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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California Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
1,132,362 86.89% $100,819 H-1B
137,987 10.59% $145,140 PERM
27,949 2.14% $107,091 E-3 Australian
4,960 0.38% $29,309 H-2A

As of May 2023, California has seen a total of 1,303,258 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in California is the H-1B visa with 1,132,362 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 86.89% of California's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 137,987 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 10.59% of California's total visas.

Top Occupations in California (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 3,922 $65,970 85.00%
Information Security Analysts 3,907 $110,021 92.60%
Engineers, All Other 3,193 $85,668 86.79%
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 2,849 $64,016 81.75%
Logisticians 2,748 $79,940 82.67%
Biological Scientists, All Other 2,747 $63,793 86.99%
Biomedical Engineers 2,732 $91,100 90.25%
Speech-Language Pathologists 2,606 $70,176 90.58%
Materials Engineers 2,466 $103,371 87.82%
Lawyers 2,420 $133,781 89.27%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Computer Programmers 335 $96,034 66.34%
Nursing Assistants 330 $28,163 66.53%
Sales Managers 318 $113,528 68.53%
Computer Network Architects 311 $128,680 69.89%
Cooks, Restaurant 311 $30,293 72.33%
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 303 $39,953 71.97%
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 299 $71,034 71.70%
Biomedical Engineers 298 $93,690 71.81%
Engineers, All Other 296 $107,254 71.67%
Lawyers 269 $124,835 66.58%
California Employees Over Time
California has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 50,870 employees were hired. California peaked in 2022 with 107,868 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 90,720 in 2023.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
India 42,735 $178,228 48.91%
China 15,777 $108,656 53.06%
South Korea 4,032 $154,868 40.97%
Canada 3,684 $145,079 47.74%
Taiwan 1,769 $272,719 36.38%
Philippines 1,733 $517,903 45.04%
Mexico 1,231 $85,995 37.92%
United Kingdom 913 $111,050 45.38%
Japan 796 $241,546 40.24%
France 786 $107,939 47.61%

Top Hiring Companies in California (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Nitya Software Solutions Inc 145 $82,654 87.88%
Sambanova Systems Inc 145 $137,622 88.41%
Slashsupport Inc 145 $86,878 88.41%
Pensando Systems Inc 145 $159,067 88.41%
Nokia Inc 145 $93,374 88.41%
Valuelabs Inc 145 $87,801 88.96%
Vertisystem Inc 145 $78,620 88.96%
Weee Inc 144 $82,310 88.34%
8k Miles Health Cloud Inc 144 $72,626 88.34%
Nerdwallet Inc 144 $132,145 88.34%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Adi Strategies Inc 11 $91,355 33.33%
Wintec Industries Inc 11 $74,320 33.33%
James Hardie Building Products 11 $82,313 33.33%
Bethel Korean Church 11 $43,657 33.33%
Ab Ovo Inc 11 $135,444 33.33%
Ryzen Solutions 11 $91,601 33.33%
Webroot Software Inc 11 $90,170 33.33%
Uni Capsllc 11 $48,719 33.33%
Sparqtron Corporation 11 $79,450 33.33%
Bcbg Max Azria Group Inc 11 $83,011 33.33%

Top Industries in California (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Crop Production 83 $35,077 100.00%
Greenhouse Nursery And Floriculture Production 76 $35,004 100.00%
Soil Preparation Planting And Cultivating 73 $28,085 100.00%
Support Activities For Agriculture And Forestry 59 $35,754 100.00%
Agriculture Forestry Fishing And Hunting 58 $34,656 100.00%
All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming 45 $25,279 100.00%
Other Crop Farming 44 $34,410 100.00%
Cattle Ranching And Farming 41 $31,076 100.00%
Beef Cattle Ranching And Farming 34 $31,432 100.00%
Other Noncitrus Fruit Farming 29 $33,533 100.00%

California Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in California to that of the other top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in California over all years is $100,819. California has the highest average wage of H1-B workers for all states, with the second highest average wage being WA with an average wage of $99,834.

State Avg Wage