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.
Employer Search tool is moved to it's own page: "H1B Visa Data Search Tool"

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 %
V Soft Consulting Group Inc 85 $73,895 88.54%
Mobile Programming Llc 85 $78,455 90.43%
Ncs Pearson Inc 85 $86,053 90.43%
District Medical Group Inc 85 $181,546 90.43%
Optum Services Inc 84 $91,487 90.32%
Wilco Source Llc 83 $95,772 89.25%
Cvs Rx Services Inc 83 $113,398 90.22%
Kolla Soft Inc 82 $58,961 90.11%
Whiteriver Unified School District 81 $33,394 89.01%
Persistent Systems Inc 80 $70,825 88.89%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Bonnie Plants Inc 2 $25,906 100.00%
4b Farms 2 $20,322 100.00%
Ballesteros Packing Llc 2 $33,218 100.00%
Rl Winery Inc 2 $31,626 100.00%
Fresh Foods Inc 2 $34,902 100.00%
Verde River Growers Llc 2 $32,354 100.00%
Daniel Nowlin Farms Ptsp 2 $19,698 100.00%
Foothill Packing Inc Yu 40 2 $33,218 100.00%
Jk Farm Labor Llc 2 $32,490 100.00%
Amigos Farms Inc 2 $29,671 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Acronisinc 6 $112,611 35.29%
Hypercom Corporation 5 $85,222 29.41%
Grand Canyon University 5 $67,280 29.41%
Protek Devices Lp 5 $74,422 29.41%
Henkel Of America Inc 5 $78,709 29.41%
Wal Mart Associates Inc 5 $85,480 29.41%
First Solar Inc 5 $79,044 29.41%
Arcadis Us Inc 5 $80,833 31.25%
Gila Harvestors 5 $14,352 31.25%
Koh Young America Inc 5 $92,456 31.25%

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