,329$92,581
2Wal-Mart Associates, INC.Retail Trade2,614$150,080
3Accenture LLPProfessional & Technical Services2,270$148,700
4CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc.Professional & Technical Services661$112,377
5Intuit Inc.Professional & Technical Services652$179,421
6Elevance Health, Inc.Finance & Insurance502$140,138
7Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInformation & Media457$139,152
8T-Mobile USA, Inc.Information & Media442$151,606
9Workday, Inc.Professional & Technical Services341$156,200
10Emory UniversityEducational Services311$75,599
11McKinsey & Company, Inc. United States303$192,000
12Northwestern UniversityEducational Services279$70,268
13Home Depot Management Company LLCRetail Trade273$150,000
14Truist BankFinance & Insurance271$136,000
15Micron Technology, Inc.Management of Companies263$136,876
16U.S. Bank National Association252$130,707
17Eficens Systems INCProfessional & Technical Services241$87,000
18Visa Technology & Operations LLC239$150,467
19Visa U.S.A. Inc.219$153,109
20Equifax Inc.Administrative & Waste Services196$129,376
21The University of Texas at AustinEducational Services195$93,636
22NIKE, Inc.Management of Companies187$169,220
23Photon Infotech, INC.Professional & Technical Services178$113,000
24Battelle Memorial InstituteProfessional & Technical Services178$114,546
25Nordstrom, Inc.Retail Trade157$172,766
Sources, citation, and related links for Atlanta, GA

Disclaimer: The Atlanta, GA overview is informational only and is not professional advice. Consult a qualified professional before employment, hiring, or compliance decisions based on this data.

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PlainEmployers renders Atlanta, GA from DOL H-1B disclosure filings, OSHA Injury Tracking Application records and state WARN Act layoff notices, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.