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%
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 1 $35,714 3.70%
Cooks, All Other 1 $37,814 3.85%
Helpers--Carpenters 1 $38,875 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 %
The Research Institute At Nationwide Childrens Hospital 292 $49,858 91.54%
American Business Solutions Inc 292 $70,201 92.99%
Everest Technologies Inc 270 $85,957 85.99%
Cresttek Llc 267 $67,366 86.41%
Logic Soft Inc 266 $60,045 89.56%
The University Of Akron 266 $48,973 89.86%
Fuyao Glass America Inc 263 $59,361 92.93%
Express Llc 253 $99,987 90.36%
Intelligrated Services Llc 249 $72,614 89.25%
Mastech Inc A Mastech Holdings Inc Company 229 $77,725 84.50%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Chesterland Nurseries Ltd 7 $30,918 100.00%
T D Dayton Nurseries Inc 7 $29,737 100.00%
Legacy Labor Inc 7 $35,681 100.00%
Heimerl Farms Inc 7 $35,553 100.00%
Stoller Honey Farms Inc 7 $31,188 100.00%
Riehm Produce Farm Llc 7 $28,942 100.00%
B Carr Farms 7 $34,320 100.00%
Heintz Farms Enterprise Partnership 7 $41,347 100.00%
Ml Farm Systems Inc 7 $25,822 100.00%
Mimi Farms Inc 7 $30,899 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Dana Automotive Systems Group Llc 18 $95,181 29.03%
Rices Landscapes Redefined 18 $21,980 29.51%
Lanhan Contractors Inc 18 $23,184 30.00%
Diamond Innovations 17 $75,200 28.33%
Professional Dental Alliance 17 $151,114 28.33%
Fis Management Services Llc 17 $121,264 28.81%
Luxottica Retail North America Inc 15 $83,559 25.86%
Cks Solution 15 $59,775 26.32%
Angelotta Landscape Associates Llc 15 $27,753 26.79%
Applied Industrial Technologies Inc 15 $82,146 27.27%

Top Industries in Ohio (All Years)

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