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 %
Sierra Infosys Inc 7 $56,157 87.50%
Econsult Solutions Inc 7 $55,176 87.50%
Apex 2000 Inc 7 $64,932 87.50%
Palvai Global Services Inc 7 $49,754 87.50%
Zeninfotech Llc 7 $45,088 87.50%
Navitas Business Consulting Inc 7 $49,926 87.50%
Boss Technologies Inc 7 $72,152 87.50%
Pepper Hamilton Llp 7 $76,734 87.50%
Ds Soft Tech Inc 7 $56,276 87.50%
Donegal Office Solutions Inc 7 $65,630 87.50%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

Top Industries in Pennsylvania (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Septic Tank And Related Services 1 $57,034 100.00%
Travel Trailer And Camper Manufacturing 1 $76,565 100.00%
Paint Varnish And Supplies Merchant Wholesalers 1 $88,005 100.00%
Crude Petroleum Extraction 1 $165,568 100.00%
Building Finishing Contractors 1 $67,018 100.00%
Carpet And Rug Mills 1 $54,392 100.00%
Industrial Supplies Merchant Wholesalers 1 $71,094 100.00%
Sound Recording Studios 1 $38,126 100.00%
Food Health Supplement Retailers 1 $56,618 100.00%
Other Wood Product Manufacturing 1 $76,024 100.00%
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