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 %
India 4,812 $191,835 43.73%
China 554 $72,113 48.90%
Mexico 322 $48,706 46.73%
Canada 258 $93,982 45.91%
South Korea 211 $50,457 38.29%
Belarus 177 $97,093 58.03%
Russia 177 $94,686 58.22%
Ukraine 158 $95,590 52.32%
Pakistan 115 $90,003 44.06%
Brazil 113 $81,789 43.46%

Top Hiring Companies in Pennsylvania (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Fmc Corporation 126 $111,981 92.65%
Coforge Limited Fka Niit Technologies Limited 125 $85,086 92.59%
Mastech Digital Consulting Inc 124 $89,445 91.85%
Astir It Solutions Inc 124 $70,313 91.85%
De Lage Landen Financial Services Inc 123 $98,559 91.79%
Strategic Resources International Inc 123 $64,618 93.18%
Bentley Systems Incorporated 123 $82,360 93.89%
Y Axis Inc 122 $71,046 93.13%
The Wright Center For Graduate Medical Education 121 $63,820 92.37%
Kennametal Inc 120 $80,049 92.31%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Elder Resource Management Inc Dba Comforcare Seni 7 $19,469 30.43%
Five Below Inc 7 $145,558 30.43%
Upci Cancer Services 7 $65,885 30.43%
Meadville Medical Center 7 $127,379 30.43%
Cellular One 7 $69,323 30.43%
California University Of Pennsylvania 7 $66,721 30.43%
Armstrong World Industries Inc 7 $77,572 31.82%
Citco Fund Services Malvern Inc 7 $84,454 31.82%
The Wistar Institute Of Anatomy And Biology 7 $49,014 31.82%
Elizabethtown College 7 $45,042 31.82%

Top Industries in Pennsylvania (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Logging 1 $70,221 100.00%
International Affairs 1 $22,922 100.00%
Current Carrying Wiring Device Manufacturing 1 $46,322 100.00%
Metal Tank Heavy Gauge Manufacturing 1 $75,254 100.00%
Photographic Equipment And Supplies Merchant Wholesalers 1 $61,214 100.00%
Ethyl Alcohol Manufacturing 1 $64,854 100.00%
Crushed And Broken Granite Mining And Quarrying 1 $56,056 100.00%
Flight Training 1 $49,730 100.00%
Secondary Smelting And Alloying Of Aluminum 1 $114,000 100.00%
Other Technical And Trade Schools 1 $53,539 100.00%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

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