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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North Carolina Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
208,374 91.72% $83,844 H-1B
12,712 5.60% $95,508 PERM
4,759 2.09% $26,131 H-2A
1,335 0.59% $90,896 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, North Carolina has seen a total of 227,180 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in North Carolina is the H-1B visa with 208,374 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 91.72% of North Carolina's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 12,712 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 5.60% of North Carolina's total visas.

Top Occupations in North Carolina (All Years)

North Carolina Employees Over Time
North Carolina has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 6,313 employees were hired. North Carolina peaked in 2022 with 19,474 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 3,902 in 2025.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Grenada 1 $87,444 100.00%
Moldova 1 $59,060 100.00%
Sierra Leone 1 $43,340 100.00%
Saint Vincent And The Grenadines 1 $103,507 100.00%
Bhutan 1 $23,525 100.00%
Slovakia 1 $63,419 100.00%
Libya 1 $38,220 100.00%
Liberia 1 $18,741 100.00%
Lithuania 1 $45,720 100.00%

Top Hiring Companies in North Carolina (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Beacon Hill Staffing Group Llc 35 $104,194 92.11%
Gomiapp Llc 34 $83,396 89.47%
Sriven Systems Inc 34 $68,269 89.47%
Prolifics Inc 34 $99,012 89.47%
Sandoz Inc 34 $55,278 89.47%
Triad Math Science Academy Co 34 $40,743 89.47%
North Carolina Agricultural And Technical State University 34 $59,562 89.47%
Ait Global Inc 34 $75,319 89.47%
Howard Hughes Medical Institute 34 $52,466 89.47%
Citco Fund Services Usa Inc 34 $55,511 89.47%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Andy Penny Farms 1 $21,466 100.00%
Pace Family Farms Inc 1 $25,480 100.00%
John Beach 1 $20,530 100.00%
High Water Farms Llc 1 $27,352 100.00%
Precision Farming Inc 1 $20,530 100.00%
Spruill Farms 1 $32,885 100.00%
Stephen D Porter 1 $17,454 100.00%
Robert Page Gardner Jr 1 $22,298 100.00%
Shaken Creek Bee Company Inc 1 $33,613 100.00%
Harold Overby 1 $16,926 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Mactec Engineering Consulting Inc 1 $62,150 25.00%
T A Loving Company 1 $39,395 25.00%
Top5 Incorporated 1 $72,530 25.00%
Horizon Lines Llc 1 $56,618 25.00%
Tessera Inc 1 $77,730 25.00%
Toa Llc 1 $26,749 25.00%
St Ann Catholic Church 1 $24,814 25.00%
Shivam Inc Of Fayetteville 1 $40,248 25.00%
Patersons Hr And Payroll Solutions Inc 1 $85,758 25.00%
Promologics Inc 1 $91,208 25.00%

Top Industries in North Carolina (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 86,618 $80,172 92.53%
Computer Systems Design Services 17,522 $87,167 94.00%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 8,536 $85,309 88.70%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 7,750 $59,258 81.85%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services 6,398 $84,482 96.21%
All Other Financial Investment Activities 5,690 $109,505 98.92%
Commercial Banking 4,878 $97,005 94.04%
Engineering Services 3,315 $76,740 90.28%
Other Computer Related Services 3,274 $81,640 89.90%
Elementary And Secondary Schools 3,036 $40,726 91.83%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Business Associations 907 $29,266 100.00%
Tobacco Farming 673 $26,038 100.00%
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders 651 $27,950 100.00%
Nursery And Tree Production 261 $27,962 100.00%
Berry Except Strawberry Farming 206 $28,293 100.00%
Support Activities For Crop Production 179 $29,003 100.00%
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming 91 $24,331 100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming 86 $28,026 100.00%
Other Crop Farming 83 $27,054 100.00%
All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming 81 $22,152 100.00%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 3,610 $155,579 100.00%
Poultry Processing 3,309 $21,743 100.00%
Janitorial Services 1,856 $17,931 100.00%
Other Computer Related Services 1,482 $93,979 100.00%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 1,050 $57,458 100.00%
Commercial Banking 906 $95,155 100.00%
Electronic Computer Manufacturing 798 $94,648 100.00%
Computer Systems Design Services 629 $95,544 100.00%
Miscellaneous Financial Investment Activities 600 $89,614 100.00%
Engineering Services 549 $83,989 100.00%

North Carolina Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in North Carolina to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in North Carolina over all years is $83,844. The state with the highest average wage of H1-B workers for all states is CA with an average wage of $104,510.

State Avg Wage