Metro area · DC

Washington, DC

H-1B hiring, wages and employer concentration across 444 employers in the Washington, DC metro.

444
Employers
$119,000
Median H-1B wage
3,448
H-1B filings

The metro at a glance

Washington, DC, DC aggregates 444 tracked employers at a $119,000 median H-1B wage and 3,448 H-1B filings on record, with hiring concentrated in Professional & Technical Services and Healthcare & Social Assistance.

444
employers
$119,000
median H-1B wage
3,448
H-1B filings
5
top industries
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesHealthcare & Social AssistanceInformation & MediaOther ServicesPublic AdministrationEducational 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.

Washington, DC, DC aggregates 444 employers at a median disclosed H-1B wage of $119,000, with hiring concentrated in Professional & Technical Services, Healthcare & Social Assistance, Information & Media. The mix is computed from actual DOL/OSHA/WARN filings in this specific metro; see methodology for source documentation.

Headline sponsors: Oracle America, Inc., Elevance Health, Inc., and Hexaware Technologies, Inc., together 1,018 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 Washington, DC

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 Washington, DC, shaping the metro's wage and hiring profile.

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

Top employers in Washington, DC

# Employer H-1B filingsMedian wage
1 Oracle America, Inc. Information & Media 470 $152,907
2 Elevance Health, Inc. Finance & Insurance 278 $140,631
3 Hexaware Technologies, Inc. Professional & Technical Services 270 $104,719
4 Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Educational Services 124 $87,008
5 University of Washington Healthcare & Social Assistance 103 $114,918
6 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS Educational Services 90 $65,111
7 Georgetown University Educational Services 73 $90,762
8 Arm, Inc. Manufacturing 72 $165,936
9 APPLAB SYSTEMS INC Professional & Technical Services 50 $120,218
10 White & Case LLP Professional & Technical Services 49 $278,950
11 The Sphere Institute Professional & Technical Services 48 $93,012
12 Blue Yonder, Inc. Professional & Technical Services 44 $123,558
13 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP Professional & Technical Services 43 $291,512
14 George Mason University Educational Services 43 $106,940
15 Children's National Medical Center Healthcare & Social Assistance 39 $112,286
16 AlixPartners, LLP Professional & Technical Services 33 $195,384
17 Hadiamondstar Software Solutions LLC Professional & Technical Services 27 $115,927
18 MAGTECH CONSULTING AND SOLUTIONS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION Professional & Technical Services 26 -
19 ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE, INC. Professional & Technical Services 24 $91,774
20 Analysis Group, Inc. Professional & Technical Services 24 $151,219
21 Latham & Watkins LLP Professional & Technical Services 24 $286,271
22 EAB Global, Inc. Professional & Technical Services 22 $123,014
23 THE CAPITAL MARKETS COMPANY Professional & Technical Services 22 $136,727
24 MedStar Medical Group II LLC Healthcare & Social Assistance 21 $259,802
25 Compass Group USA, Inc. Accommodation & Food Services 21 $122,900

What this means if you work in Washington, DC

Use Washington, DC's $119,000 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 $119,000 is worth questioning, the median here is set by 444 tracked employers.
  • Oracle America, 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.