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 %
Biostatisticians 140 $73,473 76.09%
Sales Engineers 136 $92,481 74.73%
Materials Scientists 132 $52,879 82.50%
Commercial and Industrial Designers 128 $51,487 85.33%
Compliance Officers 128 $64,771 85.91%
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 127 $63,414 85.23%
Registered Nurses 127 $64,515 85.23%
Human Resources Specialists 123 $55,165 83.67%
General and Operations Managers 123 $88,040 85.42%
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 118 $51,368 83.69%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 18 $42,159 69.23%
Construction Managers 18 $92,274 69.23%
Bakers 17 $31,315 65.38%
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 17 $35,691 65.38%
General and Operations Managers 17 $83,175 68.00%
Cost Estimators 17 $60,556 68.00%
Coaches and Scouts 16 $37,433 64.00%
Home Health Aides 16 $24,271 66.67%
Operations Research Analysts 16 $56,750 66.67%
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 15 $41,746 62.50%
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 %
Germany 16 $82,737 43.24%
Bolivia 15 $53,935 40.54%
Panama 13 $52,257 37.14%
South Africa 13 $83,969 43.33%
Ethiopia 12 $87,850 40.00%
Ecuador 12 $62,609 41.38%
Zimbabwe 11 $57,887 37.93%
Ghana 11 $77,138 39.29%
Spain 11 $89,765 40.74%
Egypt 11 $75,824 40.74%

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