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
186,138 91.74% $81,499 H-1B
11,603 5.72% $97,179 PERM
4,006 1.97% $24,871 H-2A
1,161 0.57% $86,420 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, North Carolina has seen a total of 202,908 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in North Carolina is the H-1B visa with 186,138 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 91.74% of North Carolina's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 11,603 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 5.72% of North Carolina's total visas.

Top Occupations in North Carolina (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 491 $55,097 87.84%
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 485 $104,686 88.99%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 477 $150,084 88.66%
Chemists 476 $62,141 89.14%
Sales Engineers 454 $95,279 92.28%
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 435 $39,261 92.55%
Computer Network Architects 381 $96,150 94.78%
Engineers, All Other 303 $67,126 83.93%
Biological Scientists, All Other 296 $58,699 82.68%
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 290 $58,892 88.15%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Financial Specialists, All Other 44 $74,382 66.67%
Civil Engineers 44 $75,314 72.13%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 41 $157,226 68.33%
Highway Maintenance Workers 40 $38,293 68.97%
Financial Analysts 38 $80,622 66.67%
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 37 $26,333 64.91%
Brickmasons and Blockmasons 36 $30,596 63.16%
Construction Laborers 35 $24,290 62.50%
Materials Engineers 34 $83,704 60.71%
General and Operations Managers 33 $115,211 61.11%
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 19,801 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 18,818 in 2023.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Nepal 49 $76,709 37.98%
Philippines 48 $63,567 39.67%
Germany 48 $90,505 42.48%
Cambodia 47 $20,214 44.76%
Colombia 43 $60,539 44.79%
Jamaica 39 $42,306 41.49%
South Africa 38 $81,275 40.43%
Taiwan 36 $45,191 42.35%
Nigeria 28 $98,712 35.90%
Russia 26 $102,179 34.21%

Top Hiring Companies in North Carolina (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Sas Institute Inc 671 $91,821 91.54%
Netapp Inc 639 $99,922 88.14%
International Business Machines Corporation 609 $96,094 88.39%
Hcl Global Systems Inc 585 $90,190 89.59%
Randstad Technologies Lp 568 $75,256 88.89%
Persistent Systems Inc 567 $69,333 89.15%
Deloitte Touche Llp 563 $70,695 96.24%
Tabner Inc 515 $83,447 89.88%
Credit Suisse Services Usa Llc 505 $76,494 88.29%
Tech Mahindra Americasinc 496 $75,804 87.63%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Ally Bank 46 $106,982 44.66%
Lendingtree 43 $98,596 42.16%
Ettain Group 41 $111,433 40.20%
Cam Contracting Llc 40 $38,293 39.60%
Cummins Inc 38 $78,718 37.62%
Tibco Software Inc 37 $72,432 37.76%
Lpl Financial Llc 35 $93,807 36.08%
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company 34 $108,555 35.42%
Syneos Health Llc 33 $93,801 35.11%
Biogen Inc 32 $112,148 34.04%

Top Industries in North Carolina (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 79,199 $78,378 92.45%
Computer Systems Design Services 15,271 $84,824 93.69%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 7,789 $83,358 88.54%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 6,949 $58,140 81.95%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services 6,029 $83,175 96.33%
All Other Financial Investment Activities 4,278 $104,624 94.33%
Commercial Banking 4,257 $93,572 98.38%
Other Computer Related Services 2,963 $79,436 88.74%
Engineering Services 2,920 $74,693 90.68%
Offices Of Certified Public Accountants 2,607 $84,128 97.57%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Business Associations 710 $28,351 100.00%
Tobacco Farming 591 $25,023 100.00%
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders 467 $25,892 100.00%
Nursery And Tree Production 203 $26,141 100.00%
Support Activities For Crop Production 161 $28,580 100.00%
Berry Except Strawberry Farming 152 $26,557 100.00%
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming 82 $23,415 100.00%
All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming 75 $22,109 100.00%
Other Crop Farming 71 $26,121 100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming 64 $27,918 100.00%

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 $81,499. 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