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 %
Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers 6 $80,687 85.71%
Water/Wastewater Engineers 6 $78,808 85.71%
Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate 5 $49,858 71.43%
Sales Agents, Financial Services 5 $43,094 71.43%
Geospatial Information Scientists and Technologists 5 $76,477 83.33%
Business Continuity Planners 5 $74,838 83.33%
Radiation Therapists 5 $82,085 83.33%
Private Detectives and Investigators 5 $50,514 83.33%
Insurance Sales Agents 5 $62,833 83.33%
Cytotechnologists 5 $46,442 83.33%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Electronics Engineering Technicians 1 $38,085 8.33%
Education Administrators, Preschool and Childcare Center/Program 1 $44,616 8.33%
Team Assemblers 1 $22,942 8.33%
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 1 $27,560 8.33%
Funeral Attendants 1 $28,059 8.33%
Pharmacy Technicians 1 $25,688 8.33%
Political Scientists 1 $60,382 8.33%
Automotive Engineers 1 $95,763 9.09%
Logistics Engineers 1 $37,294 9.09%
Compliance Managers 1 $77,750 9.09%
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 %
Egypt 24 $108,879 39.34%
Jordan 23 $78,894 43.40%
Uzbekistan 23 $49,627 43.40%
Singapore 23 $83,330 44.23%
Belarus 22 $76,544 44.00%
Cambodia 21 $25,654 44.68%
Lebanon 20 $14,222,819 42.55%
Lithuania 20 $57,170 46.51%
Chile 20 $84,292 46.51%
Hong Kong 20 $66,687 47.62%

Top Hiring Companies in Illinois (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Eby Brown Company Llc 74 $91,807 89.16%
Veridic Solutions Llc 73 $81,095 87.95%
Avant Healthcare Professionals 73 $53,863 87.95%
Intone Networks Inc 73 $78,180 87.95%
Entellects Corporation 73 $61,234 87.95%
Gdb International Inc 73 $61,425 87.95%
Integrated Therapy Specialists Llc 73 $58,746 87.95%
Softhq 73 $55,776 87.95%
Epam Systems Inc 73 $76,862 89.02%
Vuegen Technologies Inc 73 $84,376 89.02%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Advent Global Solutionsinc 4 $66,934 28.57%
Applied Pavement Technology Inc 4 $60,528 28.57%
Snk America Inc 4 $66,004 28.57%
Dazzlon Computer Services Inc 4 $87,625 28.57%
Progressive Impressions International 4 $88,754 28.57%
Lawrence County Memorial Hospital 4 $39,957 28.57%
Imagineering Inc 4 $65,494 28.57%
Modis Inc 4 $84,401 28.57%
Riverbed Technology Inc 4 $47,471 28.57%
Whiztek Corp 4 $86,372 28.57%

Top Industries in Illinois (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 116,575 $72,225 89.53%
Computer Systems Design Services 25,137 $80,325 93.26%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services 16,562 $77,011 94.84%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 11,398 $54,276 76.57%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 9,122 $76,904 88.80%
Engineering Services 8,170 $68,289 89.11%
Administrative Management And General Management Consulting Services 7,423 $90,400 95.02%
Offices Of Certified Public Accountants 7,280 $79,797 97.59%
Management Consulting Services 6,136 $77,593 96.49%
Other Computer Related Services 5,387 $75,637 89.10%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders 554 $33,460 100.00%
Crop Harvesting Primarily By Machine 165 $32,363 100.00%
Support Activities For Crop Production 143 $43,304 100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming 142 $33,833 100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Combination Farming 92 $33,609 100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Farming 88 $33,424 100.00%
Other Crop Farming 80 $35,201 100.00%
Other Noncitrus Fruit Farming 67 $27,172 100.00%
Greenhouse Nursery And Floriculture Production 65 $36,532 100.00%
Nursery And Tree Production 43 $32,847 100.00%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 11,847 $173,113 100.00%
Computer Systems Design Services 2,627 $91,387 100.00%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 2,027 $93,058 100.00%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services 1,876 $84,379 100.00%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 1,827 $52,397 100.00%
Other Computer Related Services 1,449 $85,961 100.00%
Administrative Management And General Management Consulting Services 1,380 $99,680 100.00%
Engineering Services 1,253 $410,290 100.00%
General Freight Trucking 817 $54,041 100.00%
Management Consulting Services 762 $99,261 100.00%

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