Virginia is the third-largest H1B filing state in the US, with 12,453 petitions in FY2024 driven by Amazon's HQ2 in Arlington, the massive federal contracting ecosystem in Northern Virginia, and Capital One's technology headquarters in McLean. The NoVA corridor hosts the world's largest concentration of data centers and significant defense and intelligence technology contracting.
Key fact: Northern Virginia hosts more than 70% of global internet traffic through its data center corridor — the world's largest — creating massive and sustained demand for cloud and infrastructure engineering talent.
| Employer | Avg Wage |
|---|---|
| Amazon (HQ2 + AWS) | $148,000 |
| Accenture Federal | $118,000 |
| Booz Allen Hamilton | $122,000 |
| SAIC | $115,000 |
| Capital One | $138,000 |
| Leidos | $118,000 |
| DXC Technology | $102,000 |
Source: DOL LCA disclosure data, FY2024. Sorted by H1B filing volume.
| Job Title | Avg Wage |
|---|---|
| Software Engineer | $128,000 |
| Cloud Engineer | $138,000 |
| Data Engineer | $132,000 |
| Cybersecurity Engineer | $128,000 |
| Systems Engineer | $118,000 |
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