With data from 2001 to date, Symmetrics platform has upwards of 20% of data for high-skilled labor force in the United States (for medium and low-skilled too, but that is another post). For comparison, that is equal to or greater than what ADP (which is a highly profitable HR tech firm and one of the oldest) has per what they claim on job descriptions.
Let’s jump into the 2022 Q2 analysis that is fresh off the oven (The report is very large, hence we will discuss few pages of the report). DOWNLOAD FULL REPORT
Snapshot
A high level overview of industries, job categories, employers, law firms, locations etc. is as below
Industries
It is interesting to see Phosphate Fertiliser industry in the top and that makes sense, because food production across the world is dependent on fertiliser and phosphate supplies have gone down quite a bit (nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium are required to make fertiliser). The number of data points for this industry is also very few, and the few got paid quite high, which makes the data skewed (so don’t get confused if software/computer is not on the top — for that explanation we provide median, mode and other statistics where phosphate fertiliser industry doesn’t show in the top)
If we exclude industries that have skewed data (with too few data points having very high salaries), then below is the pecking order
Jobs
As expected Software jobs top the ranks, and other engineering and statistical jobs follow. The average salary of software engineer jumped by 10k from 2021 data, and the median salary increased by 16k (makes sense based on Great Big Resignation)
Location
CA state obviously hires the most with TX, WA, NY in the next ranks. It is interesting to note that more number of jobs doesn’t necessarily translate to highest pay for e.g. look at Seattle and SFO in the below
Employers
The top employers in terms of number of jobs goes to the obvious ones aka. high tech firms like Google, Amazon, Microsoft and other Indian IT MNCs that supply labor force to other high-tech firms like Cognizant, TCS and so on.
Law Firms
For most high skilled immigration jobs, a capable law firm is required to make the immigration case and secure the visa. Fragomen et al., Berry Appleman et al. and others are expected to be in the top ranks. You can see their performance in terms of number of certified vs. non-certified as well for further consultation
Benchmarking Firms
Benchmarking salary and providing the same during audit is required for many companies as they adhere to various compliances like anti-discrimination, diversity, affirmative action and many more policies to ensure competitiveness etc. in the industry. Many employers hire benchmarking firms to sometimes refer to their database OR re-survey based on changing conditions. The top ones are Radford, Watson Towers and so on
Conclusion
That is a fast forward review of 2022 Q2 high-skilled jobs data.
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