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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Maryland Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas	% of all Visas	Average Wage	Visa Type
97,801	91.03%	$78,658	H-1B
7,932	7.38%	$165,214	PERM
943	0.88%	$26,121	H-2A
765	0.71%	$89,405	E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Maryland has seen a total of 107,441 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Maryland is the H-1B visa with 97,801 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 91.03% of Maryland's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 7,932 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 7.38% of Maryland's total visas.

Top Occupations in Maryland (All Years)

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Civil Engineers	1,197	$68,687	86.43%
Physical Therapists	1,193	$70,293	88.04%
Management Analysts	1,156	$78,862	88.38%
Operations Research Analysts	969	$72,363	86.83%
Statisticians	924	$76,354	84.00%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other	914	$115,778	86.72%
Electrical Engineers	764	$81,141	83.13%
Biological Scientists, All Other	695	$56,339	80.25%
Financial Analysts	693	$70,352	83.90%
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	676	$65,603	86.67%

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Database Administrators	83	$88,294	100.00%
Computer and Information Systems Managers	75	$134,203	92.59%
Construction Laborers	72	$28,934	92.31%
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	71	$48,250	92.21%
Management Analysts	64	$96,939	83.12%
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	63	$25,366	84.00%
Childcare Workers	61	$25,003	85.92%
Financial Analysts	59	$82,915	88.06%
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	59	$49,344	90.77%
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	55	$54,853	90.16%

Maryland Employees Over Time

Maryland has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 6,714 employees were hired. Maryland peaked in 2018 with 9,018 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 6,575 in 2023.

Top Countries with Workers in Maryland From PERM Program (All Years)

Country	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
India	2,274	$278,221	45.98%
China	288	$443,358	32.99%
Philippines	271	$49,784	38.83%
Mexico	216	$35,273	38.10%
South Korea	190	$46,039	35.19%
El Salvador	157	$43,684	47.15%
Nepal	115	$58,792	43.40%
Canada	94	$85,808	41.23%
Pakistan	89	$64,855	41.40%
Brazil	52	$56,628	35.86%

Top Hiring Companies in Maryland (All Years)

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
University Of Maryland Baltimore	720	$59,560	73.25%
Government Employees Insurance Company Geico	685	$111,340	74.86%
Client Network Services Inc	656	$75,993	90.73%
The Johns Hopkins University	644	$53,289	89.82%
Deloitte Consulting Llp	558	$84,418	92.38%
T Rowe Price Associates Inc	550	$97,756	96.49%
Hcl America Inc	524	$83,482	92.25%
Compunnel Software Group Inc	464	$82,116	87.71%
Splendtek Inc	461	$52,643	96.85%
Ernst Young Us Llp	446	$81,218	94.49%

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Northstar Group Inc	48	$123,742	34.78%
Blossom Solutions Inc	44	$85,479	32.12%
Quantum Vision Llc	44	$86,256	34.65%
Leidos	39	$94,399	31.20%
Polar It Services Inc	35	$96,557	28.93%
Feicom Incdba Fei Systems	33	$81,301	27.50%
Opnet Technologies Inc	30	$81,494	27.78%
Valsatech Corp	29	$116,809	30.85%
Feicom Inc	29	$82,070	30.85%
Maryland Inpatient Care Specialists Llc	27	$107,951	33.33%

Top Industries in Maryland (All Years)

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services	33,838	$80,141	90.35%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools	6,713	$57,203	71.18%
Computer Systems Design Services	5,257	$84,539	91.01%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services	3,439	$82,406	86.93%
Other Computer Related Services	2,750	$82,688	90.97%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services	2,541	$89,822	92.03%
Engineering Services	2,147	$71,476	88.17%
Elementary And Secondary Schools	2,003	$65,224	87.66%
General Medical And Surgical Hospitals	1,936	$99,920	88.97%
Research And Development In The Physical Engineering And Life Sciences	1,704	$64,461	80.80%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Nursery And Tree Production	116	$27,650	100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming	97	$28,393	100.00%
Horses And Other Equine Production	43	$27,711	100.00%
Apple Orchards	43	$28,266	100.00%
Fruit And Tree Nut Farming	41	$26,472	100.00%
Crop Production	41	$31,351	100.00%
All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming	31	$25,127	100.00%
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming	25	$24,761	100.00%
Wineries	22	$30,262	100.00%
Nursery And Floriculture Production	21	$29,419	100.00%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Other Computer Related Services	527	$94,070	15.49%
Other Scientific And Technical Consulting Services	375	$94,161	31.91%
Administrative Management And General Management Consulting Services	256	$101,271	39.38%
Financial Transactions Processing Reserve And Clearinghouse Activities	204	$97,465	35.98%
Offices Of Physicians Except Mental Health Specialists	200	$968,461	37.04%
Landscaping Services	187	$31,729	35.48%
Full Service Restaurants	155	$28,148	39.24%
Electric Power Generation Transmission And Distribution	118	$86,592	30.18%
Offices Of Certified Public Accountants	117	$68,835	31.20%
Residential Building Construction	113	$43,110	33.83%

Maryland Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in Maryland to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in Maryland over all years is $78,658. The state with the highest average wage of H1-B workers for all states is CA with an average wage of $100,819.