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 %
Venezuela 26 $62,488 38.24%
Bangladesh 25 $51,777 43.10%
Australia 25 $100,775 43.86%
Ukraine 25 $66,475 45.45%
Turkey 25 $70,744 45.45%
Italy 24 $79,059 43.64%
Ecuador 22 $48,184 40.74%
France 20 $97,801 38.46%
Israel 19 $99,969 43.18%
Japan 19 $71,429 43.18%

Top Hiring Companies in North Carolina (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Infosys Limited 13,648 $72,040 99.45%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Us Corp 7,359 $88,743 98.29%
Tata Consultancy Services Limited 5,182 $67,927 99.35%
Ibm India Private Limited 3,008 $70,934 82.50%
Fidelity Technology Group Llc 3,006 $98,191 96.25%
Synechron Inc 2,948 $83,537 97.36%
Bank Of America Na 2,832 $90,590 94.09%
Capgemini America Inc 2,773 $88,902 95.92%
Hcl America Inc 2,749 $80,172 98.46%
Accenture Llp 2,454 $79,995 98.71%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Defender Services Inc 1,316 $17,021 100.00%
Case Farms Processing Inc 997 $20,830 92.57%
Microsoft Corporation 355 $84,537 33.40%
Tabner Inc 154 $110,694 15.45%
Ibm Corporation 129 $84,290 18.53%
Metlife Group Inc 109 $102,915 16.59%
Metrix It Solutions Inc 102 $87,454 16.24%
East Carolina University 101 $78,923 16.13%
Lenovo 89 $89,901 23.36%
Accenture Llp 88 $112,149 24.79%

Top Industries in North Carolina (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Beef Cattle Ranching And Farming Including Feedlots 6 $28,756 66.67%
Other Noncitrus Fruit Farming 6 $24,042 100.00%
Finfish Farming And Fish Hatcheries 4 $24,757 66.67%
Other Grain Farming 4 $25,288 100.00%
Tree Nut Farming 4 $19,915 100.00%
Cotton Ginning 4 $27,914 100.00%
Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers 4 $21,466 100.00%
Landscaping Services 3 $28,649 75.00%
Grape Vineyards 3 $26,034 100.00%
Orange Groves 3 $23,451 100.00%

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