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 %
New Zealand 5 $51,990 55.56%
Morocco 5 $53,572 55.56%
Greece 4 $60,240 44.44%
Singapore 4 $68,916 44.44%
Senegal 4 $40,767 50.00%
Moldova 4 $47,882 50.00%
Czech Republic 4 $47,273 57.14%
Mongolia 4 $24,955 57.14%
Haiti 4 $104,005 57.14%
Austria 4 $43,400 57.14%

Top Hiring Companies in Ohio (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Renal Physicians Inc 21 $140,359 91.30%
Fedex Corporate Services Inc 21 $78,137 91.30%
E Deft Solutions Llc 21 $65,392 91.30%
Rsr Unlimited Inc 21 $58,318 91.30%
Outreach Professional Services Inc 21 $164,147 91.30%
Jewish Hospital Llc 21 $49,984 91.30%
Surya Systems Inc 21 $71,523 91.30%
University Of Cincinnati Medical Center Llc Fka 21 $54,516 91.30%
Sqa Concepts Inc 21 $68,617 91.30%
Talentedge Inc 21 $56,109 91.30%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Us Tsubaki Holdings Inc 1 $75,982 33.33%
Glaus Pyle Schomer Burns Dehaven Inc 1 $72,862 33.33%
Van Kim Inc 1 $23,982 33.33%
Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc 1 $148,096 33.33%
Samaritan Regional Health System 1 $55,037 33.33%
St John Medical Group 1 $146,474 33.33%
Wil Research Laboratories Llc 1 $67,288 33.33%
Devries Dairy Llc 1 $55,349 33.33%
Rmm Global Inc 1 $105,061 33.33%
Price For Profit Dba Insight2profit 1 $86,902 33.33%

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