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 %
Stantec Consulting Services Inc	33	$73,893	89.19%
Acer Data Labs Inc	33	$64,162	89.19%
Cinergy Technology Inc	33	$83,236	89.19%
Nvidia Corporation	33	$105,314	89.19%
Tabner Inc	33	$90,577	89.19%
Symbioun Technologies Inc	33	$76,278	91.67%
Interdigital Communications Inc	33	$93,085	91.67%
Ellucian Company Lp	33	$84,893	91.67%
Dollar Financial Group Inc	33	$97,651	91.67%
Infinera Corporation	33	$85,557	91.67%

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Calvary Korean Lutheran Church	2	$37,420	40.00%
Jp Morgan Chase Co	2	$61,651	40.00%
Sang Ok Corp Ta Payless Cleaners	2	$26,894	40.00%
Bm Landscaping Company Inc	2	$21,050	40.00%
Paganini Inc	2	$44,907	40.00%
Red Line Towing Inc	2	$28,059	40.00%
Ima North America Inc	2	$41,226	40.00%
Genji Sushi Express Inc	2	$135,845	40.00%
Paradise Datacom Llc	2	$85,998	40.00%
Siemens Plm Software Inc	2	$64,619	40.00%

Top Industries in Pennsylvania (All Years)

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services	76,450	$71,849	92.01%
Management Consulting Services	15,126	$72,556	90.13%
Computer Systems Design Services	14,535	$78,668	92.67%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools	13,387	$53,984	87.06%
General Medical And Surgical Hospitals	8,871	$81,591	87.38%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services	7,155	$84,489	90.59%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services	6,422	$80,693	95.31%
Other Computer Related Services	3,936	$71,083	90.94%
Engineering Services	3,216	$70,061	89.18%
Administrative Management And General Management Consulting Services	3,000	$86,491	95.24%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Nursery And Tree Production	282	$28,006	100.00%
Apple Orchards	220	$28,914	100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming	210	$29,517	100.00%
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming	91	$26,057	100.00%
Other Crop Farming	78	$28,441	100.00%
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders	52	$30,658	100.00%
Greenhouse Nursery And Floriculture Production	41	$28,839	100.00%
Other Noncitrus Fruit Farming	38	$26,135	100.00%
Nursery And Floriculture Production	32	$30,766	100.00%
Crop Production	29	$31,090	100.00%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services	9,072	$171,453	100.00%
Management Consulting Services	582	$79,071	28.61%
Other Computer Related Services	494	$83,758	41.69%
Administrative Management And General Management Consulting Services	388	$88,745	38.30%
Direct Health And Medical Insurance Carriers	290	$83,047	31.97%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services	277	$104,026	41.84%
All Other Professional Scientific And Technical Services	255	$82,769	43.81%
Offices Of Dentists	192	$86,454	35.16%
Semiconductor And Other Electronic Component Manufacturing	172	$92,286	34.82%
Meat And Meat Product Merchant Wholesalers	154	$27,211	39.69%

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.