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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South Carolina Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
28,067 85.11% $71,440 H-1B
3,632 11.01% $383,928 PERM
1,011 3.07% $23,766 H-2A
269 0.82% $81,635 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, South Carolina has seen a total of 32,979 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in South Carolina is the H-1B visa with 28,067 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 85.11% of South Carolina's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 3,632 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 11.01% of South Carolina's total visas.

Top Occupations in South Carolina (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 339 $42,674 88.74%
Electrical Engineers 338 $71,878 92.10%
Database Administrators 337 $66,193 93.09%
Management Analysts 307 $66,381 86.24%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 274 $62,442 88.67%
Internists, General 258 $163,552 90.21%
Operations Research Analysts 244 $61,650 91.73%
Civil Engineers 234 $60,393 91.41%
Accountants and Auditors 227 $51,286 88.67%
Commercial and Industrial Designers 188 $51,388 74.90%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Internists, General 55 $139,504 38.73%
Computer Systems Analysts 53 $83,598 43.09%
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 40 $25,138 40.00%
Home Health Aides 39 $21,905 41.05%
Software Developers, Systems Software 39 $96,354 46.43%
Dishwashers 39 $18,697 57.35%
Computer Occupations, All Other 37 $96,538 68.52%
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 33 $45,602 64.71%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 26 $147,815 55.32%
Electrical Engineers 25 $79,668 62.50%
South Carolina Employees Over Time
South Carolina has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 1,298 employees were hired. South Carolina peaked in 2018 with 2,730 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 2,614 in 2023.

Top Countries with Workers in South Carolina From PERM Program (All Years)

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Honduras 7 $53,554 53.85%
Uzbekistan 7 $18,928 53.85%
Hungary 6 $58,940 46.15%
Peru 6 $18,339 50.00%
Argentina 6 $77,726 50.00%
Jordan 5 $115,344 41.67%
Australia 5 $82,900 41.67%
Ghana 4 $84,933 36.36%
Sri Lanka 4 $19,136 40.00%
Greece 4 $56,447 44.44%

Top Hiring Companies in South Carolina (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Tech Mahindra Americas Inc 118 $65,098 87.41%
Mediterranean Shipping Company Usa Inc 117 $37,110 87.97%
Cmc Americas Inc 111 $60,513 84.09%
Ibm Corporation 109 $70,708 83.21%
College Of Charleston 106 $46,639 83.46%
Darlington County School District 106 $43,543 84.13%
Jasper County School District 106 $40,371 85.48%
Ambiopharm Inc 104 $54,479 85.25%
Infor Us Inc 102 $79,688 93.58%
Valuelabs Inc 101 $72,288 95.28%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Sysintel Inc 15 $70,113 30.61%
Hand Held Products Inc 15 $96,336 31.91%
Orangeburg Consolidated School District Four 15 $39,120 34.09%
Palmetto Green Landscape Design Llc 14 $23,976 32.56%
Orangeburg County School District 13 $39,528 33.33%
3d Systems Inc 13 $91,623 33.33%
Volke Consulting Ltd 13 $89,954 34.21%
Marion County School District 13 $41,051 36.11%
Rioz Inc 11 $21,681 30.56%
La Cosecha Xviii Llc 11 $20,700 30.56%

Top Industries in South Carolina (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Vegetable And Melon Farming 235 $24,999 100.00%
Other Noncitrus Fruit Farming 217 $23,204 100.00%
Nursery And Tree Production 94 $25,121 100.00%
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming 89 $23,714 100.00%
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders 77 $25,017 100.00%
Tobacco Farming 55 $24,264 100.00%
Potato Farming 52 $26,212 100.00%
Support Activities For Crop Production 43 $26,240 100.00%
Other Crop Farming 28 $25,480 100.00%
Crop Production 25 $24,916 100.00%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Poultry Processing 1,166 $16,793 100.00%
Janitorial Services 957 $2,030,537 100.00%
Limited Service Restaurants 567 $17,918 100.00%
Noncitrus Fruit And Tree Nut Farming 142 $16,868 27.90%
Other Fabricated Wire Product Manufacturing 98 $22,967 19.88%
Ball And Roller Bearing Manufacturing 85 $71,414 26.73%
Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing 75 $26,896 42.86%
Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing 53 $89,885 32.92%
Computer Systems Design Services 53 $84,544 34.19%
All Other Financial Investment Activities 42 $107,058 29.58%

South Carolina Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in South Carolina to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in South Carolina over all years is $71,440. 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