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 %
Aspire Pathway Llc	46	$40,117	92.00%
Bell Info Solutions Llc	45	$74,929	90.00%
Nexfro Solutions Inc	45	$55,409	90.00%
Highmark Health Services	45	$74,102	90.00%
Aegis Therapies Inc	45	$65,572	90.00%
Oracle Financial Services Software Inc	45	$81,347	90.00%
Korcomptenz Inc	45	$62,792	90.00%
Prime Technology Group Inc	45	$80,415	90.00%
Avant Healthcare Professionals	45	$53,939	91.84%
On Demand Agility Solutions Inc	45	$88,004	91.84%

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Delaware Mgmt Bus Trust Delaware Invstmnt Adv Seri	2	$151,393	25.00%
The College Board	2	$84,209	25.00%
Allied Orthodontics Pc	2	$77,283	25.00%
Keystone Containment Contractors Llc	2	$147,202	28.57%
My Alarm Center	2	$76,981	28.57%
Fidato Partners Llc	2	$81,068	28.57%
Hadco Metal Trading Company Llc	2	$87,256	28.57%
Hong Kong Chef Ii Inc	2	$52,874	28.57%
Simplified Service Corp	2	$82,098	28.57%
Hong Kong Chef Ix	2	$43,191	28.57%

Top Industries in Pennsylvania (All Years)

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Carbon And Graphite Product Manufacturing	14	$76,909	87.50%
Automobile And Light Duty Motor Vehicle Manufacturing	14	$74,528	87.50%
Lessors Of Other Real Estate Property	14	$83,222	87.50%
Rolled Steel Shape Manufacturing	14	$69,041	87.50%
Chemical And Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers	14	$65,903	87.50%
Synthetic Dye And Pigment Manufacturing	14	$101,675	87.50%
Tire And Tube Merchant Wholesalers	14	$90,820	87.50%
All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product And Preparation Manufacturing	14	$74,102	87.50%
Facilities Support Services	14	$70,280	93.33%
Nuclear Electric Power Generation	14	$91,316	93.33%

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.