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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

# Employer H-1B filingsMedian wage
1 Comcast Cable Communications, LLC Information & Media 457 $139,152
2 Auris Health, Inc. Manufacturing 55 $180,300
3 Paychex North America Inc. Management of Companies 51 $131,123
4 Msci, INC. Finance & Insurance 40 $86,700
5 Gusto, Inc. Professional & Technical Services 37 $240,000
6 ETEK IT Solutions, Inc Professional & Technical Services 25 $129,667
7 Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc. 23 $160,000
8 Geisinger System Services Healthcare & Social Assistance 22 $98,218
9 Tapestry, Inc. Retail Trade 20 $152,423
10 Logic Loops, LLC Professional & Technical Services 18 $102,669
11 Kyndryl Professional & Technical Services 18 $160,335
12 Satya Marg Solutions, Inc Professional & Technical Services 17 $93,000
13 Viac Services Company Finance & Insurance 15 $144,575
14 The Nemours Foundation - Nemours Children's Health Healthcare & Social Assistance 13 $153,172
15 Communications Test Design, Inc. Other Services 11 $113,975
16 West Chester University Of Pennsylvania Educational Services 11 $98,544
17 Talent Clustr LLC Professional & Technical Services 9 $129,792
18 QVC, Inc. Retail Trade 9 $140,769
19 Voya Retirement Insurance And Annuity Company Finance & Insurance 8 $147,503
20 Harward Technologies LLC Professional & Technical Services 8 $135,408
21 The Devereux Foundation Healthcare & Social Assistance 8 $47,736
22 Avira Digital LLC. Professional & Technical Services 7 $128,774
23 Collaborative Systems Inc Professional & Technical Services 7 $110,000
24 Avvenire Solutions LLC Professional & Technical Services 6 $119,392
25 Medical Device Business Services Inc Manufacturing 6 $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.