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 %
General and Operations Managers 318 $96,865 86.41%
Family and General Practitioners 307 $137,850 88.73%
Commercial and Industrial Designers 281 $52,013 82.16%
Materials Scientists 269 $58,373 86.22%
Marketing Managers 263 $117,756 84.57%
Bioinformatics Scientists 259 $67,146 87.50%
Logisticians 252 $65,437 85.42%
Psychiatrists 242 $153,003 85.21%
Architectural and Engineering Managers 240 $124,715 85.11%
Natural Sciences Managers 238 $90,329 84.70%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Industrial Production Managers 28 $106,497 65.12%
Biomedical Engineers 28 $75,267 65.12%
Materials Engineers 26 $87,097 60.47%
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand 26 $26,741 60.47%
Speech-Language Pathologists 26 $4,426,015 60.47%
Logisticians 25 $70,193 60.98%
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 24 $93,304 60.00%
Instructional Coordinators 23 $41,171 57.50%
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 22 $68,705 55.00%
Manicurists and Pedicurists 21 $21,294 52.50%
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 %
Syria 12 $128,313 44.44%
Ethiopia 12 $105,331 46.15%
Dominican Republic 12 $82,940 46.15%
Chile 12 $92,815 46.15%
El Salvador 12 $55,020 46.15%
Hong Kong 12 $55,042 46.15%
Jordan 11 $73,957 44.00%
Netherlands 11 $69,626 47.83%
Peru 11 $87,951 47.83%
Ecuador 11 $57,103 47.83%

Top Hiring Companies in Pennsylvania (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
N9 It Solutions Inc 8 $92,987 100.00%
Siemens Financial Services Inc 8 $102,037 100.00%
Inspro Technologies Llc 8 $91,562 100.00%
Wb Solutions Llc 8 $93,894 100.00%
Smilebuilderz Llc 8 $158,920 100.00%
Linkedin Corporation 8 $113,974 100.00%
Basm Technologies Inc 8 $94,133 100.00%
Teladoc Health Inc 8 $116,662 100.00%
Juniper Networks Us Inc 8 $125,442 100.00%
Telus International Us Corp 8 $103,353 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

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