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
162,437 91.94% $74,594 H-1B
11,590 6.56% $198,926 PERM
1,590 0.90% $30,673 H-2A
1,062 0.60% $87,722 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Ohio has seen a total of 176,679 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Ohio is the H-1B visa with 162,437 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 91.94% of Ohio's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 11,590 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 6.56% of Ohio's total visas.

Top Occupations in Ohio (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Database Administrators 1,624 $72,195 90.83%
Electrical Engineers 1,602 $72,463 91.96%
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 1,558 $74,798 93.24%
Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers 1,519 $75,139 92.40%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 1,486 $63,244 92.41%
Operations Research Analysts 1,425 $68,264 89.79%
Computer and Information Systems Managers 1,287 $121,375 88.03%
Industrial Engineers 1,260 $71,367 91.77%
Internists, General 1,069 $119,575 88.94%
Statisticians 1,043 $70,075 89.30%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products 2 $36,764 7.41%
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians 2 $41,517 7.41%
Helpers--Carpenters 1 $38,875 3.70%
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 1 $35,714 3.85%
Cooks, All Other 1 $37,814 4.17%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Helpers--Production Workers 201 $22,399 119.64%
Software Developers, Systems Software 149 $97,481 90.85%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 128 $960,151 82.58%
Computer and Information Systems Managers 120 $129,551 85.71%
Electrical Engineers 115 $77,880 82.14%
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians 98 $30,017 70.50%
Industrial Engineers 95 $75,608 73.08%
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand 80 $24,938 66.12%
Database Administrators 79 $3,852,048 65.83%
Accountants and Auditors 79 $70,760 70.54%
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 1,943 in 2025.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
India 3,354 $438,260 45.43%
China 660 $50,782 47.28%
Mexico 658 $42,536 52.14%
Philippines 585 $37,656 60.00%
South Korea 267 $32,156 41.27%
Nigeria 222 $41,568 45.96%
Vietnam 181 $29,331 48.53%
Canada 165 $744,682 47.97%
Nepal 126 $46,779 49.03%
Brazil 104 $59,210 46.22%

Top Hiring Companies in Ohio (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Candor Ps Llc 4 $77,537 100.00%
Synerzy Software Solutions Inc 4 $74,553 100.00%
Gokatech Inc 4 $76,529 100.00%
Arignar 4 $71,386 100.00%
Blue Cube Corporation 4 $69,909 100.00%
Imperio Inc 4 $69,909 100.00%
Meridian Software Solutions Inc 4 $79,081 100.00%
Mestech Services Llc 4 $74,225 100.00%
Marketrx Inc A Cognizant Company 4 $75,769 100.00%
Transunion Llc 4 $83,949 100.00%
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Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

Top Industries in Ohio (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
All Other Crop Farming 25 $30,985 100.00%
Corn Farming 23 $35,145 100.00%
Tobacco Farming 22 $31,281 100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Farming 21 $33,124 100.00%
Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers 21 $34,026 100.00%
Beef Cattle Ranching And Farming 18 $28,382 100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Combination Farming 15 $31,792 100.00%
Floriculture Production 14 $32,256 100.00%
Berry Except Strawberry Farming 11 $27,826 100.00%
Other Grain Farming 11 $33,664 100.00%

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 $74,594. The state with the highest average wage of H1-B workers for all states is CA with an average wage of $104,510.

State Avg Wage