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 %
Sales Engineers 1,034 $91,339 89.83%
Chemists 962 $58,418 83.65%
Marketing Managers 909 $104,358 88.00%
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 873 $57,184 89.26%
Internists, General 838 $132,360 86.57%
Commercial and Industrial Designers 738 $53,521 88.07%
Dentists, General 735 $102,275 87.71%
Logisticians 672 $55,425 85.17%
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 650 $46,330 85.98%
Actuaries 628 $85,105 87.96%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 89 $62,263 80.18%
Dentists, General 83 $93,359 76.15%
General and Operations Managers 74 $104,708 67.89%
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 74 $39,492 69.81%
Packers and Packagers, Hand 70 $24,859 67.31%
Logisticians 70 $55,287 70.71%
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 69 $42,336 73.40%
Financial Specialists, All Other 68 $81,842 74.73%
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 66 $43,129 72.53%
Actuaries 65 $93,468 72.22%
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 %
Info Keys Inc 8 $68,695 88.89%
Methodica Technologies Llc 8 $66,888 88.89%
Tcg Digital Software Llc 8 $59,356 88.89%
Logic Done Inc 8 $72,062 88.89%
First Consulting Services Llc 8 $58,227 88.89%
Tagore Technology Inc 8 $67,902 88.89%
Ingalls Memorial Hospital 8 $69,820 88.89%
Applied Computer Techniques 8 $80,995 88.89%
Parr Instrument Company 8 $58,911 88.89%
Mobilitie Management Llc 8 $60,003 88.89%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

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