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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Iowa Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
30,242 87.94% $72,345 H-1B
2,120 6.16% $156,045 PERM
1,867 5.43% $30,991 H-2A
160 0.47% $66,347 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Iowa has seen a total of 34,389 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Iowa is the H-1B visa with 30,242 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 87.94% of Iowa's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 2,120 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 6.16% of Iowa's total visas.

Top Occupations in Iowa (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Database Administrators 376 $70,226 90.17%
Internists, General 368 $153,075 88.67%
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other 356 $53,792 88.12%
Industrial Engineers 330 $66,762 84.40%
Management Analysts 305 $61,377 93.56%
Accountants and Auditors 276 $50,435 91.69%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 236 $61,524 90.42%
Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers 236 $67,640 91.47%
Electrical Engineers 227 $77,163 89.72%
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 217 $66,540 91.95%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 40 $45,953 68.97%
Slaughterers and Meat Packers 40 $30,077 71.43%
Computer Occupations, All Other 36 $77,552 66.67%
Industrial Engineers 36 $72,622 69.23%
Electrical Engineers 33 $4,982,465 106.45%
Actuaries 29 $85,237 103.57%
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand 24 $20,613 85.71%
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 23 $25,077 85.19%
Statisticians 22 $54,125 88.00%
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 21 $48,214 84.00%
Iowa Employees Over Time
Iowa has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 1,804 employees were hired. Iowa peaked in 2018 with 2,883 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 2,025 in 2023.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
South Korea 24 $58,050 32.88%
Malaysia 16 $65,279 29.09%
Mongolia 13 $32,003 32.50%
Jordan 13 $121,764 39.39%
Nigeria 12 $65,440 36.36%
Lebanon 12 $130,219 40.00%
Iran 12 $64,392 41.38%
Thailand 11 $95,718 44.00%
Japan 10 $104,827 41.67%
Taiwan 9 $60,378 40.91%

Top Hiring Companies in Iowa (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Lt Technology Services Limited 168 $58,968 84.42%
Ncs Pearson Inc 165 $70,863 88.71%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Us Corporation 164 $67,398 88.17%
Capgemini America Inc 150 $70,625 88.76%
Wipro Limited 149 $58,038 90.30%
Hni Corporation 141 $84,338 87.58%
Act Inc 136 $73,962 89.47%
Ames It And Numeric Solutions Llc 130 $58,146 86.67%
Infinite Computing Systems Inc 126 $58,550 90.00%
Athene Annuity And Life Company 119 $82,491 87.50%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Entegee Inc 12 $65,588 26.09%
Pacific West Corporation 12 $61,688 30.00%
Berkley Technology Services Llc 11 $93,275 28.21%
Mercyone North Iowa Medical Center 11 $59,469 28.95%
Nybble Teksolutions Inc 11 $85,560 29.73%
Mercy Hospital Cedar Rapids Iowa 10 $203,840 27.03%
Metropolitan Medical Laboratory Plc 10 $36,733 27.03%
E Giants Technologies Llc 10 $83,629 27.78%
Rock River Jerseys Llc 9 $27,116 25.00%
Infopath Systems Inc 9 $81,400 26.47%

Top Industries in Iowa (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders 1,001 $30,376 100.00%
Support Activities For Crop Production 299 $34,235 100.00%
Crop Harvesting Primarily By Machine 163 $31,035 100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Farming 127 $31,859 100.00%
Other Crop Farming 66 $32,209 100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Combination Farming 48 $32,046 100.00%
Hog And Pig Farming 39 $30,707 100.00%
Support Activities For Agriculture And Forestry 39 $34,129 100.00%
Agriculture Forestry Fishing And Hunting 35 $34,170 100.00%
Soil Preparation Planting And Cultivating 34 $28,946 100.00%

Iowa Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in Iowa to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in Iowa over all years is $72,345. 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