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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Tennessee Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas	% of all Visas	Average Wage	Visa Type
62,309	86.75%	$69,978	H-1B
4,895	6.82%	$23,998	H-2A
4,035	5.62%	$64,244	PERM
587	0.82%	$74,158	E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Tennessee has seen a total of 71,826 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Tennessee is the H-1B visa with 62,309 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 86.75% of Tennessee's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the H-2A visa with 4,895 H-2A visas on record over all years accounting for 6.82% of Tennessee's total visas.

Top Occupations in Tennessee (All Years)

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Supply Chain Managers	18	$82,467	90.00%
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	17	$40,079	89.47%
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	17	$40,386	89.47%
Budget Analysts	17	$51,459	89.47%
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	17	$52,722	94.44%
Training and Development Specialists	15	$44,593	83.33%
Auditors	15	$49,182	83.33%
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers	15	$64,341	83.33%
Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary	14	$43,652	77.78%
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians	14	$32,560	82.35%

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Construction Carpenters	2	$28,735	40.00%
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	2	$17,015	40.00%
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	2	$44,564	40.00%
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	2	$61,100	40.00%
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	2	$30,982	40.00%
Computer Programmers	2	$78,073	40.00%
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	2	$67,996	40.00%
Human Resources Specialists	2	$54,943	40.00%
Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary	2	$25,730	40.00%
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers	2	$47,642	40.00%

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 5,315 in 2023.

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

Country	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Burundi	1	$71,053	100.00%
Barbados	1	$44,886	100.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Tennessee (All Years)

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Wipro Limited	2,010	$63,992	95.53%
Fedex Corporate Services Inc	1,954	$71,339	94.90%
St Jude Childrens Research Hospital	1,773	$54,622	87.47%
Synechron Inc	1,721	$68,136	92.63%
Infosys Limited	1,290	$62,560	71.04%
Ut Battelle Llc Oak Ridge National Laboratory	1,269	$65,899	95.70%
Syntel Inc	1,258	$61,034	95.02%
Vanderbilt University	1,178	$51,441	91.11%
Tata Consultancy Services Limited	1,108	$58,451	99.28%
Syntel Consulting Inc	1,050	$57,393	94.77%

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Prestigious Placement	846	$21,126	100.00%
Williams Sausage Company Inc	524	$22,358	98.68%
Conch Technologies Inc	132	$69,006	25.19%
University Of Tennessee Health Science Center	91	$72,556	33.21%
Davita Inc	79	$84,858	45.14%
Bluecross Blueshield Of Tennessee	78	$75,049	49.68%
Eastman Chemical Company	55	$78,649	35.71%
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	48	$75,287	33.33%
Cummins Filtration Inc	46	$70,766	32.86%
Specialist Resources Global Inc	40	$95,710	30.08%

Top Industries in Tennessee (All Years)

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Real Estate Credit	23	$85,728	92.00%
Pottery Ceramics And Plumbing Fixture Manufacturing	21	$54,235	84.00%
Offices Of All Other Miscellaneous Health Practitioners	21	$51,582	84.00%
Plastics Material And Resin Manufacturing	20	$76,871	80.00%
Janitorial Services	20	$81,907	80.00%
Manufactured Home Mobile Home Manufacturing	20	$85,146	83.33%
Industrial Machinery And Equipment Merchant Wholesalers	20	$76,882	83.33%
Full Service Restaurants	20	$41,665	83.33%
Animal Food Manufacturing	20	$72,669	83.33%
Research And Development In The Social Sciences And Humanities	20	$65,557	83.33%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Hydroelectric Power Generation	2	$63,939	25.00%
Seafood Product Preparation And Packaging	2	$17,222	25.00%
Forging And Stamping	2	$61,277	28.57%
Limited Service Restaurants	2	$26,323	28.57%
Alumina Refining And Primary Aluminum Production	2	$82,576	28.57%
Computer And Computer Peripheral Equipment And Software Merchant Wholesalers	2	$69,285	28.57%
Mining Machinery And Equipment Manufacturing	2	$85,602	28.57%
Ventilation Heating Air Conditioning And Commercial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing	2	$58,948	28.57%
Drugs And Druggists Sundries Merchant Wholesalers	2	$69,306	28.57%
Nonresidential Building Construction	2	$46,467	28.57%

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 $69,978. The state with the highest average wage of H1-B workers for all states is CA with an average wage of $100,819.