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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Idaho Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
8,294 50.88% $71,191 H-1B
7,186 44.08% $25,427 H-2A
736 4.51% $501,270 PERM
86 0.53% $72,476 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Idaho has seen a total of 16,302 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Idaho is the H-1B visa with 8,294 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 50.88% of Idaho's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the H-2A visa with 7,186 H-2A visas on record over all years accounting for 44.08% of Idaho's total visas.

Top Occupations in Idaho (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Mechanical Engineers 134 $72,087 91.16%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 94 $54,549 91.26%
Nuclear Engineers 83 $75,881 93.26%
Operations Research Analysts 81 $62,116 92.05%
Food Scientists and Technologists 72 $58,464 83.72%
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 67 $54,501 81.71%
Materials Scientists 66 $61,590 85.71%
Computer and Information Systems Managers 65 $101,916 89.04%
Accountants and Auditors 62 $54,047 89.86%
Database Administrators 59 $58,823 86.76%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers 2 $43,649 4.55%
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 1 $32,614 2.44%
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 1 $24,960 2.50%
Animal Breeders 1 $23,442 2.56%
Nursery Workers 1 $28,330 2.70%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Computer Occupations, All Other 9 $68,127 112.50%
Industrial Production Managers 8 $79,505 100.00%
Education Teachers, Postsecondary 8 $35,833 100.00%
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 8 $42,313 114.29%
Sales Engineers 7 $92,894 100.00%
Architectural and Engineering Managers 7 $102,808 116.67%
Statisticians 7 $56,258 116.67%
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 6 $29,387 100.00%
Soil and Plant Scientists 6 $47,029 100.00%
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 6 $52,540 100.00%
Idaho Employees Over Time
Idaho has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 483 employees were hired. Idaho peaked in 2022 with 845 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 625 in 2023.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
India 189 $1,045,427 46.90%
China 69 $70,378 47.59%
Canada 20 $72,779 30.77%
Mexico 19 $43,346 50.00%
South Korea 16 $71,936 43.24%
Nepal 15 $8,952,636 40.54%
Japan 12 $84,575 42.86%
Philippines 11 $75,324 42.31%
Italy 10 $73,831 43.48%
Taiwan 9 $78,118 47.37%

Top Hiring Companies in Idaho (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Sapiens Americas Corporation 1 $94,786 100.00%
Globallogic Inc 1 $94,786 100.00%
Delta Dental Insurance Company 1 $95,118 100.00%
Yodlee Inc 1 $95,722 100.00%
Jasper Health Inc 1 $95,909 100.00%
Iit Jobs Inc 1 $95,992 100.00%
Teknobit Solutions Inc 1 $95,992 100.00%
Upstart Network Inc 1 $95,992 100.00%
Boise Paper Holdings Llc 1 $96,054 100.00%
Citrix Systems Inc 1 $96,699 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

Top Industries in Idaho (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Other Crop Farming 1,072 $28,817 100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming 536 $29,844 100.00%
Sheep Farming 518 $19,602 100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Farming 425 $28,566 100.00%
Potato Farming 361 $24,906 100.00%
Crop Production 301 $30,885 100.00%
Cattle Ranching And Farming 291 $28,438 100.00%
All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming 278 $25,101 100.00%
Beef Cattle Ranching And Farming 196 $41,806 100.00%
Sugar Beet Farming 157 $24,894 100.00%

Idaho Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in Idaho to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in Idaho over all years is $71,191. 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