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
304,577	91.55%	$75,420	H-1B
23,734	7.13%	$176,082	PERM
3,180	0.96%	$93,885	E-3 Australian
1,216	0.37%	$30,895	H-2A

As of May 2023, Illinois has seen a total of 332,707 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Illinois is the H-1B visa with 304,577 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 91.55% of Illinois's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 23,734 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 7.13% of Illinois's total visas.

Top Occupations in Illinois (All Years)

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Financial Managers, Branch or Department	25	$113,385	83.33%
Regulatory Affairs Managers	25	$115,413	86.21%
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other	24	$59,504	82.76%
Administrative Services Managers	24	$51,043	82.76%
Directors, Religious Activities and Education	23	$35,128	82.14%
Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary	23	$46,597	82.14%
Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary	23	$52,941	82.14%
Sociologists	23	$61,148	82.14%
Sustainability Specialists	23	$61,123	85.19%
Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other	22	$47,161	81.48%

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Prosthodontists	5	$99,780	29.41%
Orthodontists	5	$88,155	29.41%
Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate	4	$42,515	23.53%
Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers	4	$32,484	23.53%
Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary	4	$55,005	23.53%
Education Administrators, Elementary and Secondary School	4	$85,848	23.53%
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	4	$75,785	23.53%
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary	4	$46,733	23.53%
Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks	4	$31,564	23.53%
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	4	$35,630	23.53%

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 21,214 in 2023.

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

Country	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
India	8,989	$252,982	47.08%
China	1,217	$74,521	50.73%
Poland	495	$182,550	52.05%
South Korea	399	$55,576	43.18%
Canada	327	$91,441	40.17%
Mexico	311	$64,516	39.02%
Philippines	277	$622,860	41.28%
Brazil	179	$81,452	49.04%
Pakistan	158	$75,275	49.69%
United Kingdom	136	$991,045	50.18%

Top Hiring Companies in Illinois (All Years)

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Sterling Software Inc	27	$66,091	90.00%
Bofa Securities Inc	27	$74,184	90.00%
Chicago Internal Medicine Practice And Research S	27	$84,145	90.00%
Harman Connected Services Inc	27	$89,137	90.00%
Globalitkonnect Llc	27	$89,046	90.00%
Gac Solutions Inc	27	$91,683	90.00%
Verifone Inc	27	$92,212	90.00%
Artech Llc	27	$97,471	90.00%
Teksky Llc	27	$84,954	90.00%
Questek Innovations Llc	27	$75,291	90.00%

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Trace Photonics Inc	2	$71,708	50.00%
Omega Card Services Inc	2	$34,559	50.00%
Computerized Facility Integration Llc	2	$58,063	50.00%
Trondent Development Corp	2	$75,546	50.00%
Wal Mart Associates Inc	2	$86,123	50.00%
Calsoft Systems	2	$51,459	50.00%
Dhara I Corporation	2	$45,157	50.00%
Krishna Gas Inc	2	$43,722	50.00%
Neutral Tandem	2	$70,356	50.00%
Cs Stars Llc	2	$59,946	50.00%

Top Industries in Illinois (All Years)

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
General Medical And Surgical Hospitals	3,803	$88,743	88.40%
Credit Card Issuing	3,456	$84,765	91.04%
Commercial Banking	2,604	$84,925	90.76%
Accounting Tax Preparation Bookkeeping And Payroll Services	2,603	$69,440	94.86%
Consumer Lending	2,530	$93,674	93.98%
Pharmaceutical And Medicine Manufacturing	2,023	$85,637	91.33%
Offices Of Physicians Except Mental Health Specialists	1,943	$130,116	90.58%
Construction Machinery Manufacturing	1,764	$81,449	92.65%
Temporary Help Services	1,628	$72,034	86.60%
Computing Infrastructure Providers Data Processing Web Hosting And Related Services	1,370	$90,879	84.67%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Apple Orchards	29	$31,157	100.00%
Crop Production	27	$33,218	100.00%
Mayonnaise Dressing And Other Prepared Sauce Manufacturing	22	$31,180	100.00%
Nursery And Floriculture Production	16	$32,777	100.00%
Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers	14	$32,158	100.00%
Support Activities For Agriculture And Forestry	14	$35,220	100.00%
Beef Cattle Ranching And Farming	14	$29,457	100.00%
Soil Preparation Planting And Cultivating	14	$28,983	100.00%
Other Grain Farming	13	$32,245	100.00%
Soybean Farming	13	$32,326	100.00%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Full Service Restaurants	199	$36,356	31.00%
Farm Machinery And Equipment Manufacturing	194	$98,935	30.36%
Residential Building Construction	182	$66,342	31.38%
General Freight Trucking Long Distance	170	$52,027	29.62%
Other Financial Investment Activities	161	$85,772	29.98%
Computing Infrastructure Providers Data Processing Web Hosting And Related Services	159	$84,572	29.66%
Freight Transportation Arrangement	158	$63,134	34.57%
Advertising Agencies	127	$82,064	29.13%
Offices Of Physicians	117	$120,773	28.47%
Surgical And Medical Instrument Manufacturing	114	$93,286	36.77%

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 $75,420. The state with the highest average wage of H1-B workers for all states is CA with an average wage of $100,819.