Top 10 Companies Hiring Foreign Workers

Following are the top 10 importers of knowledge workers, as ranked by MyVisaJobs.com.

1: Infosys

Infosys, aka Infy, was far and away the biggest sponsor of foreign skilled workers. They brought in around 15,800 workers on H-1B visas last year, paying an average salary of $75,062, according to MyVisaJobs.com.

2: Wipro

Wipro from India brought 7,178 workers to the U.S. last year and paid them around $76,920.

3: Tata Consultancy

India's Tata Consultancy Services sponsored 6,732 foreign workers and paid them an average salary of $64,350.

4: IBM

IBM brought in 6,190 high skilled immigrant workers last year and paid $82,630 on average.5: Deloitte Consulting
Deloitte sponsored 4,735 people in 2012 and paid them an average of $98,305.

6: Microsoft

Microsoft's Bill Gates has been a big proponent of increasing the number of allowable visas for foreign workers in the U.S. MSFT hired 4,067 workers on temporary H-1Bs last year and paid an average salary of $109,566.

7: L&T Infotech

L&T Infotech's offices in Bangalore, India. They sponsored 3,253 workers and paid them an average salary of $59,241.

8: Accenture

Accenture is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. But this screen shot is from one of their buildings in India. They sponsored 2,653 foreign workers in 2012 and paid an average salary of $72,704.

9: Ernst & Young

You might think of Ernst & Young as just a U.S. company, but it has three offices in Kerala, India alone. They sponsored 2,316 H-1B workers last year and paid them an average of $86,428.

10: Mahindra Satyam

With offices worldwide, including 8 in the United States, Mahindra sponsored 2,310 foreign workers and paid them an average salary of $70,495.

Data comes from the U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. Census Bureau and is for 2012. Data includes the number of labor condition applications filed for H-1B visas, and average salary paid to those workers.