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 %
Cost Estimators 283 $57,060 87.62%
Database Architects 277 $87,737 86.02%
Construction Managers 272 $77,573 86.35%
Managers, All Other 269 $82,212 85.94%
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other 253 $57,126 83.77%
Data Warehousing Specialists 251 $82,959 83.95%
Pediatricians, General 240 $107,509 83.33%
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 238 $45,669 84.40%
Materials Engineers 231 $73,904 84.62%
Compliance Officers 228 $59,916 85.71%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 31 $37,031 53.45%
Computer Network Architects 30 $115,377 51.72%
Managers, All Other 29 $104,015 50.00%
Biomedical Engineers 29 $74,392 50.88%
Surgeons 29 $166,502 51.79%
Engineers, All Other 29 $83,698 51.79%
Coaches and Scouts 29 $4,208,250 52.73%
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 28 $47,662 50.91%
Cost Estimators 28 $57,533 51.85%
Occupational Therapists 28 $5,721,209 51.85%
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 %
Thoughtline Technologies Inc 120 $77,244 88.89%
Pioneer Consulting Services Llc 119 $81,647 88.81%
Aon Service Corporation 119 $89,912 88.81%
Oath Holdings Inc 119 $98,412 88.81%
Vistex Inc 119 $89,428 88.81%
Morningstar Inc A Morningstar Company 118 $64,072 88.72%
Proficient Business Systems Inc 118 $73,215 88.72%
Sysintelli Inc 118 $72,312 88.72%
Sun Power Consulting Llc 117 $64,134 88.64%
Synchrony Bank 116 $97,081 87.88%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
S M Hernandez Sons Inc Petition 5 Il 1 $33,051 100.00%
Overlook Harvesting Company Llc Ohc Bayer Seed Lab Supervisor 1 $65,853 100.00%
Bonnie Plants Llc 26 2 1 $37,814 100.00%
Thomas Farms 1 $218 100.00%
Scharf Farms Inc 1 $27,581 100.00%
Everglades Harvesting Inc Il 5 1 $35,714 100.00%
Bonnie Plants Llc 26 1 1 $35,714 100.00%
United States Growers Association Inc 4 1 $55,806 100.00%
Connies Country Greenhouse 1 $33,051 100.00%
Barnard Tobacco Llc 1 $16,411 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital 7 $135,164 29.17%
Gsg Consultants Inc 7 $75,914 29.17%
University Of Illinois Foundation 7 $64,724 29.17%
Chade Fashions Inc 7 $43,410 29.17%
Ambitech Engineering Corporation 7 $68,082 30.43%
Chiltern International Inc 7 $61,818 30.43%
Verizon Communications Inc All Its Subsidiaries Affiliates 7 $96,640 30.43%
Ptc Inc 7 $76,657 30.43%
Experian Information Solutions Inc 7 $102,357 30.43%
Durham School Services Lp 7 $128,606 30.43%

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