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
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
- Professional & Technical S…
Professional & Technical Services
236 employers
- Other Services 40
Other Services
40 employers
- Educational Services 25
Educational Services
25 employers
- Information & Media 25
Information & Media
25 employers
- Healthcare & Social Assist… 20
Healthcare & Social Assistance
20 employers
- Construction 11
Construction
11 employers
- Accommodation & Food Servi… 10
Accommodation & Food Services
10 employers
What this shows Professional & Technical Services is the largest tracked sector in Washington, DC, shaping the metro's wage and hiring profile.
Top employers in Washington, DC
| # | Employer | H-1B filings | Median 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.