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 %
Climate Change Analysts 2 $65,853 66.67%
Tutors 2 $53,622 66.67%
Agricultural and Food Science Technicians 2 $38,002 66.67%
Customs Brokers 2 $42,557 66.67%
Financial Clerks, All Other 2 $17,511 66.67%
Education, Training, and Library Workers, All Other 2 $28,080 66.67%
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 2 $54,790 66.67%
Cooks, Restaurant 2 $810 66.67%
Musicians and Singers 2 $48,922 66.67%
Electro-Mechanical Technicians 2 $47,383 66.67%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
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 %
Mali 1 $56,264 33.33%
Macedonia 1 $87,152 33.33%
Saint Vincent And The Grenadines 1 $55,000 33.33%
Gambia 1 $108,493 33.33%
St Vincent 1 $77,397 33.33%
Montenegro 1 $95,264 33.33%
Swaziland 1 $73,977 33.33%
Guyana 1 $56,654 33.33%
Barbados 1 $53,414 33.33%
Kosovo 1 $56,181 50.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Pennsylvania (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Populus Group Llc 320 $91,970 92.22%
The Bank Of New York Mellon 318 $92,587 91.91%
Upmc Medical Education 316 $65,795 91.33%
Kpmg Llp 314 $71,531 92.08%
Albert Einstein Medical Center 314 $50,296 92.08%
Frontage Laboratories Inc 313 $62,965 92.06%
Acclaim Systems Inc 303 $69,159 89.64%
Infocons Inc 303 $95,337 92.10%
Allegheny Clinic 297 $190,541 90.27%
Ishift Corp 294 $60,944 89.63%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Fratangelo Gardens Landscaping Nursery 8 $22,467 100.00%
Mt Ridge Farms Inc 8 $29,345 100.00%
Ralph Lee Spencer 8 $21,437 100.00%
Ecological Restoration Services Llc 8 $30,436 100.00%
Schwalm Farms Inc 7 $29,720 100.00%
Deirdre Treys Farm Llc 7 $30,062 100.00%
Lake Forest Gardens 7 $22,054 100.00%
Klem Christmas Tree Farm 7 $30,713 100.00%
Sand Hill Berries Llc 7 $33,167 100.00%
Fratangelo Gardens Market Nursery Inc 7 $30,062 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Amazon Web Services Inc 19 $114,040 39.58%
Wellspan Health 18 $100,319 37.50%
Temenos Usa Inc 18 $98,297 37.50%
Wellspan Medical Group 18 $140,439 37.50%
Shineteck Inc 18 $86,502 38.30%
Deloitte Tax Llp 17 $57,304 36.17%
Adaptik Corporation 17 $97,334 36.17%
Millersville University Of Pennsylvania 17 $60,863 36.17%
Innovative Electronics Group 17 $73,696 36.17%
Ing Usa Annuity Life Insurance Company 17 $71,816 36.96%

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