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 %
Information Technology Project Managers	349	$110,648	82.90%
Industrial Engineers	342	$79,952	82.21%
Biomedical Engineers	338	$73,953	87.11%
Occupational Therapists	324	$69,281	84.82%
Computer Network Architects	287	$88,297	76.33%
Information Security Analysts	285	$93,310	78.08%
Social Science Research Assistants	284	$41,786	80.91%
Physicists	283	$59,210	89.56%
Atmospheric and Space Scientists	261	$67,676	83.92%
Medical and Health Services Managers	259	$83,353	84.64%

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Biochemists and Biophysicists	37	$63,873	90.24%
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	36	$93,001	87.80%
Food Preparation Workers	35	$20,865	85.37%
Marketing Managers	34	$116,461	82.93%
Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food	33	$17,565	82.50%
Chemists	32	$67,428	80.00%
Cooks, Private Household	31	$33,991	81.58%
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	31	$47,940	81.58%
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	30	$64,827	78.95%
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	29	$41,113	78.38%

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 %
Bangladesh	50	$31,266	41.67%
Thailand	48	$37,891	51.61%
United Kingdom	41	$90,460	44.09%
Iran	39	$78,043	42.86%
Honduras	37	$45,201	42.05%
Turkey	34	$79,572	38.64%
Taiwan	32	$66,570	36.78%
Nigeria	32	$74,870	37.65%
Russia	25	$83,081	32.89%
Sri Lanka	24	$45,096	32.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Maryland (All Years)

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
National Institutes Of Health Hhs	2,210	$50,153	65.35%
Johns Hopkins University	2,200	$55,777	66.59%
University Of Maryland College Park	1,451	$51,206	69.63%
Infosys Limited	1,426	$79,174	99.10%
Hughes Network Systems Llc	1,380	$85,320	96.37%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Us Corp	985	$93,248	82.50%
Tata Consultancy Services Limited	977	$69,184	90.80%
Accenture Llp	962	$94,550	90.07%
Baltimore City Public Schools	961	$76,323	95.91%
Inovalon Inc	851	$87,383	86.22%

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Quality Software Services Inc	184	$80,297	34.52%
Bill Me Later Inc	125	$90,127	27.47%
Medical Science Computing Inc	94	$85,460	26.18%
Pinpoint Cleaning Service Inc	94	$22,416	27.49%
Hh Medstar Health Inc	76	$131,264	26.30%
International Software Systems Inc	74	$107,547	34.10%
Teksystems Global Services Llc	72	$121,773	36.18%
University Of Maryland	55	$55,354	29.89%
Remote Tiger Inc	53	$109,485	29.28%
Lorenzo Construction Llc	48	$24,360	32.65%

Top Industries in Maryland (All Years)

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Management Consulting Services	650	$82,098	89.53%
Nursing Care Facilities Skilled Nursing Facilities	643	$67,728	93.87%
All Other Professional Scientific And Technical Services	592	$82,423	86.80%
Hotels Except Casino Hotels And Motels	489	$90,465	87.48%
Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing	418	$67,901	82.28%
Radio And Television Broadcasting And Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing	385	$88,943	85.94%
Computing Infrastructure Providers Data Processing Web Hosting And Related Services	374	$92,936	86.18%
Accounting Tax Preparation Bookkeeping And Payroll Services	361	$69,324	88.05%
Electric Power Generation Transmission And Distribution	358	$86,996	89.05%
Scientific Research And Development Services	333	$69,555	88.33%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Oilseed And Grain Farming	9	$26,418	100.00%
Fruit And Tree Nut Combination Farming	8	$25,112	100.00%
Other Noncitrus Fruit Farming	8	$27,044	100.00%
Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers	6	$30,631	100.00%
Spectator Sports	6	$31,394	100.00%
Soil Preparation Planting And Cultivating	5	$26,869	100.00%
Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers	4	$22,896	100.00%
Other Food Crops Grown Under Cover	4	$32,230	100.00%
Postharvest Crop Activities Except Cotton Ginning	4	$24,263	100.00%
Potato Farming	4	$41,018	100.00%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Temporary Help Services	61	$22,302,960	51.69%
Radio And Television Broadcasting And Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing	55	$107,859	47.01%
Accounting Tax Preparation Bookkeeping And Payroll Services	54	$72,044	47.37%
Management Consulting Services	48	$81,510	42.48%
Offices Of Lawyers	46	$61,211	41.82%
General Automotive Repair	45	$39,487	43.69%
Offices Of Physical Occupational And Speech Therapists And Audiologists	34	$3,714,618	33.66%
Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing	33	$73,547	35.48%
Casinos Except Casino Hotels	27	$24,881	29.35%
Other Foundation Structure And Building Exterior Contractors	26	$34,908	29.55%

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.