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 %
Netherlands 1 $62,629 33.33%
Uruguay 1 $94,650 33.33%
Armenia 1 $51,240 33.33%
St Vincent 1 $48,568 33.33%
Austria 1 $55,680 33.33%
Tajikistan 1 $81,099 33.33%
Mauritius 1 $80,960 33.33%
Tunisia 1 $63,670 50.00%
Azerbaijan 1 $187,470 50.00%
Chile 1 $77,189 50.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Iowa (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Vst Consulting Inc 12 $48,500 92.31%
Ames It Numeric Solutions 12 $47,070 92.31%
Kingland Systems Corporation 12 $58,054 92.31%
Howard Hughes Medical Institute 12 $44,514 92.31%
Allen Memorial Hospital Corporation 12 $87,405 92.31%
Horizon Technologies Inc 12 $50,327 92.31%
Populus Group 12 $63,549 92.31%
Northeast Iowa Medical Education Foundation 12 $49,783 92.31%
Google Llc 12 $59,946 92.31%
Take Enterprise Services Inc 11 $49,256 84.62%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

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