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 %
Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers 1,348 $74,558 93.94%
Chemists 1,213 $66,004 90.86%
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 1,020 $79,816 80.44%
Internists, General 1,001 $116,650 86.14%
Information Technology Project Managers 990 $87,996 88.47%
Industrial Engineers 979 $71,836 88.36%
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 861 $52,757 82.39%
Biochemists and Biophysicists 842 $53,462 86.09%
Civil Engineers 830 $67,162 87.65%
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 755 $81,171 81.01%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 72 $56,192 87.80%
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 71 $57,490 87.65%
Database Administrators 70 $84,084 87.50%
Dentists, General 65 $92,410 81.25%
Financial Analysts 65 $76,374 82.28%
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 64 $26,351 84.21%
Sales Engineers 64 $90,579 84.21%
Home Health Aides 61 $22,874 81.33%
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 54 $46,536 73.97%
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary 53 $56,170 76.81%
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 %
Romania 16 $60,941 45.71%
Thailand 15 $42,970 45.45%
Albania 14 $48,202 42.42%
Sri Lanka 14 $59,935 45.16%
Bulgaria 13 $53,757 41.94%
Kenya 13 $79,194 43.33%
Indonesia 13 $81,533 44.83%
Ghana 13 $74,230 46.43%
Jamaica 12 $58,706 46.15%
El Salvador 12 $55,020 48.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Pennsylvania (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Ybrant Technologies Llc 587 $64,909 92.15%
Erp And Erp Corp 575 $58,876 91.27%
The Pnc Financial Services Group Inc 555 $85,163 88.66%
Virtusa Corporation 554 $75,575 92.95%
Ntt Data Inc 528 $87,890 94.29%
Valuemomentum Inc 487 $73,530 87.91%
Larsen Toubro Infotech Limited 487 $60,834 93.83%
Wright Center For Graduate Medical Education 480 $58,646 93.20%
Thomas Jefferson University 475 $66,968 92.77%
Nagarro Inc 475 $77,789 92.95%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Inc 27 $87,326 35.53%
Vitosha Inc 27 $92,082 36.49%
Kennametal Inc 27 $80,729 38.03%
Genco 27 $72,293 38.57%
Uatc Llc 25 $89,139 35.71%
Thermo Fisher Scientific 25 $93,983 36.23%
Mastech Alliance Inc A Mastech Holdings Company 25 $97,648 36.76%
Westinghouse Electric Company 25 $83,227 36.76%
Interactive Broadband Consulting Group Llc 25 $135,558 37.31%
Excela Health Physician Practices Inc 24 $147,246 35.82%

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%

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.

State Avg Wage