12. Ernst & Young

• 1,552 employees on an H-1B visa
• $96,316 average salary for those employees

The professional service firm provides audit, tax, business risk, technology and security risk services and human capital services worldwide. Here in the U.S., Ernst & Young is hiring foreign workers via the visa program to fulfill jobs as advisory seniors, managers and staff, as well as assurance staff and seniors. Sure, an accountant might be a boring job, but it pays really well.