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 %
Computer and Information Research Scientists 485 $76,405 84.06%
Sales Engineers 467 $83,009 82.51%
Physical Therapists 455 $63,259 84.89%
Business Intelligence Analysts 451 $82,531 89.13%
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 429 $51,493 85.63%
Chemical Engineers 425 $82,902 85.86%
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 404 $49,033 82.79%
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 363 $47,524 87.47%
Actuaries 362 $88,348 87.44%
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary 353 $61,954 90.98%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Financial Managers 40 $123,482 71.43%
Operations Research Analysts 40 $56,425 72.73%
General and Operations Managers 40 $117,579 76.92%
Helpers--Production Workers 35 $26,347 67.31%
Cooks, Restaurant 33 $29,269 64.71%
Actuaries 33 $111,214 67.35%
Family and General Practitioners 33 $114,189 67.35%
Engineers, All Other 31 $91,567 63.27%
Surgeons 31 $137,159 64.58%
Occupational Therapists 28 $62,840 65.12%
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 %
Gambia 1 $108,493 50.00%
Guyana 1 $56,654 50.00%
Barbados 1 $53,414 50.00%
Swaziland 1 $73,977 50.00%
Malawi 1 $80,642 100.00%
Kosovo 1 $56,181 100.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Pennsylvania (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Perficient Inc 84 $80,162 91.30%
Persistent Systems Inc 84 $75,581 91.30%
Mastech Resourcing Inc 84 $74,556 91.30%
Infinite Computer Solutions Inc 83 $84,549 91.21%
Smart Works Llc 83 $66,846 91.21%
Kulicke And Soffa Industries Inc 83 $91,889 92.22%
Pharmaceutical Research Associates Inc 82 $83,404 91.11%
M2 Resources Inc 82 $72,958 91.11%
Penn Life Sciences Llc 82 $68,705 91.11%
Excelacom Inc 82 $73,387 91.11%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Good Seed Farm Inc 1 $25,064 100.00%
Lehigh Valley Home And Garden Center 1 $24,253 100.00%
Hoovers Produce 1 $32,323 100.00%
Lloyd M Lopp Sons Dba Huber Nurseries 1 $20,176 100.00%
Hillcrest Dairy 1 $37,856 100.00%
Cannon Hill Farms Llc 1 $32,323 100.00%
Daniel Paulus 1 $34,424 100.00%
Arader Tree Service Inc 1 $35,776 100.00%
Quality Greenhouse Perennial Farm Inc 1 $21,507 100.00%
Western Excelsior Corporation Bernville Pa 1 $34,424 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Wolters Kluwer Rd Us Lp 5 $117,641 31.25%
Sapiens Americas Corporation 5 $120,569 31.25%
United States Steel Corporation 5 $100,185 31.25%
Landscaping For Less Llc 5 $26,562 31.25%
Wawa Inc 5 $124,180 31.25%
Philadelphia Smyrna Church 4 $39,660 25.00%
Tripura Inc 4 $40,300 25.00%
Needhams Mushroom Farms Inc 4 $17,082 25.00%
North American Hoganas Inc 4 $76,461 25.00%
Us Airways Inc 4 $47,481 26.67%

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