Metro area · PA
Philadelphia, PA
H-1B hiring, wages and employer concentration across 287 employers in the Philadelphia, PA metro.
- 287
- Employers
- $130,200
- Median H-1B wage
- 4,400
- H-1B filings
The metro at a glance
Philadelphia, PA, PA aggregates 287 tracked employers at a $130,200 median H-1B wage and 4,400 H-1B filings on record, with hiring concentrated in Professional & Technical Services and Information & Media.
- 287
- employers
- $130,200
- median H-1B wage
- 4,400
- H-1B filings
- 5
- top industries
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.
Philadelphia, PA, PA aggregates 287 employers at a median disclosed H-1B wage of $130,200, with hiring concentrated in Professional & Technical Services, Information & Media, Healthcare & Social Assistance. The mix is computed from actual DOL/OSHA/WARN filings in this specific metro; see methodology for source documentation.
Headline sponsors: Deloitte Consulting LLP, Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, and Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, together 2,187 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 Philadelphia, PA
Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in
- Professional & Technical S…
Professional & Technical Services
115 employers
- Healthcare & Social Assist… 31
Healthcare & Social Assistance
31 employers
- Finance & Insurance 16
Finance & Insurance
16 employers
- Information & Media 16
Information & Media
16 employers
- Manufacturing 16
Manufacturing
16 employers
- Educational Services 12
Educational Services
12 employers
- Other Services 8
Other Services
8 employers
What this shows Professional & Technical Services is the largest tracked sector in Philadelphia, PA, shaping the metro's wage and hiring profile.
Top employers in Philadelphia, PA
| # | Employer | H-1B filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deloitte Consulting LLP Professional & Technical Services | 1,629 | $149,145 |
| 2 | Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Healthcare & Social Assistance | 280 | - |
| 3 | Comcast Cable Communications, LLC Information & Media | 278 | $145,590 |
| 4 | Deloitte Tax LLP Professional & Technical Services | 243 | $138,503 |
| 5 | Cigna-Evernorth Services Inc. Finance & Insurance | 165 | $144,593 |
| 6 | ZS Associates, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 143 | $189,190 |
| 7 | Yahoo Holdings Inc. Information & Media | 100 | $165,664 |
| 8 | The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Healthcare & Social Assistance | 95 | $70,917 |
| 9 | Lam Research Corporation Manufacturing | 71 | $137,765 |
| 10 | PwC US Tax LLP Professional & Technical Services | 54 | $170,981 |
| 11 | PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP Professional & Technical Services | 52 | $150,836 |
| 12 | Temple University--A Commonwealth University Educational Services | 50 | $93,493 |
| 13 | Emonics LLC Professional & Technical Services | 48 | $88,401 |
| 14 | Macquarie Holdings (USA) Inc. Management of Companies | 39 | $189,692 |
| 15 | LORSHI SYSTEMS LLC Professional & Technical Services | 38 | $100,438 |
| 16 | GlaxoSmithKline LLC Manufacturing | 36 | $140,205 |
| 17 | Amdocs, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 35 | $135,621 |
| 18 | Thomas Jefferson University Educational Services | 34 | $111,597 |
| 19 | Grant Thornton Advisors LLC Professional & Technical Services | 33 | $145,225 |
| 20 | PROMATRIX CORP Professional & Technical Services | 29 | $112,284 |
| 21 | Caprus IT Inc Professional & Technical Services | 28 | $109,386 |
| 22 | SecureNet Systems Corporation Professional & Technical Services | 26 | $93,526 |
| 23 | BlackRock Investment Management, LLC Finance & Insurance | 24 | $153,296 |
| 24 | WILLIS TOWERS WATSON US LLC Professional & Technical Services | 24 | $125,204 |
| 25 | ACE American Insurance Company Finance & Insurance | 24 | $160,545 |
What this means if you work in Philadelphia, PA
Use Philadelphia, PA's $130,200 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 $130,200 is worth questioning, the median here is set by 287 tracked employers.
- Deloitte Consulting LLP 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.