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 %
Risk Management Specialists 102 $70,628 82.93%
Natural Sciences Managers 101 $107,665 84.87%
Environmental Engineers 101 $65,023 87.07%
Microbiologists 99 $48,675 90.00%
Cost Estimators 95 $53,963 87.16%
Physicists 94 $55,506 86.24%
Accountants 92 $59,438 85.19%
Surgeons 91 $101,267 84.26%
Training and Development Specialists 91 $55,470 85.05%
Hospitalists 91 $158,345 85.85%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Financial Quantitative Analysts 11 $67,008 42.31%
Physics Teachers, Postsecondary 11 $57,583 42.31%
Computer User Support Specialists 11 $61,135 44.00%
Economists 10 $76,026 40.00%
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health 10 $51,927 40.00%
Computer Hardware Engineers 10 $88,814 40.00%
Engineers, All Other 10 $83,165 40.00%
Environmental Engineers 10 $72,434 41.67%
Chemical Engineers 10 $89,228 41.67%
Dentists, General 9 $159,976 37.50%
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 %
Libya 1 $38,220 33.33%
Kyrgyzstan 1 $76,170 33.33%
Marshall Islands 1 $37,918 33.33%
Madagascar 1 $34,070 33.33%
Brunei 1 $96,762 33.33%
Moldova 1 $59,060 33.33%
Grenada 1 $87,444 33.33%
Lithuania 1 $45,720 33.33%
Iceland 1 $115,586 33.33%
Liberia 1 $18,741 33.33%

Top Hiring Companies in North Carolina (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
North Carolina Agricultural Technical State Univ 6 $49,697 85.71%
Northampton County Schools 6 $45,334 85.71%
Engineered Tower Solutions Pllc 6 $57,741 85.71%
Hoffman Building Technologies Inc 6 $57,522 85.71%
Oak Valley Hardwoods Inc 6 $43,621 85.71%
Proteam Llc 6 $56,212 85.71%
Shields Inc 6 $49,112 85.71%
Design Resource Group Pa 6 $60,383 85.71%
8 Rivers Capital Llc 6 $63,898 85.71%
The Center For International Education Inc 6 $51,429 85.71%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

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