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
227,614 92.50% $76,466 H-1B
14,991 6.09% $149,993 PERM
1,937 0.79% $28,628 H-2A
1,520 0.62% $91,211 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Pennsylvania has seen a total of 246,062 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Pennsylvania is the H-1B visa with 227,614 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 92.50% of Pennsylvania's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 14,991 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 6.09% of Pennsylvania's total visas.

Top Occupations in Pennsylvania (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists 25 $70,256 92.59%
Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary 23 $57,386 85.19%
Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists 23 $78,051 85.19%
Energy Engineers 23 $83,112 85.19%
Optometrists 23 $97,416 88.46%
Personal Financial Advisors 23 $52,121 92.00%
Residential Advisors 22 $31,014 88.00%
Logistics Engineers 22 $74,813 88.00%
Nuclear Engineers 22 $84,543 88.00%
Automotive Engineers 22 $90,567 88.00%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 3 $46,051 21.43%
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance 3 $33,807 21.43%
Training and Development Managers 3 $123,136 21.43%
Waiters and Waitresses 3 $21,639 21.43%
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers 3 $102,898 21.43%
Plasterers and Stucco Masons 3 $54,614 21.43%
Bakers 3 $23,150 21.43%
Nuclear Engineers 3 $111,731 21.43%
Health Educators 3 $45,393 23.08%
Art Directors 3 $76,080 23.08%
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 2,598 in 2025.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Tunisia 5 $36,685 55.56%
Mongolia 5 $59,854 55.56%
Azerbaijan 4 $65,957 50.00%
Croatia 4 $91,161 50.00%
Bhutan 3 $60,792 42.86%
Slovakia 3 $81,772 50.00%
Denmark 3 $106,205 50.00%
St Lucia 3 $87,983 50.00%
Tanzania 3 $64,944 50.00%
Cambodia 3 $65,844 50.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Pennsylvania (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Motional Ad Inc 98 $98,844 90.74%
Smith Nephew Inc 97 $83,275 89.81%
Respironics Inc A Philips Owned Company 97 $82,693 90.65%
Rite Aid Corp 97 $86,855 90.65%
Radian Guaranty Inc 96 $90,895 89.72%
Bayer Us Llc 96 $97,242 90.57%
Mercy Catholic Medical Center 96 $55,670 90.57%
Applied Computer Techniques 96 $53,989 90.57%
Digitaltree Llc 94 $81,119 89.52%
Institute For Cancer Research 93 $52,292 88.57%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Apples Fruit Farm Llc 2 $35,204 100.00%
Benedicts Produce Farm Llc 2 $35,776 100.00%
Walter P Rawl Sons 2 $27,352 100.00%
Overlook Harvesting Michigan Llc 2 $27,747 100.00%
Edward A Baker 2 $30,566 100.00%
Godwins Nursery Trees 2 $35,100 100.00%
Sai Fresh Farms 2 $21,931 100.00%
Jennifer Glenister 2 $27,550 100.00%
Bonnie Plants Llc 2 $30,774 100.00%
Pine Valley Farms Llc 2 $35,100 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Cotiviti Inc 6 $97,771 31.58%
Thales Dis Usa Inc 6 $89,780 31.58%
Net Health Systems Inc 6 $80,323 31.58%
Edata Experts Inc 6 $90,438 33.33%
American Bankers Insurance Company Of Florida 6 $114,171 33.33%
Amc Nursery Landscaping Inc 6 $26,520 33.33%
Excellerent Technology Solutions Inc 6 $86,105 33.33%
Wallscapes Llc 6 $24,378 33.33%
Scapeworx Landscaping Design 6 $35,922 33.33%
Isaacs Moving Storage Inc 6 $25,688 33.33%

Top Industries in Pennsylvania (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 80,935 $72,934 92.07%
Computer Systems Design Services 15,663 $80,144 85.13%
Management Consulting Services 15,352 $72,874 91.03%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 14,615 $54,776 93.64%
General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 9,739 $82,255 87.17%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 7,772 $85,956 90.41%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services 6,759 $81,776 95.26%
Other Computer Related Services 4,125 $72,113 91.04%
Engineering Services 3,449 $71,289 89.31%
Administrative Management And General Management Consulting Services 3,384 $89,127 95.54%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Nursery And Tree Production 338 $29,252 100.00%
Apple Orchards 283 $30,404 100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming 261 $30,583 100.00%
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming 99 $26,843 100.00%
Other Crop Farming 90 $29,404 100.00%
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders 77 $32,667 100.00%
Greenhouse Nursery And Floriculture Production 54 $30,383 100.00%
Other Noncitrus Fruit Farming 41 $26,808 100.00%
Horses And Other Equine Production 41 $30,434 100.00%
Nursery And Floriculture Production 40 $31,633 100.00%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 9,434 $168,867 100.00%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 2,126 $57,550 100.00%
General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 1,217 $104,023 100.00%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 1,067 $94,341 100.00%
Computer Systems Design Services 951 $85,054 100.00%
Offices Of Physicians Except Mental Health Specialists 670 $111,525 100.00%
Management Consulting Services 586 $79,353 100.00%
Engineering Services 570 $747,251 100.00%
Other Computer Related Services 528 $83,146 100.00%
Administrative Management And General Management Consulting Services 453 $88,423 100.00%

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 $76,466. 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