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Tennessee Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
68,904 86.74% $71,652 H-1B
5,536 6.97% $24,854 H-2A
4,330 5.45% $64,599 PERM
670 0.84% $76,912 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Tennessee has seen a total of 79,440 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Tennessee is the H-1B visa with 68,904 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 86.74% of Tennessee's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the H-2A visa with 5,536 H-2A visas on record over all years accounting for 6.97% of Tennessee's total visas.

Top Occupations in Tennessee (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 23 $42,885 82.14%
Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary 23 $58,220 85.19%
Psychiatrists 23 $129,127 85.19%
Optometrists 22 $93,127 84.62%
Life Scientists, All Other 22 $39,760 84.62%
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other 21 $33,011 80.77%
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health 21 $54,533 80.77%
Public Relations Specialists 21 $39,485 84.00%
Mathematicians 21 $60,151 87.50%
Architectural and Civil Drafters 20 $42,436 83.33%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Education Administrators, Postsecondary 3 $54,697 50.00%
Surgeons 3 $77,916 50.00%
Animal Trainers 3 $28,225 50.00%
Food Scientists and Technologists 3 $50,086 50.00%
Occupational Therapists 3 $64,154 50.00%
Interpreters and Translators 3 $31,643 50.00%
Music Directors and Composers 3 $43,666 50.00%
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 3 $54,358 50.00%
Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary 2 $26,755 33.33%
Environmental Engineers 2 $83,897 33.33%
Tennessee Employees Over Time
Tennessee has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 2,630 employees were hired. Tennessee peaked in 2018 with 6,339 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 1,146 in 2025.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Barbados 1 $44,886 33.33%
Lesotho 1 $23,504 33.33%
Uganda 1 $23,421 33.33%
New Zealand 1 $63,794 33.33%
Ethiopia 1 $69,701 33.33%
Burundi 1 $71,053 33.33%
Mongolia 1 $22,610 50.00%
Georgia 1 $32,822 50.00%
Serbia And Montenegro 1 $35,485 50.00%
Morocco 1 $46,830 50.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Tennessee (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Techpillars Inc 21 $68,233 87.50%
Conexus Medstaff Llc 21 $44,094 87.50%
Fedex Techconnect Inc 21 $72,856 87.50%
Harvey Nash Inc 21 $94,941 91.30%
Gregory Pharmaceutical Holdings Inc 21 $66,941 91.30%
Bg Staffing Llc 21 $92,319 91.30%
Delek Us Energy Inc 21 $97,336 91.30%
Neotek Solutions Llc 21 $76,922 91.30%
Inpatient Consultants Of Tennessee Pc 21 $127,867 91.30%
Ingram Book Group Llc 20 $106,054 86.96%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Hobgood Farms 6 $20,381 100.00%
Greene Acres Farms 6 $19,812 100.00%
Rickey Magness 6 $26,191 100.00%
Jerry Quotkevinquot Kennedy 6 $23,393 100.00%
University Of Tennessee Highland Rim Ag Research Ed Center 6 $23,393 100.00%
Hermann Holtkamp Greenhouses Inc 6 $29,130 100.00%
Mountain Creek Nursery Lp 6 $24,572 100.00%
Mccalla Family Farms Llc 6 $29,564 100.00%
Barnett Farms 6 $20,301 100.00%
Wright Farms Of Bumpus Mills Llc 6 $29,259 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Perdue Farms Incorporated 1 $61,485 33.33%
Nonconnah Development Inc 1 $61,256 33.33%
Jhllc Dba Fuji Japanese Steakhouse And Sushi 1 $32,802 33.33%
Rehab America Inc 1 $44,450 33.33%
Covenant Allergy Asthma Care Pllc 1 $33,613 33.33%
Subway No3623 1 $33,384 33.33%
Comsys Services Llc 1 $41,621 33.33%
Morgan Keegan Company Inc 1 $84,781 33.33%
Pittman Internal Medicine 1 $35,131 33.33%
Sony Music Holdings Inc 1 $43,430 33.33%

Top Industries in Tennessee (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Other Crop Farming 1,899 $26,316 100.00%
Tobacco Farming 899 $26,675 100.00%
Nursery And Tree Production 183 $26,526 100.00%
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming 152 $28,200 100.00%
Greenhouse Nursery And Floriculture Production 149 $28,002 100.00%
Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers 132 $21,325 100.00%
Beef Cattle Ranching And Farming 85 $23,988 100.00%
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders 81 $27,854 100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Combination Farming 79 $28,886 100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming 66 $28,186 100.00%

Tennessee Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in Tennessee to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in Tennessee over all years is $71,652. The state with the highest average wage of H1-B workers for all states is CA with an average wage of $104,510.

State Avg Wage