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
105,623 91.83% $80,345 H-1B
7,210 6.27% $149,144 PERM
1,191 1.04% $28,064 H-2A
992 0.86% $89,175 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Arizona has seen a total of 115,016 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Arizona is the H-1B visa with 105,623 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 91.83% of Arizona's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 7,210 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 6.27% of Arizona's total visas.

Top Occupations in Arizona (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Developers, Applications 19,311 $86,345 91.03%
Computer Systems Analysts 15,805 $71,795 95.30%
Computer Occupations, All Other 6,410 $66,649 93.29%
Computer Programmers 4,811 $60,593 91.57%
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 2,823 $93,099 92.29%
Software Developers, Systems Software 2,430 $89,346 88.78%
Computer and Information Systems Managers 1,661 $123,436 93.11%
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 1,525 $73,667 95.31%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 1,370 $69,535 90.25%
Mechanical Engineers 1,357 $82,817 89.81%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Developers, Applications 1,645 $297,550 91.54%
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 674 $84,372 64.37%
Software Developers, Systems Software 412 $89,741 156.65%
Computer Systems Analysts 346 $89,793 153.10%
Materials Engineers 260 $87,578 140.54%
Computer Occupations, All Other 218 $88,028 130.54%
Internists, General 117 $133,489 72.22%
Electrical Engineers 97 $83,414 62.58%
Industrial Engineers 94 $84,064 65.28%
Mechanical Engineers 83 $87,552 66.94%
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 9,287 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 1,785 in 2025.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Trinidad And Tobago 5 $68,314 45.45%
New Zealand 5 $101,258 50.00%
Saudi Arabia 4 $71,310 40.00%
Macedonia 4 $44,426 40.00%
Syria 4 $57,896 40.00%
Bulgaria 4 $74,870 40.00%
Poland 4 $72,372 44.44%
Thailand 4 $42,448 44.44%
Kenya 4 $80,798 50.00%
Sweden 4 $92,397 50.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Arizona (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Qualcomm Technologies Inc 106 $103,186 86.18%
Dell Marketing Lp 106 $71,506 87.60%
Populus Group Llc 104 $89,024 86.67%
Hcl Global Systems Inc 102 $90,601 87.18%
Roosevelt School District 66 101 $37,558 87.07%
Amazoncom Services Inc 99 $67,779 85.34%
Indidge Systems Llc 99 $69,630 86.84%
Artha Data Solutions Llc 99 $71,521 90.00%
Petsmart Inc 97 $92,824 88.99%
American Express Trs Company Inc 96 $85,646 90.57%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Samkai Farms Llc 3 $32,399 100.00%
Jacob Auza Sheep Co 3 $23,499 100.00%
Union Harvest 3 $20,010 100.00%
S Bar S Ranch Llc 3 $23,499 100.00%
Dome Valley Farms Inc 3 $31,623 100.00%
Bonnie Plants Llc 54 2 $40,602 100.00%
Luis Ortega 2 $42,162 100.00%
Canterbury Enterprises Inc 2 $31,626 100.00%
Diamante Az Farms Llc 2 $33,218 100.00%
Marthas Gardens Llc 2 $33,218 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Gadsden Elementary School District 32 7 $32,881 31.82%
Indecomm Holdings Inc 7 $106,196 31.82%
Cavalry Portfolio Services 7 $56,825 31.82%
Asarco Llc 7 $88,320 31.82%
Cirrus Logic Inc 7 $87,109 33.33%
Mountain Park Health Center 7 $88,373 33.33%
Wilson Engineers 7 $84,311 33.33%
Edelman Financial Engines 7 $92,462 35.00%
Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd 7 $116,031 35.00%
Nagra Usa Llc 7 $77,296 35.00%

Top Industries in Arizona (All Years)

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 $80,345. The state with the highest average wage of H1-B workers for all states is CA with an average wage of $104,510.

State Avg Wage