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 %
General and Operations Managers 300 $95,794 86.71%
Commercial and Industrial Designers 277 $51,748 89.35%
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 271 $46,838 87.70%
Marketing Managers 248 $117,880 80.78%
Materials Scientists 247 $57,232 88.85%
Psychiatrists 242 $153,003 88.00%
Logisticians 237 $64,699 88.43%
Computer Network Architects 226 $92,536 87.26%
Economists 223 $75,421 87.80%
Molecular and Cellular Biologists 223 $58,720 88.14%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Biomedical Engineers 28 $75,267 65.12%
Speech-Language Pathologists 26 $4,426,015 61.90%
Materials Engineers 26 $87,097 63.41%
Logisticians 24 $70,089 60.00%
Instructional Coordinators 23 $41,171 57.50%
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 23 $91,646 57.50%
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 22 $68,705 55.00%
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand 20 $27,057 51.28%
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 20 $66,493 52.63%
Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary 19 $56,423 50.00%
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 %
Nepal 111 $1,340,195 51.87%
Philippines 109 $60,475 51.66%
United Kingdom 60 $82,880 39.74%
Turkey 59 $6,457,491 46.83%
Germany 50 $99,405 42.02%
Nigeria 45 $90,754 39.13%
Guatemala 41 $28,919 40.59%
Italy 38 $71,248 39.18%
Taiwan 37 $71,376 41.11%
Iran 35 $75,859 44.30%

Top Hiring Companies in Pennsylvania (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Cgi Technologies And Solutions Inc 1,056 $77,614 83.94%
University Of Pittsburgh Physicians 989 $89,311 79.95%
Temple University A Commonwealth University 939 $53,625 77.09%
Isync Solutions Inc 925 $59,953 87.35%
People Tech Group Inc 918 $60,442 87.93%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Us Corporation 904 $69,622 88.89%
Compunnel Software Group Inc 883 $77,700 91.88%
Hm Health Solutions Inc 850 $83,490 90.14%
The Childrens Hospital Of Philadelphia 813 $62,195 90.23%
Uhcp Dba Upmc Medical Education 798 $57,843 91.51%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Iqvia Inc 48 $97,775 37.21%
Glaxosmithkline Llc 46 $83,911 37.40%
Aurora Innovation Inc 43 $84,570 36.75%
Kvk Tech Inc 42 $61,864 36.84%
Kpmg Llp 40 $85,743 36.70%
Mckinsey Company Inc United States 38 $93,204 35.19%
Csl Behring 38 $99,952 36.89%
Guthrie Medical Group Pc 37 $137,537 35.92%
Pricewaterhousecoopers Advisory Services Llc 36 $106,613 35.29%
Te Connectivity Corporation 36 $93,457 36.73%

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