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 %
Bioinformatics Scientists 258 $78,465 84.87%
Microbiologists 249 $51,324 82.18%
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 248 $63,664 84.07%
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 240 $56,438 88.24%
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 218 $48,255 87.90%
Dentists, General 198 $102,393 82.85%
Business Intelligence Analysts 195 $96,786 82.98%
Computer and Information Research Scientists 189 $90,974 82.89%
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 189 $89,860 85.91%
Epidemiologists 188 $64,335 85.84%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Computer Programmers 28 $85,267 77.78%
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 27 $40,787 81.82%
Industrial Engineers 24 $87,617 72.73%
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers 24 $36,974 75.00%
Architectural and Engineering Managers 24 $126,246 75.00%
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 23 $71,784 76.67%
Financial Managers 23 $121,888 76.67%
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 23 $12,415,738 76.67%
Accountants 21 $62,588 72.41%
Environmental Engineers 21 $79,072 75.00%
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 %
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%

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.

State Avg Wage