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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Virginia Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
190,628 89.59% $83,459 H-1B
18,777 8.82% $93,811 PERM
1,727 0.81% $26,077 H-2A
1,642 0.77% $98,369 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Virginia has seen a total of 212,774 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Virginia is the H-1B visa with 190,628 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 89.59% of Virginia's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 18,777 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 8.82% of Virginia's total visas.

Top Occupations in Virginia (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Electrical Engineers 1,745 $83,566 89.90%
Civil Engineers 1,615 $72,977 90.37%
Computer and Information Systems Managers 1,461 $143,878 92.59%
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 1,302 $54,847 86.51%
Statisticians 1,278 $83,325 89.12%
Financial Analysts 1,140 $74,447 90.12%
Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers 1,086 $89,814 91.96%
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 916 $55,236 88.50%
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 890 $97,821 86.66%
Economists 886 $98,966 88.51%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Computer and Information Systems Managers 198 $142,914 86.09%
Home Health Aides 168 $21,758 86.60%
Management Analysts 166 $90,435 88.77%
Operations Research Analysts 162 $65,749 94.74%
Civil Engineers 155 $99,962 93.94%
Economists 113 $94,308 73.86%
Information Security Analysts 111 $108,589 75.51%
Internists, General 104 $103,316 71.23%
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 98 $56,516 68.06%
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 95 $19,396 66.90%
Virginia Employees Over Time
Virginia has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 8,768 employees were hired. Virginia peaked in 2018 with 16,093 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 2,694 in 2025.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Syria 6 $84,396 35.29%
Tunisia 6 $53,774 37.50%
Saudi Arabia 6 $103,428 42.86%
Belize 6 $20,276 46.15%
Slovakia 6 $81,237 46.15%
Belgium 5 $111,891 38.46%
Cameroon 5 $44,341 41.67%
Iraq 5 $50,278 41.67%
Burma (myanmar) 5 $58,540 41.67%
Belarus 5 $73,910 41.67%

Top Hiring Companies in Virginia (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Symantec Corporation 79 $88,433 89.77%
Liberty University Inc 79 $48,829 89.77%
Impetus Technologies Inc 79 $98,173 89.77%
Populus Group Llc 79 $101,339 89.77%
Capricorn Systems Inc 78 $83,166 88.64%
Pioneer Consulting Services Llc 77 $93,408 87.50%
Info Labs Inc 77 $71,724 88.51%
Collabralink Technologies Inc 77 $88,749 88.51%
Novo Proso Inc 77 $75,436 88.51%
Riskspan Inc 77 $79,378 89.53%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Farm Op Kuzzens H2a Llc Vr24 1 $32,885 100.00%
Waverly Farm And Garden Llc 1 $22,932 100.00%
Hanovertown Farm Llc 1 $32,885 100.00%
Farm Op Kuzzens H2a Llc Vu24 1 $32,885 100.00%
Green Planters Garden Center Inc 1 $15,080 100.00%
Hh Farm 1 $19,947 100.00%
E Berry Harvest Company Llc Lipman Va 1 $31,429 100.00%
Heath Landscaping Inc 1 $32,885 100.00%
Wallace Sr Spencer B 1 $21,466 100.00%
Blenheim Vineyards Llc Et Al 1 $29,453 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Always Best Care Of Arlington 7 $21,362 31.82%
Docasap Inc 7 $104,912 31.82%
Aclara Smart Grid Solutions Llc 7 $105,245 31.82%
Perfect Sense Inc 7 $127,280 31.82%
Db Usa Core Corporation 7 $115,531 31.82%
General Electric Company 7 $111,854 31.82%
Comtrix Solutions Inc 7 $78,101 31.82%
Gnrsystems Inc 7 $112,911 31.82%
Hospitalist Medicine Physicians Of Fredericksburg 7 $194,085 31.82%
Slalom Llc 7 $133,777 31.82%

Top Industries in Virginia (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 79,119 $81,075 91.28%
Computer Systems Design Services 16,385 $88,638 92.36%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 6,756 $87,554 85.45%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 6,314 $55,145 82.11%
Credit Card Issuing 5,754 $92,799 92.24%
Other Computer Related Services 5,411 $83,045 89.45%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services 3,738 $86,444 92.99%
Computing Infrastructure Providers Data Processing Web Hosting And Related Services 3,679 $98,651 95.63%
Offices Of Certified Public Accountants 3,377 $84,027 90.25%
Engineering Services 3,369 $77,596 96.48%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Vegetable And Melon Farming 240 $28,632 100.00%
Apple Orchards 238 $26,744 100.00%
Nursery And Tree Production 150 $27,858 100.00%
Grape Vineyards 109 $27,308 100.00%
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming 89 $24,119 100.00%
Tobacco Farming 59 $28,428 100.00%
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders 58 $29,665 100.00%
Noncitrus Fruit And Tree Nut Farming 38 $28,454 100.00%
Other Food Crops Grown Under Cover 31 $29,227 100.00%
Other Crop Farming 28 $28,107 100.00%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 11,971 $122,956 100.00%
Computer Systems Design Services 3,604 $104,064 100.00%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 1,385 $92,852 89.64%
Other Computer Related Services 1,225 $97,175 88.45%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 1,081 $50,804 88.24%
Engineering Services 1,061 $87,275 98.15%
Landscaping Services 939 $25,652 88.50%
Home Health Care Services 606 $26,486 64.54%
Administrative Management And General Management Consulting Services 588 $97,087 97.03%
Direct Health And Medical Insurance Carriers 514 $102,256 87.41%

Virginia Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in Virginia to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in Virginia over all years is $83,459. 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