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 %
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 %
Automotive Robotics Inc 383 $68,020 91.63%
Citadel Llc 374 $71,256 89.69%
Populus Group Llc 365 $91,585 87.53%
Ust Global Inc 365 $69,348 87.74%
Capital One Services Ii Llc 360 $73,325 86.96%
Sapient Corporation 360 $90,111 87.17%
Amdocs Inc 358 $83,092 87.10%
Amazon Web Services Inc 355 $100,153 86.59%
Cyient Inc 352 $66,035 86.49%
Srk Systems Inc 352 $65,718 87.13%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Jw Farms Llc 5 $36,974 100.00%
Degroots Vegetable Farm 5 $36,021 100.00%
Alan Byers 5 $34,715 100.00%
Martinez Sons Trucking Llc 5 $30,471 100.00%
Ramiro Guzman Landscaping Inc 5 $33,396 100.00%
Lazy B Farm Llc 5 $33,396 100.00%
Bradshaw Grain Farms 5 $33,966 100.00%
B And J Lehman Farms Inc 5 $43,638 100.00%
Wilson Nurseries Inc 5 $33,396 100.00%
Charles Linder 5 $33,396 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Gannu Software Inc 32 $96,179 36.78%
Motorola Inc 31 $61,203 36.47%
Synergy Global Systems Inc 31 $83,820 36.47%
Alight Solutions Llc 31 $100,782 36.47%
Citadel Enterprise Americas Llc 31 $78,912 36.47%
Vtekh Inc 29 $84,754 34.12%
Invicktus Inc 29 $94,016 34.52%
Us Software Professionals Inc 28 $83,335 33.33%
Rk Management Consultants Inc 28 $80,670 34.57%
Wavicle Data Solutions Llc 28 $107,775 34.57%

Top Industries in Illinois (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Communications Equipment Manufacturing 1,302 $88,585 76.59%
Marketing Consulting Services 1,287 $75,488 88.45%
Architectural Services 1,246 $54,795 89.26%
Insurance Agencies And Brokerages 1,178 $91,617 89.92%
Marketing Research And Public Opinion Polling 1,165 $80,686 92.39%
Direct Health And Medical Insurance Carriers 1,109 $96,712 91.88%
Elementary And Secondary Schools 1,040 $49,824 86.74%
All Other Professional Scientific And Technical Services 1,040 $81,021 88.21%
Offices Of Other Holding Companies 1,012 $104,451 89.40%
Securities And Commodity Exchanges 1,008 $91,318 90.97%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Potato Farming 14 $35,624 100.00%
Support Activities For Agriculture And Forestry 14 $35,220 100.00%
Hog And Pig Farming 12 $30,941 100.00%
Agriculture Forestry Fishing And Hunting 11 $32,675 100.00%
Fruit And Tree Nut Farming 8 $25,327 100.00%
All Other Crop Farming 8 $37,601 100.00%
Cattle Feedlots 8 $35,352 100.00%
Floriculture Production 7 $30,986 100.00%
All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming 7 $26,569 100.00%
Noncitrus Fruit And Tree Nut Farming 6 $31,706 100.00%

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