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 %
Attra Inc 85 $61,500 90.43%
Ohiohealth Corp 84 $68,933 89.36%
Renee Systems Inc 84 $66,634 90.32%
Atos Syntel Inc 84 $68,883 90.32%
Microland Limited 84 $69,459 91.30%
Hewlett Packard State Local Enterprise Services 83 $82,964 90.22%
Ntt Data Business Solutions Inc 82 $117,168 89.13%
Narwal Inc 82 $91,302 90.11%
Centric Consulting Llc 82 $75,163 90.11%
Exel Inc 82 $79,378 90.11%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Chesterland Nurseries 1 $20,946 100.00%
J M Fruit Farm Llp 1 $35,714 100.00%
American Suncraft Co Inc 1 $23,088 100.00%
Tepe Land Services Llc 1 $45,760 100.00%
Bonnie Plants Llc 78 2 1 $37,814 100.00%
Niese Maag Llc 1 $30,202 100.00%
Bonnie Plants Llc 78 1 1 $35,714 100.00%
Jbo Harvesting Inc 1 $24,823 100.00%
F Mendoza Harvesting Llc 1 $33,051 100.00%
Bluebird Hills Farm 1 $17,098 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
The Dannon Company Inc 4 $77,756 23.53%
Nationwide Financial 4 $80,361 23.53%
Jlg Industries Inc 4 $66,175 23.53%
Cincom Systems Inc 4 $64,725 23.53%
Apex Industrial Technologies Llc 4 $77,225 25.00%
Ben Venue Laboratories Inc 4 $100,906 25.00%
Horizon Science Academy Dayton 4 $66,642 25.00%
Advizex Technologies Llc 4 $87,152 25.00%
Graphet Inc 4 $65,655 25.00%
Comresource Inc 4 $76,986 25.00%

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