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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Connecticut Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
90,795 93.25% $80,750 H-1B
4,872 5.00% $178,730 PERM
976 1.00% $27,363 H-2A
720 0.74% $100,884 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Connecticut has seen a total of 97,363 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Connecticut is the H-1B visa with 90,795 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 93.25% of Connecticut's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 4,872 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 5.00% of Connecticut's total visas.

Top Occupations in Connecticut (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Commercial and Industrial Designers 145 $50,609 85.80%
Biomedical Engineers 145 $75,349 89.51%
Engineers, All Other 144 $76,823 89.44%
Molecular and Cellular Biologists 144 $54,176 89.44%
Sales Engineers 138 $89,676 91.39%
Financial Specialists, All Other 133 $68,537 88.08%
Marketing Managers 132 $118,841 87.42%
General and Operations Managers 113 $119,581 75.84%
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 112 $54,350 80.00%
Chemical Engineers 106 $73,509 81.54%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Multimedia Artists and Animators 15 $76,306 78.95%
Self-Enrichment Education Teachers 15 $46,226 83.33%
Cooks, Restaurant 15 $30,254 83.33%
Stonemasons 14 $41,749 77.78%
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 14 $47,503 87.50%
Biomedical Engineers 13 $84,901 81.25%
Aerospace Engineers 13 $89,256 81.25%
Biochemists and Biophysicists 12 $74,176 75.00%
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 12 $24,288 75.00%
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 11 $54,800 68.75%
Connecticut Employees Over Time
Connecticut has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 4,742 employees were hired. Connecticut peaked in 2015 with 8,801 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 5,911 in 2023.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Ukraine 16 $73,666 43.24%
Venezuela 15 $66,780 45.45%
Japan 14 $59,643 42.42%
Australia 14 $118,548 48.28%
Guatemala 13 $38,120 46.43%
Spain 13 $94,077 48.15%
South Africa 12 $62,159 44.44%
Argentina 11 $92,916 42.31%
Malaysia 10 $82,090 38.46%
Sri Lanka 10 $66,644 43.48%

Top Hiring Companies in Connecticut (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Compunnel Software Group Inc 194 $78,768 80.17%
Mindtree Limited 189 $77,881 82.17%
Ltimindtree Limited 187 $89,398 86.18%
Slk America Inc 185 $84,498 93.91%
Bridgeport Hospital 181 $60,988 92.35%
Maganti It Resources Llc 179 $71,078 92.75%
Hartford Healthcare Medical Group Inc 177 $157,644 93.16%
Ubs Ag 177 $95,072 94.65%
Pricewaterhousecoopers Llp 175 $72,976 94.09%
Optum Services Inc 168 $98,815 93.85%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Wellpoint Inc 12 $93,903 37.50%
Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc 11 $101,863 34.38%
General Reinsurance Corporation 11 $123,567 34.38%
Itech Analyst Corp 11 $95,880 35.48%
Castleton Commodities Management Services Llc 11 $91,025 35.48%
Wellspring Cultural Educational Foundation 10 $68,867 33.33%
Luxoft Usa Inc 10 $84,619 34.48%
Ticket Software Llc 10 $64,561 34.48%
Valassis Direct Mail Inc 10 $94,316 35.71%
Louis Dreyfus Highbridge Energy Llc 10 $93,660 35.71%

Top Industries in Connecticut (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 34,384 $75,249 93.48%
Computer Systems Design Services 12,605 $84,387 94.69%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services 5,800 $83,745 96.63%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 4,515 $55,094 77.93%
General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 1,753 $92,231 84.40%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 1,680 $80,864 88.42%
Direct Health And Medical Insurance Carriers 1,352 $99,896 95.28%
Management Consulting Services 1,245 $78,468 96.29%
Offices Of Certified Public Accountants 1,090 $77,380 98.38%
Other Computer Related Services 974 $74,722 88.95%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
All Other Crop Farming 217 $32,459 100.00%
All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming 207 $26,088 100.00%
Other Crop Farming 95 $31,001 100.00%
Tobacco Farming 39 $30,743 100.00%
Nursery And Tree Production 36 $29,815 100.00%
Crop Production 12 $31,363 100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming 12 $32,760 100.00%
Greenhouse Nursery And Floriculture Production 11 $30,255 100.00%
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming 11 $26,337 100.00%
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders 9 $29,661 100.00%

Connecticut Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in Connecticut to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in Connecticut over all years is $80,750. 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