We now have Quarter 4 H1B visa FY 2023 data and Quarter 4 PERM visa FY 2023 data and Quarter 4 H2A visa FY 2023 data.
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Arizona Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
95,392 91.80% $78,145 H-1B
6,753 6.50% $153,791 PERM
890 0.86% $25,528 H-2A
880 0.85% $86,218 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Arizona has seen a total of 103,915 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Arizona is the H-1B visa with 95,392 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 91.80% of Arizona's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 6,753 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 6.50% of Arizona's total visas.

Top Occupations in Arizona (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Financial Quantitative Analysts 21 $71,115 80.77%
Geography Teachers, Postsecondary 21 $54,286 87.50%
Education Administrators, Elementary and Secondary School 21 $69,900 87.50%
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary 20 $48,219 83.33%
Food Scientists and Technologists 20 $57,234 83.33%
Auditors 20 $60,564 86.96%
Hydrologists 19 $56,316 82.61%
Actuaries 19 $80,897 82.61%
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 18 $36,479 81.82%
Architectural Drafters 18 $49,241 81.82%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Optometrists 2 $77,116 22.22%
Procurement Clerks 2 $45,594 22.22%
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop 2 $14,352 22.22%
School Psychologists 2 $38,896 22.22%
Automotive Engineers 2 $92,976 22.22%
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 2 $70,814 22.22%
Education Teachers, Postsecondary 2 $38,210 22.22%
Soil and Plant Scientists 2 $63,128 22.22%
Training and Development Managers 2 $96,554 22.22%
Radiation Therapists 2 $96,439 22.22%
Arizona Employees Over Time
Arizona has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 3,443 employees were hired. Arizona peaked in 2022 with 9,481 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 8,037 in 2023.

Top Countries with Workers in Arizona From PERM Program (All Years)

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Bahrain 1 $174,346 33.33%
Iraq 1 $31,242 33.33%
Kazakhstan 1 $72,613 33.33%
Cameroon 1 $48,859 33.33%
Slovenia 1 $41,910 33.33%
Chad 1 $68,661 33.33%
Paraguay 1 $40,539 50.00%
Kuwait 1 $47,611 50.00%
Nicaragua 1 $208,000 50.00%
Albania 1 $137,696 50.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Arizona (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Southwest Kidney Institute Plc 96 $134,311 87.27%
First Citizens Bank And Trust Co 95 $118,806 87.96%
Banner Health 95 $84,397 87.96%
Qualcomm Technologies Inc 95 $100,346 89.62%
Maxim Integrated Products Inc 94 $85,146 91.26%
Arm Inc 94 $96,810 92.16%
Artha Data Solutions Llc 94 $70,540 92.16%
Charles Schwab And Company Inc 94 $105,097 93.07%
System Soft Technologies Llc 93 $73,421 93.00%
Roosevelt School District 66 93 $36,990 93.94%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Doubletree Paper Mills Llc 7 $77,394 35.00%
Cisco Systems Inc 7 $90,407 35.00%
Oneneck It Services 6 $57,297 31.58%
Arizona Department Of Transportation 6 $60,497 31.58%
Akdhc Llc 6 $162,646 31.58%
Kpmg Llp 6 $85,252 33.33%
Restaurant Sachiko Inc 6 $27,192 33.33%
Hdr Engineering Inc 6 $103,802 33.33%
Sonoran Science Academy Broadway 6 $50,473 33.33%
Cigna Health And Life Insurance Company 6 $84,684 33.33%

Top Industries in Arizona (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 39,045 $72,503 93.83%
Computer Systems Design Services 6,479 $79,577 94.23%
Semiconductor And Other Electronic Component Manufacturing 3,674 $90,810 75.86%
Credit Card Issuing 3,578 $99,355 92.22%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 3,465 $60,626 92.47%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 2,757 $76,857 88.54%
Elementary And Secondary Schools 2,715 $37,102 92.50%
Engineering Services 1,688 $73,354 87.64%
Semiconductor And Related Device Manufacturing 1,624 $85,607 88.07%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services 1,437 $78,509 96.51%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders 236 $25,774 100.00%
Support Activities For Crop Production 107 $32,133 100.00%
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming 96 $24,815 100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming 60 $29,576 100.00%
Sheep Farming 58 $19,674 100.00%
Crop Harvesting Primarily By Machine 55 $28,210 100.00%
Flower Nursery Stock And Florists Supplies Merchant Wholesalers 28 $28,139 100.00%
Apiculture 25 $26,790 100.00%
Nursery And Tree Production 23 $28,917 100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Combination Farming 23 $28,842 100.00%

Arizona Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in Arizona to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in Arizona over all years is $78,145. The state with the highest average wage of H1-B workers for all states is CA with an average wage of $100,819.

State Avg Wage