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 %
Kpmg Llp 297 $69,924 88.39%
Ishift Corp 294 $60,944 88.29%
Albert Einstein Medical Center 292 $50,124 89.02%
Hitachi Consulting Corporation 285 $62,003 87.69%
Acclaim Systems Inc 282 $67,809 87.85%
Frontage Laboratories Inc 279 $61,702 88.01%
Syntel Inc 279 $69,466 89.71%
The United Solutions Group Inc 277 $58,417 90.23%
Randstad Technologies Lp 277 $77,839 90.23%
Kforce Inc 273 $74,975 89.22%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Adaptik Corporation 17 $97,334 36.96%
Juhusys Llc 16 $78,112 35.56%
Vocollect Inc 16 $81,396 35.56%
Alcoa Inc 16 $80,865 35.56%
Ballymore Company Inc 16 $27,144 35.56%
Ptc Inc 16 $94,905 35.56%
Wellspan Medical Group 16 $131,890 35.56%
Volvo Construction Equipment North America Llc 16 $87,313 36.36%
Servicelink Management Company Llc 16 $86,349 37.21%
Rjtechglobal Inc 16 $96,769 37.21%

Top Industries in Pennsylvania (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
New Multifamily Housing Construction Except For Sale Builders 5 $54,600 83.33%
Computer Training 5 $58,564 83.33%
Home Centers 5 $89,690 100.00%
Executive Offices 5 $67,492 100.00%
Fiber Optic Cable Manufacturing 5 $89,519 100.00%
Credit Card Issuing 5 $85,750 100.00%
Reconstituted Wood Product Manufacturing 5 $74,198 100.00%
Legislative Bodies 5 $68,290 100.00%
Blood And Organ Banks 5 $102,311 100.00%
Water And Sewer Line And Related Structures Construction 5 $92,023 100.00%
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