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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Utah Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
29,809 83.11% $70,449 H-1B
2,658 7.41% $21,499 H-2A
2,592 7.23% $105,090 PERM
810 2.26% $82,474 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Utah has seen a total of 35,869 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Utah is the H-1B visa with 29,809 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 83.11% of Utah's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the H-2A visa with 2,658 H-2A visas on record over all years accounting for 7.41% of Utah's total visas.

Top Occupations in Utah (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Developers, Applications 4,829 $84,556 91.18%
Computer Systems Analysts 3,170 $61,260 94.91%
Computer Programmers 1,327 $56,637 91.39%
Computer Occupations, All Other 1,150 $61,317 92.22%
Software Developers, Systems Software 693 $89,458 90.23%
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 574 $43,751 87.37%
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 489 $40,630 93.86%
Accountants and Auditors 428 $53,641 88.98%
Electrical Engineers 391 $70,474 83.55%
Mechanical Engineers 309 $71,159 85.36%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 1,194 $22,969 376.66%
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 322 $27,872 185.06%
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop 254 $29,419 156.79%
Nursery Workers 33 $30,120 26.19%
Construction Laborers 6 $33,127 7.50%
Agricultural Equipment Operators 6 $30,389 7.89%
Butchers and Meat Cutters 2 $33,197 3.23%
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 1 $37,440 1.92%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Developers, Applications 360 $95,471 74.23%
Computer Systems Analysts 67 $78,043 27.35%
Software Developers, Systems Software 66 $99,535 31.73%
Helpers--Production Workers 66 $25,544 56.90%
Computer Occupations, All Other 65 $73,633 78.31%
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 63 $25,053 77.78%
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 59 $42,478 81.94%
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 35 $2,621,391 57.38%
Materials Engineers 34 $68,542 64.15%
Statisticians 30 $49,806 68.18%
Utah Employees Over Time
Utah has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 1,067 employees were hired. Utah peaked in 2022 with 3,143 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 2,840 in 2023.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
India 684 $93,247 48.82%
China 129 $63,527 36.75%
Mexico 128 $46,542 39.88%
Brazil 122 $39,727 38.61%
South Korea 60 $45,873 21.20%
Vietnam 59 $1,561,086 40.14%
Nepal 45 $47,861 36.29%
Venezuela 42 $30,152 37.17%
Canada 37 $89,219 34.91%
Colombia 35 $35,182 46.05%

Top Hiring Companies in Utah (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Tata Consultancy Services Limited 326 $61,450 98.19%
Connvertex Technologies Inc 227 $76,124 82.55%
Doterra International Llc 217 $87,141 92.34%
Ntt Data Inc 209 $78,343 89.32%
Intermountain Healthcare 204 $70,908 93.58%
Adobe Inc 191 $100,898 89.25%
Ancestrycom Operations Inc 185 $89,124 95.36%
Fatpipe Technologies Inc 178 $65,533 94.68%
Brigham Young University 175 $58,742 95.11%
Fidelity Technology Group Llc 175 $87,779 96.15%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Vivint Inc 29 $98,959 36.71%
Ebay Inc 23 $77,754 29.49%
Brightview Landscape Services Inc 22 $24,814 31.43%
Lucid Software 22 $75,382 37.93%
Brigham Young University 21 $53,095 37.50%
Cotiviti Inc 21 $70,974 38.18%
Select Portfolio Servicing Inc 20 $65,006 41.67%
Xactware 19 $78,044 47.50%
Kennecott Utah Copper Llc 18 $85,421 46.15%
Fatpipe Technologies Inc 18 $103,367 46.15%

Top Industries in Utah (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Sign Manufacturing 5 $48,897 83.33%
Facilities Support Services 5 $58,973 83.33%
Commercial Screen Printing 5 $80,666 83.33%
Medical And Diagnostic Laboratories 5 $47,977 83.33%
Books Printing 5 $59,862 83.33%
Sports And Recreation Instruction 5 $27,847 83.33%
Other Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers 5 $34,693 83.33%
Other Services Related To Advertising 5 $50,981 83.33%
Natural Gas Distribution 5 $55,640 83.33%
Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing 5 $65,890 83.33%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

Utah Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in Utah to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in Utah over all years is $70,449. 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