Metro area · VA

Richmond, VA

H-1B hiring, wages and employer concentration across 220 employers in the Richmond, VA metro.

220
Employers
$109,900
Median H-1B wage
2,773
H-1B filings

The metro at a glance

Richmond, VA, VA aggregates 220 tracked employers at a $109,900 median H-1B wage and 2,773 H-1B filings on record, with hiring concentrated in Professional & Technical Services and Retail Trade.

220
employers
$109,900
median H-1B wage
2,773
H-1B filings
5
top industries
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesRetail TradePublic AdministrationFinance & InsuranceHealthcare & Social AssistanceAdministrative & Waste Services

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.

Richmond, VA, VA aggregates 220 employers at a median disclosed H-1B wage of $109,900, with hiring concentrated in Professional & Technical Services, Retail Trade, Public Administration. The mix is computed from actual DOL/OSHA/WARN filings in this specific metro; see methodology for source documentation.

Headline sponsors: UST GLOBAL INC, Capital One Services, LLC, and Truist Bank, together 781 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 Richmond, VA

Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in

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What this shows Professional & Technical Services is the largest tracked sector in Richmond, VA, shaping the metro's wage and hiring profile.

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

Top employers in Richmond, VA

# Employer H-1B filingsMedian wage
1 UST GLOBAL INC Professional & Technical Services 329 $115,091
2 Capital One Services, LLC Finance & Insurance 310 $166,341
3 Truist Bank Finance & Insurance 142 $139,678
4 Capital One, National Association Finance & Insurance 125 $138,867
5 Insight Global, LLC Administrative & Waste Services 94 $122,810
6 Experis US, LLC Professional & Technical Services 77 $121,723
7 Ascendion, Inc. (Formerly known as Collabera, Inc.) Professional & Technical Services 75 $135,401
8 Avco Consulting Inc Professional & Technical Services 69 $112,842
9 3i INFOTECH, INC. Professional & Technical Services 52 $92,009
10 Virginia Commonwealth University Educational Services 48 $79,849
11 Akkodis, Inc. Professional & Technical Services 44 $114,702
12 Millennium Software, Inc. Professional & Technical Services 44 $127,907
13 Federal Soft Systems Inc. Professional & Technical Services 40 $88,017
14 EVEREST CONSULTING GROUP INC. Professional & Technical Services 40 $111,402
15 TEK LABS, Inc. Professional & Technical Services 33 $88,101
16 Metrix IT Solutions INC Professional & Technical Services 32 $102,319
17 Lex Nimble Solutions Inc Professional & Technical Services 30 $138,151
18 Isolve Technology Inc Professional & Technical Services 30 $107,759
19 SRI TECH SOLUTIONS INC Professional & Technical Services 28 $88,181
20 DONATO TECHNOLOGIES INC Professional & Technical Services 28 $104,261
21 VCU Health System Authority Healthcare & Social Assistance 25 $256,006
22 INDUS GROUP, INC. Professional & Technical Services 24 $99,544
23 Isite Technologies Inc. Professional & Technical Services 23 $94,612
24 VISUAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC Professional & Technical Services 23 $101,326
25 LILLI TECHNOLOGY LLC Professional & Technical Services 22 $92,929

What this means if you work in Richmond, VA

Use Richmond, VA's $109,900 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 $109,900 is worth questioning, the median here is set by 220 tracked employers.
  • UST GLOBAL INC 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.