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 %
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 53 $67,882 84.13%
Medical and Health Services Managers 52 $73,537 83.87%
Human Resources Specialists 52 $46,536 86.67%
Construction Managers 52 $72,004 86.67%
Financial Managers 50 $80,877 83.33%
Soil and Plant Scientists 49 $45,117 83.05%
Manufacturing Engineers 46 $70,050 83.64%
Natural Sciences Managers 45 $82,321 83.33%
Compliance Officers 45 $52,101 86.54%
Financial Specialists, All Other 45 $47,195 86.54%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Biochemists and Biophysicists 7 $41,814 77.78%
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary 6 $32,067 75.00%
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 6 $37,050 75.00%
Clergy 6 $30,881 75.00%
Pharmacists 6 $96,720 75.00%
Chemists 6 $63,877 75.00%
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 6 $47,295 75.00%
Cooks, Restaurant 6 $25,424 75.00%
Self-Enrichment Education Teachers 5 $28,791 62.50%
Sales Engineers 5 $65,262 62.50%
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 %
India 1,159 $85,602 46.01%
Mexico 208 $47,387 25.21%
Bangladesh 188 $22,515 39.83%
China 151 $35,072 46.04%
Cambodia 109 $24,396 41.92%
South Korea 75 $38,439 36.76%
Canada 71 $71,414 38.17%
Vietnam 70 $23,668 40.46%
Philippines 65 $28,227 39.16%
Brazil 52 $72,323 34.90%

Top Hiring Companies in Tennessee (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Sarayu Consultants Inc 5 $63,673 83.33%
Wright Medical Group Nv 5 $68,303 83.33%
Career Soft Solutions Inc 5 $79,265 83.33%
Sapphire It Services Inc 5 $80,255 83.33%
Pioneer Global Inc 5 $79,169 83.33%
Dish Wireless Llc 5 $88,816 83.33%
United Healthcare Services Inc 5 $112,864 83.33%
Analytics9 Solutions Inc 5 $79,806 83.33%
Otis It Inc 5 $87,402 83.33%
Kanini Technologies Inc 5 $79,240 83.33%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

Top Industries in Tennessee (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Nursery And Floriculture Production 42 $27,578 100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Farming 39 $22,941 100.00%
Other Grain Farming 34 $26,149 100.00%
Crop Production 28 $27,614 100.00%
Support Activities For Crop Production 25 $29,053 100.00%
Other Noncitrus Fruit Farming 21 $22,663 100.00%
Hay Farming 20 $27,844 100.00%
Strawberry Farming 19 $24,090 100.00%
All Other Crop Farming 13 $25,002 100.00%
Crop Harvesting Primarily By Machine 10 $27,670 100.00%

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 $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.

State Avg Wage