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 %
Siritek Inc 100 $75,053 89.29%
Upmc Emergency Medicine Inc 99 $78,421 88.39%
West Pharmaceutical Services Inc 98 $104,284 89.09%
Reading Hospital 98 $57,506 89.09%
Respironics Inc A Philips Owned Company 97 $82,693 88.18%
Rite Aid Corp 97 $86,855 88.99%
West Chester University Of Pennsylvania 97 $71,457 88.99%
Applied Computer Techniques 96 $53,989 88.89%
Intone Networks Inc 95 $71,647 88.79%
Elsevier Inc 95 $91,173 88.79%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Aptiv Corporation 6 $79,775 31.58%
The Devereux Foundation 6 $27,737 31.58%
Total Turf Golf Services 6 $50,731 31.58%
Erp Global Inc 6 $72,779 31.58%
West Virginia University Hospitals Inc 6 $51,002 31.58%
Dassault Systemes Americas Corp 6 $82,327 31.58%
Kulicke And Soffa Industries Inc 6 $80,232 31.58%
Amerigas 6 $89,284 33.33%
Abb Enterprise Software Inc 6 $85,398 33.33%
Wsp Usa Inc 6 $77,144 33.33%

Top Industries in Pennsylvania (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Other Noncitrus Fruit Farming 10 $70,606 83.33%
Paperboard Container Manufacturing 10 $69,749 83.33%
Specialized Design Services 10 $55,811 83.33%
Activities Related To Real Estate 10 $57,976 83.33%
Coal Mining 10 $91,054 83.33%
All Other Chemical Product And Preparation Manufacturing 10 $93,785 83.33%
Credit Unions 10 $89,032 83.33%
General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers 10 $55,931 83.33%
Fire Protection 10 $82,272 90.91%
Adhesive Manufacturing 10 $76,497 90.91%
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