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 %
Financial Managers 185 $113,687 87.26%
Hospitalists 181 $152,463 88.29%
Physicists 180 $74,144 88.24%
Pediatricians, General 179 $122,930 87.75%
Human Resources Specialists 178 $55,827 90.36%
Computer User Support Specialists 175 $42,439 93.09%
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 166 $57,115 90.71%
Medical and Health Services Managers 157 $80,599 87.71%
Computer Hardware Engineers 156 $73,661 87.15%
Data Warehousing Specialists 155 $77,871 87.57%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 16 $20,094 48.48%
Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers 16 $35,850 48.48%
Compliance Officers 16 $66,284 48.48%
Education Administrators, Postsecondary 16 $72,520 48.48%
Interpreters and Translators 15 $41,651 45.45%
Obstetricians and Gynecologists 15 $126,838 46.88%
Clergy 15 $32,265 46.88%
Nursing Assistants 15 $29,651 46.88%
Helpers--Roofers 15 $28,870 48.39%
Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary 14 $47,995 45.16%
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 %
Liberia 21 $22,672 44.68%
Australia 20 $107,490 45.45%
Ireland 19 $71,740 43.18%
Malaysia 19 $82,122 44.19%
Hungary 19 $98,060 46.34%
Greece 19 $52,333 47.50%
Kazakhstan 19 $89,455 50.00%
South Africa 18 $62,324 48.65%
Lebanon 17 $81,969 45.95%
Japan 17 $87,689 48.57%

Top Hiring Companies in Pennsylvania (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Dynamic Itsolutions Inc 20 $72,309 90.91%
Margin5 Solutions Inc 20 $62,432 90.91%
L And T Technology Services Ltd 20 $53,174 90.91%
Competent Systems Inc 20 $60,763 90.91%
Dataquad Inc 20 $84,170 90.91%
Impact Consulting Solutions Inc 20 $99,971 90.91%
Excela Health Physicians Practices Inc 20 $179,804 90.91%
Isoftech Inc 20 $56,065 90.91%
Pronix Inc 20 $76,641 90.91%
Symbol Software Services Inc 20 $78,054 90.91%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Ohm Cookie Llc 1 $72,634 33.33%
Sam Cmwm International Ta The Cross Mission 1 $38,418 33.33%
Nurostar 1 $80,517 33.33%
Unifrax I Llc 1 $78,166 33.33%
Bethel Farm Stables Llc 1 $29,141 33.33%
Star Group 1 $34,986 33.33%
Deluxe Media Inc 1 $73,112 33.33%
Fu Wah Inc 1 $25,522 33.33%
Future Technology Staffing Inc 1 $84,906 33.33%
Blair Park Services Llc 1 $47,861 33.33%

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%

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