Chief executives determine and direct the strategy and policies of organizations at the highest level. Based on 4,622 certified H-1B and PERM filings from U.S. Department of Labor disclosure data, the median sponsored salary for a Chief Executive is $200,000 per year.
| Percentile | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| 10th (entry) | $111,870 |
| 25th | $150,000 |
| 50th (median) | $200,000 |
| 75th | $252,637 |
| 90th (senior) | $330,000 |
Every other salary site shows the LCA-posted wage — the wage for the position. Using USCIS I-129 petition data, we can compare that against the actual pay the sponsored worker received, and the prevailing-wage floor, across 187 matched Chief Executives petitions.
The median worker is paid 1.0% above the posted LCA wage, but the mean actual pay runs 9.9% above the mean posted wage — so the upside is concentrated in the top earners. 24.1% are paid above their posted wage, 73.3% at it, and 2.7% below.
Actual-pay data covers FY2021–FY2024 cap-subject H-1B lottery petitions matched to certified LCAs (aggregates only). Base wage excludes equity and bonuses, so it is not total compensation. Source: I-129 petition data sourced from USCIS, obtained by Bloomberg.
Of 4,622 filings, 2,148 are H-1B (temporary work visa) and 2,474 are PERM (green-card labor certification, 54% of the total).
| # | Employer | Filings | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LAWLOGIX GROUP, INC. | 29 | $312,000 |
| 2 | Mader Corporation | 10 | $172,005 |
| 3 | Morsco Inc | 10 | $388,255 |
| 4 | Aristocrat Technologies Inc. | 9 | $219,053 |
| 5 | Removery LLC | 9 | $268,889 |
| 6 | PARCHED HOSPITALITY GROUP INC. | 9 | $237,494 |
| 7 | WILLOW TECHNOLOGIES LLC | 9 | $362,219 |
| 8 | Grupo Puerto LLC | 7 | $160,872 |
| 9 | FULL ARMOR PRODUCTIONS LLC | 7 | $186,821 |
| 10 | SKEDULO, INC. | 7 | $286,429 |
| 11 | NEW ELK COAL COMPANY, LLC | 7 | $106,005 |
| 12 | ORBIS GLOBAL INC. | 7 | $226,946 |
| 13 | SELECT BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, INC | 7 | $263,755 |
| 14 | DYMAX CORPORATION | 6 | $137,668 |
| 15 | TEXAS EZPAWN LP | 6 | $384,667 |
| 16 | BCD Travel USA LLC | 6 | $230,793 |
| 17 | Ivanhoe Electric Inc. | 6 | $341,667 |
| 18 | BINETTI GOURMET FOODS, LLC | 6 | $154,667 |
| 19 | Mill Creek Infrastructure Partners Corporation | 6 | $258,333 |
| 20 | Cover Genius US Employee Services, LLC | 6 | $290,526 |
| State | Filings | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|
| California | 909 | $219,207 |
| Florida | 679 | $176,245 |
| New York | 565 | $238,162 |
| Texas | 350 | $232,876 |
| Colorado | 178 | $225,338 |
| Illinois | 173 | $212,189 |
| Georgia | 131 | $194,461 |
| New Jersey | 127 | $208,328 |
| Massachusetts | 118 | $219,168 |
| Arizona | 92 | $245,592 |
| Virginia | 86 | $203,233 |
| Nevada | 82 | $248,604 |
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Salaries are the certified offered annual wage on public U.S. Department of Labor H-1B (LCA) and PERM disclosure filings, not a guarantee of pay. Occupation is the DOL-assigned Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code.