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 %
Information Security Analysts 340 $82,649 87.63%
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 339 $75,893 87.60%
Biomedical Engineers 334 $64,997 92.78%
Logisticians 300 $60,730 87.21%
Sales Engineers 296 $84,939 88.62%
Materials Scientists 292 $66,961 89.30%
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 265 $50,428 88.93%
Family and General Practitioners 252 $140,413 87.80%
Chemical Engineers 251 $79,340 88.38%
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 251 $41,827 88.69%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Financial Managers 33 $113,561 62.26%
Home Health Aides 32 $20,639 64.00%
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 32 $50,365 68.09%
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 30 $47,905 63.83%
Pediatricians, General 30 $96,839 63.83%
Family and General Practitioners 29 $8,667,381 63.04%
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 28 $27,269 60.87%
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 28 $45,336 62.22%
Engineers, All Other 26 $79,993 57.78%
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary 26 $52,967 59.09%
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 %
Integration Developer Network Llc 94 $73,558 91.26%
Paycor Inc 93 $76,781 91.18%
Devcare Solutions Ltd 93 $58,696 91.18%
3i Infotech Inc 92 $66,061 91.09%
Zaps Technocrats Inc 92 $81,633 91.09%
Denison University 92 $50,901 91.09%
Evoke Technologies 92 $84,297 91.09%
Mak Technologies Llc 92 $84,009 93.88%
Dataformix Technologies Inc 91 $62,923 93.81%
Softvision Llc 91 $73,644 93.81%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Co Alliance Cooperative Inc 2 $37,814 100.00%
Walnut Ridge Nursery Farm Llc 2 $27,167 100.00%
Overlook Harvesting Michigan Llc Oh Cottage Garden 2 $35,714 100.00%
Wheeler Farms Ltd 2 $32,448 100.00%
Horizon Lawn Management 2 $21,403 100.00%
Portage Tree Farms 2 $36,764 100.00%
Tk Nurseries Llc 2 $36,764 100.00%
Clark Fruit And Vegetable Farm Inc 2 $37,814 100.00%
W S Yoe Nurseries Inc 2 $22,682 100.00%
Suncraft 2 $22,142 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Confour Systems Inc 5 $75,458 26.32%
Shawnee State University 5 $47,299 26.32%
Express 5 $95,647 26.32%
The Goodyear Tire Rubber Co 5 $80,217 26.32%
Siemens Medical Solutions Usa Inc 5 $86,890 26.32%
Corbus 5 $91,158 26.32%
Hewlett Packard Company 5 $78,624 27.78%
Om Group Inc 5 $61,868 27.78%
United Architectural Metals Inc 5 $46,717 27.78%
Mid State Physicians Llp 5 $156,100 27.78%

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