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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Illinois Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
328,359 91.53% $77,136 H-1B
25,222 7.03% $170,962 PERM
3,529 0.98% $97,739 E-3 Australian
1,637 0.46% $32,808 H-2A

As of May 2023, Illinois has seen a total of 358,747 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Illinois is the H-1B visa with 328,359 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 91.53% of Illinois's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 25,222 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 7.03% of Illinois's total visas.

Top Occupations in Illinois (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Auditors 121 $69,203 91.67%
Manufacturing Engineers 119 $66,292 90.15%
Logistics Analysts 115 $56,151 90.55%
Budget Analysts 109 $59,799 87.20%
Landscape Architects 104 $51,763 85.95%
Education Teachers, Postsecondary 104 $47,380 85.95%
Human Resources Managers 103 $100,776 87.29%
Registered Nurses 101 $65,457 86.32%
Judicial Law Clerks 100 $47,849 86.21%
Teachers and Instructors, All Other 98 $47,687 84.48%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Illinois Employees Over Time
Illinois has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 14,981 employees were hired. Illinois peaked in 2016 with 29,364 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 3,790 in 2025.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
India 9,745 $242,007 46.63%
China 1,311 $75,213 49.51%
Poland 521 $175,933 47.11%
South Korea 427 $55,341 43.09%
Canada 361 $90,633 37.37%
Philippines 356 $493,600 40.27%
Mexico 333 $65,272 43.42%
Brazil 188 $79,878 47.47%
Ukraine 174 $62,423 47.80%
Pakistan 164 $88,269 47.95%

Top Hiring Companies in Illinois (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Akorn Inc 124 $58,550 89.86%
Alrek Business Solutions Inc 124 $66,610 89.86%
Hitachi Consulting Corporation 124 $67,976 89.86%
Csg Systems Inc 123 $81,415 89.78%
Coyote Logistics Llc 123 $78,092 89.78%
Epsilon Data Management Llc 122 $109,885 89.05%
Sunrise Futures Llc 121 $84,502 88.32%
Salesforce Inc 121 $113,751 89.63%
Allstate Insurance Company 120 $107,296 88.89%
Us Cellular Corporation 120 $101,690 88.89%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Frey Produce Frey Brothers 1 $21,861 100.00%
Prairie Wind Family Farms Llc 1 $35,714 100.00%
Everglades Harvesting Inc Il 4 Driver 1 $37,814 100.00%
Castro Harvesting 1 $21,967 100.00%
Ag Enterprises Ii 1 $37,814 100.00%
Eagle Point Farms Llc 1 $33,280 100.00%
Odonovans Son Inc 1 $33,987 100.00%
Overlook Harvesting Company Llc Ohc Bayer Waterman Princeton Corteva Detasseling Only Supervisor 1 $65,853 100.00%
S M Hernandez Sons Inc Pet 3 Il 1 $33,051 100.00%
Bradshaw Custom Pumping Inc 1 $35,714 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
University Healthsystem Consortium 7 $92,254 29.17%
Draftfcb Inc 7 $73,971 29.17%
Teng Associates Inc 7 $53,346 29.17%
Jkc Trucking Inc 7 $49,958 29.17%
Cubes Technologies Inc 7 $72,069 29.17%
Getco Llc 7 $72,871 29.17%
Starcom Mediavest Group Inc 7 $82,163 29.17%
Electronic Knowledge Interchange Company 7 $90,653 29.17%
Global It Group Inc 7 $82,591 29.17%
Beijing Acupuncture Pain And Rehab 7 $51,067 29.17%

Top Industries in Illinois (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Apple Orchards 34 $32,012 100.00%
Mayonnaise Dressing And Other Prepared Sauce Manufacturing 28 $32,527 100.00%
Crop Production 27 $33,218 100.00%
Beef Cattle Ranching And Farming 23 $32,453 100.00%
Corn Farming 20 $32,925 100.00%
Nursery And Floriculture Production 20 $33,574 100.00%
Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers 18 $33,182 100.00%
Soybean Farming 17 $33,618 100.00%
Other Grain Farming 15 $32,987 100.00%
Soil Preparation Planting And Cultivating 15 $29,572 100.00%

Illinois Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in Illinois to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in Illinois over all years is $77,136. The state with the highest average wage of H1-B workers for all states is CA with an average wage of $104,510.

State Avg Wage