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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Ohio Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
150,495 92.08% $73,169 H-1B
10,666 6.53% $210,636 PERM
1,306 0.80% $29,056 H-2A
968 0.59% $85,548 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Ohio has seen a total of 163,435 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Ohio is the H-1B visa with 150,495 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 92.08% of Ohio's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 10,666 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 6.53% of Ohio's total visas.

Top Occupations in Ohio (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers 1,530 $75,203 91.56%
Accountants and Auditors 1,514 $53,662 92.09%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 1,488 $63,247 91.18%
Electrical Engineers 1,457 $70,913 90.61%
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 1,443 $48,536 91.39%
Operations Research Analysts 1,329 $67,420 89.74%
Industrial Engineers 1,107 $69,972 86.42%
Computer and Information Systems Managers 1,096 $116,960 93.36%
Internists, General 1,070 $119,556 91.61%
Statisticians 985 $69,718 86.86%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products 1 $35,714 4.17%
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians 1 $33,051 4.55%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Helpers--Production Workers 189 $22,053 116.67%
Software Developers, Systems Software 149 $97,481 93.13%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 128 $960,151 82.58%
Computer and Information Systems Managers 115 $127,819 82.14%
Electrical Engineers 110 $77,693 82.09%
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians 94 $29,794 78.33%
Industrial Engineers 93 $75,232 78.15%
Database Administrators 78 $3,900,304 67.83%
Accountants and Auditors 76 $70,400 67.86%
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 70 $44,139 72.16%
Ohio Employees Over Time
Ohio has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 7,141 employees were hired. Ohio peaked in 2016 with 14,083 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 10,413 in 2023.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Bangladesh 29 $46,166 48.33%
Kenya 28 $4,443,323 48.28%
Germany 25 $66,871 43.10%
Syria 25 $92,530 45.45%
Egypt 24 $75,865 44.44%
Ukraine 22 $59,463 40.74%
France 22 $87,231 40.74%
Lebanon 21 $75,218 40.38%
Venezuela 21 $78,317 40.38%
Colombia 21 $43,942 42.86%

Top Hiring Companies in Ohio (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Trihealth H Llc 12 $110,059 92.31%
Transcend It Solutions Llc 12 $67,891 92.31%
Paramount Global Solutions Inc 12 $63,825 92.31%
Vehtek Systems Inc 12 $68,898 92.31%
Dmax Ltd 12 $70,658 92.31%
Life Line Screening 12 $73,050 92.31%
Milacron Plastics Technologies Group Llc 12 $73,648 92.31%
Medical Mutual Of Ohio Inc 12 $85,148 92.31%
Noblesoft Solutions Inc 12 $80,467 92.31%
Synergetic Information Systems Inc 12 $76,615 92.31%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Arku Inc 1 $81,432 50.00%
Fastenal 1 $63,898 50.00%
Nasrin Gas Inc 1 $53,477 50.00%
Proscape Lawn Landscape Services Llc 1 $34,923 50.00%
American Signature Inc 1 $112,091 50.00%
Kag Services Inc 1 $137,405 50.00%
Paul Jesenovec 1 $19,698 50.00%
Pfizenmayer And Associates 1 $30,430 50.00%
Rexpress Llc 1 $54,392 50.00%
The Wornick Company Dba Baxters North America 1 $137,530 50.00%

Top Industries in Ohio (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 58,567 $69,673 92.78%
Computer Systems Design Services 11,736 $76,566 93.17%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 7,829 $51,593 83.53%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services 6,490 $74,793 96.65%
Engineering Services 5,476 $67,533 88.62%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 4,923 $74,335 87.15%
General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 3,770 $84,757 91.59%
Offices Of Other Holding Companies 3,536 $93,132 93.84%
Other Computer Related Services 2,869 $69,169 90.33%
Offices Of Certified Public Accountants 2,196 $71,092 97.51%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Nursery And Tree Production 238 $29,536 100.00%
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders 191 $31,033 100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming 136 $31,814 100.00%
Other Crop Farming 125 $31,043 100.00%
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming 83 $26,037 100.00%
Greenhouse Nursery And Floriculture Production 54 $31,427 100.00%
Nursery And Floriculture Production 53 $30,739 100.00%
Support Activities For Crop Production 41 $32,390 100.00%
Apple Orchards 31 $30,882 100.00%
Crop Production 30 $33,242 100.00%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 3,230 $203,458 100.00%
Poultry Processing 1,669 $20,960 100.00%
Home Health Care Services 1,020 $29,202 68.00%
General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 721 $229,029 70.69%
Offices Of Other Holding Companies 710 $90,549 73.27%
Offices Of Physicians Except Mental Health Specialists 538 $2,089,110 74.62%
Engineering Services 538 $81,314 75.77%
Direct Property And Casualty Insurance Carriers 529 $81,737 77.79%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 523 $392,478 97.21%
Other Computer Related Services 504 $78,701 93.68%

Ohio Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in Ohio to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in Ohio over all years is $73,169. 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