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%
Waiters and Waitresses 21 $18,691 72.41%
Sales Engineers 21 $96,095 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 %
France 23 $90,240 33.33%
Vietnam 23 $40,078 35.38%
Peru 22 $57,279 37.29%
Mongolia 22 $48,948 37.93%
Ukraine 22 $58,365 37.93%
Jamaica 22 $50,071 38.60%
Guatemala 21 $47,080 39.62%
Colombia 19 $59,547 39.58%
Venezuela 19 $75,341 42.22%
Germany 16 $82,737 41.03%

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)

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