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 %
School Psychologists 3 $62,650 75.00%
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 3 $43,951 75.00%
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 3 $42,988 75.00%
Food Science Technicians 3 $47,063 75.00%
Quality Control Analysts 3 $42,148 75.00%
Music Directors 3 $56,742 75.00%
Advertising Sales Agents 3 $47,743 75.00%
Electrical and Electronics Drafters 3 $53,075 75.00%
Hydrologists 3 $57,490 75.00%
Anthropologists and Archeologists 3 $59,557 75.00%
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 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 %
Telnyx Llc 34 $63,394 89.47%
Xenoninfotek Inc 34 $70,952 89.47%
Avant Inc 34 $65,325 89.47%
Sterling 5 Inc 34 $67,535 89.47%
Competent Systems Inc 34 $56,703 89.47%
Fcb Worldwide Inc 34 $77,931 89.47%
National Vision Inc 34 $83,709 89.47%
Ssa Tech Inc 34 $80,224 89.47%
Tekwissen Llc 34 $63,305 89.47%
Bijjam Information Technologies Inc 34 $75,166 89.47%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Alvarez Marsal Pepi Group Llc 2 $84,063 33.33%
The Hdf Group 2 $75,692 33.33%
Peking Duck Usa Inc Dba Lao Sze Chuan Downtown 2 $38,262 33.33%
Westbon Inc 2 $66,924 33.33%
The Framing Guys 2 $59,654 33.33%
Vsa Partners Inc 2 $71,334 33.33%
Datascope Analytics Llc 2 $78,437 33.33%
Liferay Inc 2 $94,204 33.33%
Clear Lam Packaging Inc 2 $91,603 33.33%
Rtm Engineering Consultants Llc 2 $64,772 33.33%

Top Industries in Illinois (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Communications Equipment Manufacturing 1,223 $87,264 82.64%
Marketing Consulting Services 1,203 $73,546 88.33%
Architectural Services 1,148 $53,676 89.13%
Marketing Research And Public Opinion Polling 1,118 $79,696 92.55%
Insurance Agencies And Brokerages 1,032 $88,669 89.27%
Direct Health And Medical Insurance Carriers 1,007 $93,999 92.39%
All Other Professional Scientific And Technical Services 922 $79,070 87.06%
Elementary And Secondary Schools 909 $48,772 86.32%
Securities And Commodity Exchanges 907 $89,399 88.23%
Credit Bureaus 899 $83,680 89.63%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Corn Farming 13 $32,893 100.00%
Agriculture Forestry Fishing And Hunting 11 $32,675 100.00%
Potato Farming 10 $33,159 100.00%
Fruit And Tree Nut Farming 8 $25,327 100.00%
Hog And Pig Farming 7 $31,289 100.00%
All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming 7 $26,569 100.00%
Noncitrus Fruit And Tree Nut Farming 6 $31,706 100.00%
All Other Crop Farming 6 $37,530 100.00%
Floriculture Production 5 $28,254 100.00%
Grape Vineyards 4 $27,149 100.00%

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 $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.

State Avg Wage