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Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, PA is a Professional & Technical Services-heavy labor market: 311 tracked employers at a $130,182 median H-1B wage across 8,044 LCAs.

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311
Employers
$130,182
Median H-1B wage
8,044
H-1B filings

Philadelphia, PA: 311 tracked employers at a $130,182 median H-1B wage across 8,044 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 Philadelphia, PA (PA), PlainEmployers rolls up 311 employers at a $130,182 disclosed median with 9 employers carrying WARN history. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 311 employers
  • $130,182 median H-1B
  • 8,044 H-1B LCAs
  • 9 WARN employers

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

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

$130,182 Top 45% higher than 55% 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. Philadelphia, 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

Philadelphia, PA (311 employers) sits beside Pittsburgh, PA, Malvern, PA, Mechanicsburg, 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, Philadelphia, PA ranks #33 of 6906 by employer count (about the 100th percentile).

Pittsburgh, PA 273 Malvern, PA 115 Mechanicsburg, PA 81 Erie, PA 69 Harrisburg, PA 52 King Of Prussia, PA 50
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesHealthcare & Social AssistanceFinance & InsuranceInformation & MediaManufacturing

What the data says about Philadelphia, PA

Corpus placement: Philadelphia, PA ranks #33 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 100th percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Professional & Technical Services leads with 115 of 311 tracked employers (~37%); next sectors in the mix are Healthcare & Social Assistance and Finance & Insurance. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: Deloitte Consulting LLP, Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, and Deloitte Tax LLP (4,317 filings combined, ~54% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Philadelphia, PA: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records; state WARN Act layoff notices, including 9 employers with WARN history.

Headline sponsors: Deloitte Consulting LLP, Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, and Deloitte Tax LLP, together 4,317 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

Philadelphia, PA reads as a concentrated labor market: Professional & Technical Services alone covers about 37% of tracked employers, so wage and safety benchmarks here are heavily shaped by that sector.

Deloitte Consulting LLP plus Comcast Cable Communications, LLC account for about 54% of Philadelphia, 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 Philadelphia, PA, 9 carry WARN Act history (20 notices, about 2,642 workers named across credible filings). That is a local stability signal separate from H-1B hiring volume.

Within PA, Philadelphia, PA is among denser labor markets versus Pittsburgh, PA (273 employers); Malvern, PA (115 employers); Mechanicsburg, PA (81 employers); its median and mix are less likely to swing on a single filing.

WARN layoff activity in Philadelphia, PA

9 tracked employers with a worksite here have filed 20 WARN notices , naming about 2,642 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 Philadelphia, PA

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1Deloitte Consulting LLPProfessional & Technical Services3,416$147,803
2Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInformation & Media457$139,152
3Deloitte Tax LLPProfessional & Technical Services444$114,274
4Trustees of the University of PennsylvaniaHealthcare & Social Assistance444$83,970
5ZS Associates, Inc.Professional & Technical Services242$164,000
6Yahoo Holdings Inc.Information & Media197$160,144
7Cigna-Evernorth Services Inc.Finance & Insurance165$144,593
8Lam Research CorporationManufacturing116$150,706
9Amdocs, Inc.Professional & Technical Services113$133,188
10PwC US Tax LLPProfessional & Technical Services109$143,000
11Pricewaterhousecoopers LLPProfessional & Technical Services95$148,000
12The Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaHealthcare & Social Assistance95$70,917
13Temple University--A Commonwealth UniversityEducational Services78$72,960
14Emonics LLCProfessional & Technical Services76$105,373
15ACE American Insurance CompanyFinance & Insurance69$156,500
16Thomas Jefferson UniversityEducational Services66$82,164
17Grant Thornton Advisors LLCProfessional & Technical Services64$175,100
18Macquarie Holdings (USA) Inc.Management of Companies56$175,000
19GlaxoSmithKline LLCManufacturing55$133,500
20Caprus IT IncProfessional & Technical Services52$112,923
21Lorshi Systems LLCProfessional & Technical Services46$105,591
22Promatrix CORPProfessional & Technical Services45$123,150
23BlackRock Investment Management, LLCFinance & Insurance43$139,600
24Aplomb Technologies INCProfessional & Technical Services40$105,000
25SecureNet Systems CorporationProfessional & Technical Services36$85,600
Sources, citation, and related links for Philadelphia, PA

Disclaimer: The Philadelphia, 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 Philadelphia, 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.