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
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 %
Engineers, All Other 152 $61,616 87.86%
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 138 $47,640 89.03%
Bioinformatics Scientists 135 $61,130 87.66%
Architectural and Engineering Managers 134 $107,677 87.01%
Computer Network Architects 127 $88,531 84.11%
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 126 $43,563 83.44%
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 125 $39,728 85.62%
Biomedical Engineers 124 $66,654 88.57%
Family and General Practitioners 123 $141,203 91.11%
Physical Therapists 116 $69,227 89.23%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Managers, All Other 14 $93,821 87.50%
Family and General Practitioners 14 $110,519 93.33%
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary 12 $54,761 80.00%
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 12 $71,438 85.71%
General and Operations Managers 12 $95,606 85.71%
Pediatricians, General 12 $91,448 85.71%
Engineers, All Other 11 $70,486 84.62%
Information Security Analysts 11 $87,617 84.62%
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 11 $56,837 91.67%
Purchasing Managers 11 $78,490 91.67%
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 %
India 1,297 $86,261 45.83%
Mexico 219 $48,104 24.94%
Bangladesh 195 $22,872 36.72%
China 151 $47,759 43.52%
Cambodia 109 $24,396 37.59%
South Korea 81 $47,558 31.40%
Canada 79 $71,124 38.73%
Vietnam 78 $23,520 42.16%
Philippines 66 $29,261 36.26%
Brazil 64 $67,380 35.96%

Top Hiring Companies in Tennessee (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Deloitte Consulting Llp 710 $72,240 90.33%
The University Of Tennessee 698 $54,822 96.28%
Vanderbilt University Medical Center 669 $59,882 92.40%
Ernst Young Us Llp 653 $73,279 98.20%
Accenture Llp 618 $71,043 97.78%
Conch Technologies Inc 519 $59,318 91.21%
Autozone Inc 517 $87,014 97.36%
Capgemini America Inc 439 $77,173 84.10%
Ubs Business Solutions Us Llc 432 $85,745 85.04%
Asurion Llc 425 $84,946 89.66%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Head Farms Llc 24 $24,811 100.00%
A J Farms 24 $24,809 100.00%
Irmael Labor Company Llc 24 $30,363 100.00%
Galen Eidson 23 $24,838 100.00%
Head Brothers Farms Llc 23 $24,773 100.00%
Barnett Farms Llc 23 $24,012 100.00%
Midtenn Farms Llc 23 $26,326 100.00%
Meadow Brook Game Farm 23 $23,679 100.00%
Triple S Tobacco Farms Llc 22 $26,312 100.00%
Danny Moore 22 $24,942 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Sunrise Of Nashville Inc 22 $26,009 26.51%
Apogee Medical Group Tennessee Pc 21 $124,122 25.61%
Pic Usa Inc 20 $64,659 24.69%
Cgi Technologies And Solutions Inc 20 $77,988 24.69%
Uniquekeyresources Inc 18 $86,599 22.50%
Jeans Lawn Landscapesinc 17 $19,198 21.79%
Autozone Inc 16 $63,326 20.51%
Thomas Betts Corporation 16 $76,137 21.05%
Belmont University 16 $49,782 21.62%
Memphis Light Gas And Water 16 $98,398 22.54%

Top Industries in Tennessee (All Years)

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