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 %
Computer Systems Analysts 39,397 $71,031 93.88%
Software Developers, Applications 36,437 $83,473 91.86%
Computer Programmers 15,052 $59,872 88.94%
Computer Occupations, All Other 9,467 $73,858 93.20%
Software Developers, Systems Software 5,675 $82,478 94.07%
Management Analysts 3,886 $73,968 90.94%
Operations Research Analysts 2,910 $72,365 87.39%
Health Diagnosing and Treating Practitioners, All Other 2,789 $53,505 88.96%
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 2,681 $58,260 86.93%
Computer and Information Systems Managers 2,517 $119,624 86.76%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Developers, Applications 3,886 $221,081 113.10%
Computer Systems Analysts 1,076 $92,157 151.76%
Computer Occupations, All Other 608 $92,084 106.85%
Internists, General 485 $108,451 101.04%
Software Developers, Systems Software 382 $91,749 90.31%
Statisticians 325 $66,074 81.25%
Computer and Information Systems Managers 191 $125,978 55.20%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 181 $131,893 65.82%
Electrical Engineers 174 $85,642 75.32%
Accountants and Auditors 153 $75,374 79.27%
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 %
Nepal 111 $1,340,195 51.87%
Philippines 109 $60,475 51.66%
United Kingdom 60 $82,880 39.74%
Turkey 59 $6,457,491 46.83%
Germany 50 $99,405 42.02%
Nigeria 45 $90,754 39.13%
Guatemala 41 $28,919 40.59%
Italy 38 $71,248 39.18%
Taiwan 37 $71,376 41.11%
Iran 35 $75,859 44.30%

Top Hiring Companies in Pennsylvania (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Geisinger Clinic 459 $111,174 90.53%
Lt Technology Services Limited 458 $62,875 93.09%
Liquidhub Inc 449 $76,887 91.26%
Randstad Technologies Llc 443 $90,843 90.41%
Mastech Inc A Mastech Holdings Inc Company 419 $77,186 87.84%
Noblesoft Solutions Inc 414 $65,637 87.71%
Technosoft Corporation 409 $74,440 88.53%
Niit Technologies Limited 406 $72,035 88.84%
Cyient Inc 398 $62,503 89.84%
Techwave Consulting Inc 397 $61,675 91.06%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Spruce Infotech Inc 24 $96,358 36.36%
Cerner Health Services Inc 24 $75,346 36.36%
The Boston Consulting Group 24 $109,009 36.36%
Devereux Foundation 23 $32,317 35.94%
Summit Physician Services 23 $162,972 36.51%
Highmark Health 22 $77,497 34.92%
Qvc Inc 22 $94,119 35.48%
Burns Scalo Holding Company Inc 22 $29,160 35.48%
Leverage Technologies Inc 22 $92,819 35.48%
Chappy 5 Llc Dba Home Instead 21 $24,294 35.59%

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