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 %
Software Developers, Applications 57,617 $82,159 91.47%
Computer Systems Analysts 43,600 $70,031 93.04%
Computer Programmers 26,295 $60,405 90.14%
Computer Occupations, All Other 16,311 $71,696 93.10%
Software Developers, Systems Software 8,040 $88,312 91.07%
Management Analysts 7,344 $80,154 93.13%
Mechanical Engineers 6,133 $70,301 88.85%
Operations Research Analysts 5,081 $74,767 75.70%
Accountants and Auditors 4,848 $58,884 88.05%
Computer and Information Systems Managers 3,539 $124,710 68.11%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 506 $30,991 316.25%
Agricultural Equipment Operators 348 $32,471 220.25%
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop 126 $31,623 118.87%
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 21 $32,984 25.93%
Construction Laborers 21 $35,654 38.89%
Nursery Workers 11 $31,085 20.75%
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers 5 $62,937 10.42%
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 4 $50,518 8.51%
Farm Labor Contractors 2 $31,845 4.76%
Agricultural Workers, All Other 2 $28,631 4.88%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Developers, Applications 6,679 $201,901 116.85%
Computer Systems Analysts 1,694 $445,914 85.17%
Computer Occupations, All Other 938 $95,443 47.30%
Software Developers, Systems Software 685 $98,107 103.95%
Computer and Information Systems Managers 640 $128,894 105.09%
Management Analysts 580 $101,663 100.69%
Statisticians 504 $68,262 110.77%
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 463 $51,077 108.94%
Accountants and Auditors 455 $74,231 110.98%
Mechanical Engineers 363 $78,909 108.04%
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 %
Belarus 22 $76,544 44.90%
Cambodia 21 $25,654 42.86%
Jordan 19 $64,818 39.58%
Serbia 18 $67,620 40.00%
Hong Kong 18 $66,921 40.91%
Chile 17 $84,437 39.53%
Lebanon 17 $16,714,888 42.50%
Sri Lanka 17 $73,288 44.74%
Lithuania 16 $58,265 42.11%
Georgia 16 $48,071 44.44%

Top Hiring Companies in Illinois (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Resource America Information Technology Inc 29 $62,612 90.63%
Polaris7 Investments Llc 29 $70,440 90.63%
Navteq North America Llc 29 $81,830 90.63%
Vertex Consulting Inc 29 $61,428 90.63%
Daniel J Edelman Inc 29 $100,034 90.63%
Enablon North America Corporation 29 $57,670 90.63%
Euclid Techlabs Llc 29 $67,919 90.63%
Cleo Communications Us Llc 29 $70,772 90.63%
Kerry Inc 28 $96,783 87.50%
Intellipeople 28 $52,385 87.50%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Oneway Logistics Inc 2 $54,548 40.00%
Wsgd Schaumburg Llc 2 $28,788 40.00%
Built Form Llc 2 $48,412 40.00%
Presence Health Network 2 $68,713 40.00%
Globant Llc 2 $62,931 40.00%
Ccs Technology Group 2 $115,482 40.00%
Smg Holdings Llc Dba Anova Technologies Llc 2 $91,073 40.00%
Aql Technologies Inc 2 $93,600 40.00%
Aurora University 2 $60,518 40.00%
Prescouter 2 $56,129 40.00%

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