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 %
Software Developers, Applications 57,428 $82,137 91.17%
Computer Systems Analysts 43,588 $70,026 93.01%
Computer Programmers 26,288 $60,399 90.11%
Computer Occupations, All Other 16,306 $71,696 93.08%
Software Developers, Systems Software 7,938 $88,370 89.92%
Management Analysts 7,810 $82,130 93.16%
Mechanical Engineers 6,594 $71,571 89.11%
Operations Research Analysts 5,558 $76,494 82.81%
Accountants and Auditors 5,354 $60,254 89.16%
Computer and Information Systems Managers 4,120 $129,163 71.89%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 690 $32,565 279.35%
Agricultural Equipment Operators 512 $33,920 312.20%
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop 126 $31,623 78.26%
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 46 $35,314 54.12%
Construction Laborers 26 $41,537 33.33%
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 21 $52,506 28.38%
Nursery Workers 11 $31,085 16.18%
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers 10 $64,395 16.39%
Helpers--Carpenters 8 $37,359 14.04%
Carpenters 4 $53,984 7.14%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Developers, Applications 6,694 $201,689 117.11%
Computer Systems Analysts 1,698 $445,103 79.64%
Computer Occupations, All Other 941 $95,453 46.72%
Software Developers, Systems Software 687 $98,111 74.19%
Computer and Information Systems Managers 657 $129,876 107.88%
Management Analysts 597 $101,971 102.05%
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 569 $53,257 124.24%
Statisticians 514 $68,476 120.66%
Accountants and Auditors 480 $74,291 112.94%
Mechanical Engineers 382 $79,406 102.14%
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 %
Bhutan 1 $68,598 50.00%
Grenada 1 $78,998 50.00%
St Kitts And Nevis 1 $162,802 50.00%
Yemen 1 $66,373 50.00%
Ivory Coast 1 $81,328 50.00%
Lesotho 1 $74,443 100.00%
Yugoslavia 1 $33,176 100.00%
Benin 1 $43,846 100.00%
Antigua And Barbuda 1 $83,782 100.00%
Mauritania 1 $74,070 100.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Illinois (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Headstrong Services Llc 951 $74,031 84.31%
Compunnel Software Group Inc 949 $80,476 93.50%
Transunion Llc 901 $85,627 92.03%
The Northern Trust Company 893 $108,998 91.97%
Jpmorgan Chase Co 839 $106,832 86.67%
Capgemini Financial Services Usa Inc 830 $67,897 89.06%
Fermi Research Alliance Llc 764 $67,922 83.32%
Tech Mahindra Americas Inc 758 $73,483 83.94%
Pricewaterhousecoopers Llp 749 $71,096 83.04%
Grandison Management Inc 725 $66,129 83.62%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Steidinger Farms Inc 9 $30,403 100.00%
Eckert Orchards Inc 9 $24,905 100.00%
John S Bruntjen 9 $33,372 100.00%
Kruckeberg Ops Llc 9 $34,117 100.00%
Timothy Clay 9 $33,213 100.00%
Integrity Builders Supply Inc 9 $38,095 100.00%
Wheelin Squealin Llc 9 $30,296 100.00%
Professional Swine Employment Llc 9 $31,968 100.00%
Scharf Farm Inc 9 $29,083 100.00%
Overlook Harvesting Company Llc 8 $31,302 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Grubhub Holdings Inc 84 $89,348 45.65%
Fermi Research Alliance Llc 77 $71,819 42.31%
Google Llc 73 $88,664 40.33%
Automotive Robotics Inc 71 $82,628 39.23%
Abis Technologies Inc 70 $73,556 39.55%
Grainger Management Llc 70 $81,299 39.77%
Populus Group Llc 68 $41,095,061 38.86%
Unicom Technologies Inc 67 $91,778 38.73%
Fortune International Llc 67 $21,961 39.41%
Zurich American Insurance Company 62 $103,765 36.47%

Top Industries in Illinois (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

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