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 %
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 %
Olympus Corporation Of The Americas 41 $95,424 89.13%
B Braun Medical Inc 41 $89,407 89.13%
Quiddity Infotech Llc 41 $80,091 89.13%
Educational Commission For Foreign Medical Graduates 41 $90,635 89.13%
Federal Home Loan Bank Of Pittsburgh 41 $92,120 89.13%
It Cats Llc 41 $82,941 89.13%
University Of Scranton 41 $53,643 89.13%
Geisinger Health Plan 41 $85,611 89.13%
Intel Americas Inc 41 $105,543 89.13%
Philips Rs North America Llc 40 $92,299 86.96%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Tioga Valley Inc 2 $45,094 28.57%
Elsevier 2 $56,878 28.57%
Trustwave Holdings Inc 2 $82,868 33.33%
Radcliffe Learning Center Inc 2 $39,770 33.33%
Pharma Resource Group Inc 2 $88,473 33.33%
Scala Inc 2 $64,896 33.33%
Philly Real Estate Company 2 $40,051 33.33%
Arraya Solutions 2 $117,666 33.33%
Campus Apartments 2 $89,721 33.33%
Cdm Smith Inc 2 $67,371 33.33%

Top Industries in Pennsylvania (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Soil Preparation Planting And Cultivating 8 $27,843 100.00%
All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming 8 $25,119 100.00%
Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers 8 $30,745 100.00%
All Other Crop Farming 7 $26,433 100.00%
Food Crops Grown Under Cover 6 $31,588 100.00%
Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers 5 $22,896 100.00%
Strawberry Farming 5 $30,418 100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Farming 5 $32,248 100.00%
Potato Farming 5 $30,356 100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Combination Farming 5 $31,333 100.00%

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