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Chesapeake, VA

Chesapeake, VA spreads H-1B hiring across 6+ sectors (16 employers, $98,197 median wage) rather than one dominant NAICS group.

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16
Employers
$98,197
Median H-1B wage
102
H-1B filings

Chesapeake, VA: 16 tracked employers at a $98,197 median H-1B wage across 102 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 Chesapeake, VA (VA), PlainEmployers rolls up 16 employers at a $98,197 disclosed median. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 16 employers
  • $98,197 median H-1B
  • 102 H-1B LCAs

Where Chesapeake, VA's median H-1B wage sits nationally

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

$98,197 Top 73% higher than 27% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $100,000–$120,000: 49,740 credible H-1B wage rows (18%). Above this entry. $120,000–$140,000: 42,626 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Above this entry. $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. Chesapeake, VA $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

Chesapeake, VA (16 employers) sits beside Mclean, VA, Richmond, VA, Reston, VA in VA's tracked roster. Open a peer metro to compare H-1B wage and WARN density. Among metros with employers in this corpus, Chesapeake, VA ranks #684 of 6906 by employer count (about the 90th percentile).

Mclean, VA 250 Richmond, VA 204 Reston, VA 158 Arlington, VA 158 Herndon, VA 157 Ashburn, VA 153

What the data says about Chesapeake, VA

Corpus placement: Chesapeake, VA ranks #684 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 90th percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Professional & Technical Services leads with 3 of 16 tracked employers (~19%); next sectors in the mix are Construction and Administrative & Waste Services. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: Kleinfelder, Inc., Turner & Townsend, Inc., and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago (61 filings combined, ~60% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Chesapeake, VA: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records.

Chesapeake, VA reads as a diversified labor market: the lead sector (Professional & Technical Services) is only ~19% of tracked employers across 6 named industries, so no single NAICS group dominates the local picture.

Within VA, Chesapeake, VA is smaller than peers such as Mclean, VA (250 employers); Richmond, VA (204 employers); Reston, VA (158 employers); use those pages when you need a denser local sponsor list.

Employer mix in Chesapeake, VA

Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in

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What this shows Chesapeake, VA has no runaway sector: Professional & Technical Services leads at only ~19% across 6 named industries.

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

Top employers in Chesapeake, VA

# Employer H-1B filingsMedian wage
1 Kleinfelder, Inc. Professional & Technical Services 27 $82,317
2 Turner & Townsend, Inc. 21 $140,000
3 Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago 13 $79,539
4 The Lane Construction Corporation Construction 11 $107,078
5 Sai Global Solutions Inc Professional & Technical Services 9 $94,679
6 Accentuate IT Solutions 4 $95,348
7 Geisinger Health Plan Healthcare & Social Assistance 3 $111,093
8 Plasser American Corp. Transportation & Warehousing 3 $112,000
9 Open IT Labs LLC Professional & Technical Services 2 $113,640
10 Map Communications INC. Administrative & Waste Services 2 $239,400
11 Owens & Minor Medical, Inc. Wholesale Trade 2 $119,135
12 Bonaventure Construction LLC Construction 1 $83,200
13 StructureSmith, LLC 1 $110,000
14 Hampton Roads Planning District Commission 1 $86,000
15 Lucia Perez Troisi, DMD, PLLC 1 $180,000
16 Spring Oaks Capital, LLC 1 $90,000

PlainEmployers renders Chesapeake, VA from DOL H-1B disclosure filings and OSHA Injury Tracking Application records, 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.