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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 %
Landscape Architects	14	$51,698	82.35%
Aerospace Engineers	14	$65,761	82.35%
Technical Writers	14	$55,616	82.35%
Computer Hardware Engineers	14	$73,032	82.35%
Veterinarians	13	$81,004	81.25%
Health Educators	13	$43,623	81.25%
Bioinformatics Technicians	13	$46,408	86.67%
Instructional Coordinators	13	$44,408	86.67%
Logistics Analysts	13	$63,541	86.67%
Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary	13	$62,597	86.67%

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Environmental Engineers	2	$83,897	40.00%
Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary	2	$26,755	40.00%
Human Resources Managers	2	$86,424	40.00%
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	2	$54,288	40.00%
Office Clerks, General	2	$21,986	40.00%
Actuaries	2	$96,377	40.00%
Exercise Physiologists	2	$36,702	40.00%
Construction Carpenters	2	$28,735	40.00%
Customer Service Representatives	2	$42,183	40.00%
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	2	$32,074	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 %
Libya	1	$61,660	33.33%
Belarus	1	$62,213	33.33%
Morocco	1	$22,152	33.33%
Uganda	1	$60,174	33.33%
Madagascar	1	$59,696	50.00%
Niger	1	$107,973	50.00%
New Zealand	1	$61,048	50.00%
Lithuania	1	$59,800	50.00%
Burundi	1	$71,053	50.00%
Barbados	1	$44,886	50.00%

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 %
Custom Computer Programming Services	26,067	$66,397	93.49%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools	3,743	$48,307	77.87%
Computer Systems Design Services	2,699	$70,321	90.54%
Couriers And Express Delivery Services	1,857	$72,107	91.39%
Specialty Except Psychiatric And Substance Abuse Hospitals	1,776	$54,124	93.87%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services	1,200	$71,507	89.02%
General Medical And Surgical Hospitals	1,200	$98,877	91.81%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services	1,169	$71,793	95.82%
Other Computer Related Services	868	$67,238	89.30%
Offices Of Physicians Except Mental Health Specialists	859	$145,863	91.38%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Other Crop Farming	1,656	$25,597	100.00%
Tobacco Farming	779	$25,937	100.00%
Nursery And Tree Production	143	$25,025	100.00%
Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers	132	$21,325	100.00%
Greenhouse Nursery And Floriculture Production	122	$27,490	100.00%
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming	105	$26,596	100.00%
Beef Cattle Ranching And Farming	82	$23,714	100.00%
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders	55	$26,194	100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming	52	$26,955	100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Combination Farming	51	$27,839	100.00%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Nursing Care Facilities Skilled Nursing Facilities	536	$23,862	62.91%
Meat Processed From Carcasses	522	$22,378	74.25%
Couriers And Express Delivery Services	236	$73,993	35.49%
Direct Health And Medical Insurance Carriers	159	$78,700	29.66%
Poultry Processing	157	$18,087	30.08%
Process Physical Distribution And Logistics Consulting Services	156	$87,854	47.85%
Offices Of Physicians Except Mental Health Specialists	153	$120,855	64.83%
Computer Systems Design Services	150	$79,016	81.52%
General Freight Trucking Long Distance Truckload	141	$32,928	88.68%
Engineering Services	100	$76,604	63.69%

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.