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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Pennsylvania Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas	% of all Visas	Average Wage	Visa Type
212,208	92.48%	$75,098	H-1B
14,248	6.21%	$153,835	PERM
1,620	0.71%	$27,251	H-2A
1,398	0.61%	$89,776	E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Pennsylvania has seen a total of 229,474 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Pennsylvania is the H-1B visa with 212,208 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 92.48% of Pennsylvania's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 14,248 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 6.21% of Pennsylvania's total visas.

Top Occupations in Pennsylvania (All Years)

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary	27	$59,362	84.38%
Geography Teachers, Postsecondary	27	$59,380	84.38%
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers	27	$62,176	87.10%
Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary	26	$63,129	86.67%
Multimedia Artists and Animators	25	$46,024	83.33%
Adult Basic and Secondary Education and Literacy Teachers and Instructors	25	$38,455	83.33%
Education Administrators, All Other	25	$62,727	83.33%
Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products	25	$53,202	86.21%
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	25	$70,256	86.21%
Logistics Analysts	25	$72,951	86.21%

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary	4	$66,479	26.67%
Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products	4	$59,483	26.67%
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	4	$59,207	26.67%
Art Directors	3	$76,080	20.00%
Insurance Sales Agents	3	$51,494	20.00%
Orthodontists	3	$139,727	20.00%
Editors	3	$41,878	21.43%
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	3	$61,880	21.43%
Nuclear Engineers	3	$111,731	21.43%
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	3	$86,369	21.43%

Pennsylvania Employees Over Time

Pennsylvania has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 10,568 employees were hired. Pennsylvania peaked in 2018 with 22,613 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 13,864 in 2023.

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

Country	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
India	4,812	$191,835	43.73%
China	554	$72,113	48.90%
Mexico	322	$48,706	46.73%
Canada	258	$93,982	45.91%
South Korea	211	$50,457	38.29%
Belarus	177	$97,093	58.03%
Russia	177	$94,686	58.22%
Ukraine	158	$95,590	52.32%
Pakistan	115	$90,003	44.06%
Brazil	113	$81,789	43.46%

Top Hiring Companies in Pennsylvania (All Years)

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Aptiv Corporation	38	$90,670	90.48%
Fiserv Solutions Llc	38	$95,876	90.48%
Solomons Internationalllc	38	$89,740	90.48%
Document Solutions Group Inc	38	$63,091	90.48%
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Services Inc	38	$85,357	90.48%
Arcadia University	38	$49,153	90.48%
Institute For Cancer Reseach	38	$45,810	90.48%
Resource Logistics Inc	38	$83,614	90.48%
Davita Inc	38	$85,650	92.68%
Microexcel Inc	38	$70,361	92.68%

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
The Lingo Group Inc	2	$39,562	33.33%
Switzenbaum And Associates	2	$57,689	33.33%
Ims Systems Inc	2	$103,272	33.33%
Fmc Lithium Usa Corp	2	$184,143	33.33%
Technicolor Connected Home Usa Llc	2	$88,910	33.33%
Yprime Llc	2	$86,060	33.33%
Mine Vision Systems	2	$88,119	33.33%
Precis Engineering Inc	2	$79,488	33.33%
Icon Clinical Research Llc	2	$103,657	33.33%
Shearon Environmental Design Co Inc	2	$25,595	33.33%

Top Industries in Pennsylvania (All Years)

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services	76,450	$71,849	92.01%
Management Consulting Services	15,126	$72,556	90.13%
Computer Systems Design Services	14,535	$78,668	92.67%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools	13,387	$53,984	87.06%
General Medical And Surgical Hospitals	8,871	$81,591	87.38%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services	7,155	$84,489	90.59%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services	6,422	$80,693	95.31%
Other Computer Related Services	3,936	$71,083	90.94%
Engineering Services	3,216	$70,061	89.18%
Administrative Management And General Management Consulting Services	3,000	$86,491	95.24%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Nursery And Tree Production	282	$28,006	100.00%
Apple Orchards	220	$28,914	100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming	210	$29,517	100.00%
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming	91	$26,057	100.00%
Other Crop Farming	78	$28,441	100.00%
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders	52	$30,658	100.00%
Greenhouse Nursery And Floriculture Production	41	$28,839	100.00%
Other Noncitrus Fruit Farming	38	$26,135	100.00%
Nursery And Floriculture Production	32	$30,766	100.00%
Crop Production	29	$31,090	100.00%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services	9,072	$171,453	100.00%
Management Consulting Services	582	$79,071	28.61%
Other Computer Related Services	494	$83,758	41.69%
Administrative Management And General Management Consulting Services	388	$88,745	38.30%
Direct Health And Medical Insurance Carriers	290	$83,047	31.97%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services	277	$104,026	41.84%
All Other Professional Scientific And Technical Services	255	$82,769	43.81%
Offices Of Dentists	192	$86,454	35.16%
Semiconductor And Other Electronic Component Manufacturing	172	$92,286	34.82%
Meat And Meat Product Merchant Wholesalers	154	$27,211	39.69%

Pennsylvania Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in Pennsylvania to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in Pennsylvania over all years is $75,098. The state with the highest average wage of H1-B workers for all states is CA with an average wage of $100,819.