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Chester, PA

Chester, PA is a Professional & Technical Services-heavy labor market: 5 tracked employers at a $135,283 median H-1B wage across 969 LCAs.

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5
Employers
$135,283
Median H-1B wage
969
H-1B filings

Chester, PA: 5 tracked employers at a $135,283 median H-1B wage across 969 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 Chester, PA (PA), PlainEmployers rolls up 5 employers at a $135,283 disclosed median with 3 employers carrying WARN history. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 5 employers
  • $135,283 median H-1B
  • 969 H-1B LCAs
  • 3 WARN employers

Where Chester, PA's median H-1B wage sits nationally

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

$135,283 Top 41% higher than 59% 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. Chester, PA $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

Chester, PA (5 employers) sits beside Philadelphia, PA, Pittsburgh, PA, Malvern, PA in PA's tracked roster. Open a peer metro to compare H-1B wage and WARN density. Among metros with employers in this corpus, Chester, PA ranks #1605 of 6906 by employer count (about the 73rd percentile).

Philadelphia, PA 311 Pittsburgh, PA 273 Malvern, PA 115 Mechanicsburg, PA 81 Erie, PA 69 Harrisburg, PA 52
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesHealthcare & Social AssistanceConstructionAdministrative & Waste ServicesEducational Services

What the data says about Chester, PA

Corpus placement: Chester, PA ranks #1605 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 73rd percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Professional & Technical Services leads with 18 of 5 tracked employers (~360%); next sectors in the mix are Healthcare & Social Assistance and Finance & Insurance. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Auris Health, Inc., and Paychex North America Inc. (563 filings combined, ~58% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Chester, PA: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records; state WARN Act layoff notices, including 3 employers with WARN history.

Headline sponsors: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Auris Health, Inc., and Paychex North America Inc., together 563 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

Chester, PA reads as a concentrated labor market: Professional & Technical Services alone covers about 360% of tracked employers, so wage and safety benchmarks here are heavily shaped by that sector.

Comcast Cable Communications, LLC plus Auris Health, Inc. account for about 58% of Chester, PA'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 Chester, PA, 3 carry WARN Act history (3 notices, about 590 workers named across credible filings). That is a local stability signal separate from H-1B hiring volume.

Within PA, Chester, PA is smaller than peers such as Philadelphia, PA (311 employers); Pittsburgh, PA (273 employers); Malvern, PA (115 employers); use those pages when you need a denser local sponsor list.

WARN layoff activity in Chester, PA

3 tracked employers with a worksite here have filed 3 WARN notices , naming about 590 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 Chester, PA

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInformation & Media457$139,152
2Auris Health, Inc.Manufacturing55$180,300
3Paychex North America Inc.Management of Companies51$131,123
4Msci, INC.Finance & Insurance40$86,700
5Gusto, Inc.Professional & Technical Services37$240,000
6ETEK IT Solutions, IncProfessional & Technical Services25$129,667
7Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc.23$160,000
8Geisinger System ServicesHealthcare & Social Assistance22$98,218
9Tapestry, Inc.Retail Trade20$152,423
10Logic Loops, LLCProfessional & Technical Services18$102,669
11KyndrylProfessional & Technical Services18$160,335
12Satya Marg Solutions, IncProfessional & Technical Services17$93,000
13Viac Services CompanyFinance & Insurance15$144,575
14The Nemours Foundation - Nemours Children's HealthHealthcare & Social Assistance13$153,172
15Communications Test Design, Inc.Other Services11$113,975
16West Chester University Of PennsylvaniaEducational Services11$98,544
17Talent Clustr LLCProfessional & Technical Services9$129,792
18QVC, Inc.Retail Trade9$140,769
19Voya Retirement Insurance And Annuity CompanyFinance & Insurance8$147,503
20Harward Technologies LLCProfessional & Technical Services8$135,408
21The Devereux FoundationHealthcare & Social Assistance8$47,736
22Avira Digital LLC.Professional & Technical Services7$128,774
23Collaborative Systems IncProfessional & Technical Services7$110,000
24Avvenire Solutions LLCProfessional & Technical Services6$119,392
25Medical Device Business Services IncManufacturing6$102,600
Sources, citation, and related links for Chester, PA

Disclaimer: The Chester, PA 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 Chester, PA 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.