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 %
Bob Evans Farms Llc 4 $77,511 100.00%
Navisoft 4 $73,304 100.00%
E Infotek Solutions Inc 4 $72,301 100.00%
Compucom Systems Inc 4 $78,957 100.00%
Alchemy Software Solutions Llc 4 $82,306 100.00%
Globe 2 Technologies Inc 4 $86,450 100.00%
Luxium Solutions Llc 4 $98,817 100.00%
Archer Grey Llc 4 $86,310 100.00%
Valfilm Llc 4 $83,507 100.00%
Mind Craft Technologies Inc 4 $67,922 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
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