H1B Report
H-1B salary guideSOC 11-1011Rank #60Updated Jun 2026

Chief Executives

H-1B prevailing-wage data for Chief Executives (SOC 11-1011). Based on 14,642 Labor Condition Applications filed with the US Department of Labor.

Median wage
$200,000
P50 · FY2026
P25 wage
$140,000
lower quartile · FY2026
P75 wage
$262,000
upper quartile · FY2026
Filings
443
Rank #60 · FY2026

Wage by DOL prevailing-wage level

P25 / P50 / P75 of offered annual wage at each PW_WAGE_LEVEL. Level I = entry, Level IV = expert — the I-to-IV gap is the career runway.

LevelNP25MedianP75
Level I1,066$76,199$105,634$132,000
Level II1,524$110,000$145,000$195,000
Level III1,091$140,000$185,000$240,000
Level IV1,863$184,267$249,600$310,000
Wage by level (P25 / median / P75): 4 levels
Wage by level (P25 / median / P75)
LevelP25MedianP75
Level I$76,199$105,634$132,000
Level II$110,000$145,000$195,000
Level III$140,000$185,000$240,000
Level IV$184,267$249,600$310,000

Top hiring states

Worksite states with the most filings for this SOC, with the local median wage.

#StateFilingsMedian
1CA3,359$168,000
2NY2,716$180,000
3TX1,150$166,352
4FL1,146$150,000
5IL497$170,000
6MA484$180,000
7NJ434$186,000
8CO384$200,000
9GA275$140,000
10WA249$185,000

Top sponsoring employers

Who actually files most for this role.

Median wage by fiscal year

How the typical offered wage for this SOC has drifted across fiscal years.

Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$144k
FY2011$140k
FY2012$150k
FY2013$154k
FY2014$150k
FY2015$150k
FY2016$150k
FY2017$160k
FY2018$175k
FY2019$180k
FY2020$185k
FY2021$200k
FY2022$190k
FY2023$180k
FY2024$198k
FY2025$172k
FY2026$200k
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