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
174,538	89.42%	$81,396	H-1B
17,704	9.07%	$93,891	PERM
1,488	0.76%	$24,851	H-2A
1,462	0.75%	$94,307	E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Virginia has seen a total of 195,192 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Virginia is the H-1B visa with 174,538 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 89.42% of Virginia's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 17,704 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 9.07% of Virginia's total visas.

Top Occupations in Virginia (All Years)

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Electrical Engineers	1,634	$82,489	90.18%
Civil Engineers	1,398	$71,286	89.56%
Computer and Information Systems Managers	1,233	$138,825	88.45%
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	1,200	$53,765	89.69%
Statisticians	1,176	$81,236	88.96%
Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers	1,086	$89,814	91.96%
Financial Analysts	1,054	$72,981	89.70%
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects	892	$97,853	90.10%
Information Security Analysts	879	$96,163	89.69%
Economists	876	$98,779	91.35%

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Farm Labor Contractors	3	$26,728	18.75%
Packers and Packagers, Hand	1	$31,013	6.67%
Chefs and Head Cooks	1	$41,600	7.14%
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	1	$27,352	7.69%
First-Line Supervisors of Aquacultural Workers	1	$25,480	8.33%
Logging Equipment Operators	1	$43,763	8.33%

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Computer and Information Systems Managers	190	$141,771	84.82%
Home Health Aides	166	$21,753	85.57%
Management Analysts	162	$90,754	88.04%
Operations Research Analysts	151	$64,483	91.52%
Civil Engineers	145	$101,077	98.64%
Information Security Analysts	111	$108,589	75.51%
Economists	103	$92,250	71.03%
Internists, General	103	$102,299	72.54%
Computer Programmers	95	$85,992	66.90%
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	92	$56,750	68.15%

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 12,968 in 2023.

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

Country	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
India	6,419	$114,352	45.39%
China	685	$83,408	45.36%
South Korea	405	$37,966	30.04%
El Salvador	341	$259,605	45.35%
Mexico	278	$42,811	43.37%
Nepal	212	$74,909	40.54%
Pakistan	209	$67,215	42.57%
Philippines	209	$51,448	44.19%
Canada	149	$88,357	41.97%
Brazil	94	$62,514	40.17%

Top Hiring Companies in Virginia (All Years)

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Digital Terrain Inc	14	$82,463	87.50%
Slk America Inc	14	$75,661	87.50%
Peri Software Solutions Inc	14	$70,810	87.50%
Masterex Technologies Inc	14	$82,066	87.50%
Agasti Llc	14	$83,564	87.50%
Abd Solutions Inc	14	$75,786	87.50%
Machine Learning Technologies Llc	14	$77,462	87.50%
3d Technologies Llc	14	$79,217	87.50%
Autodesk Inc	14	$119,584	87.50%
Andrew Llc	14	$83,966	87.50%

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Meeting Expectations	1	$88,878	33.33%
Macdonald Properties Llc	1	$29,952	33.33%
Youngs Cleaners Inc	1	$17,202	33.33%
Kim Chiropractic Clinic Pa	1	$48,651	33.33%
Peter Chang Ii Llc	1	$57,803	33.33%
Lincoln Ip Inc	1	$129,688	33.33%
Openmfg Llc Dba Xtuple	1	$58,781	33.33%
Jhl Construction Llc	1	$20,696	33.33%
Orleans Co Tree Service	1	$32,531	33.33%
Turner Family Farms Llc	1	$20,405	33.33%

Top Industries in Virginia (All Years)

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Administrative Management And General Management Consulting Services	2,464	$89,068	94.30%
Management Consulting Services	2,238	$81,804	95.80%
Direct Health And Medical Insurance Carriers	2,073	$95,499	95.97%
Accounting Tax Preparation Bookkeeping And Payroll Services	1,343	$75,797	94.78%
Commercial Banking	1,238	$89,704	87.49%
Offices Of Physicians Except Mental Health Specialists	1,118	$131,457	87.82%
General Medical And Surgical Hospitals	1,088	$84,794	86.42%
Elementary And Secondary Schools	981	$48,224	83.21%
Other Scientific And Technical Consulting Services	956	$81,271	84.75%
Semiconductor And Related Device Manufacturing	786	$83,860	87.33%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Other Food Crops Grown Under Cover	23	$27,954	100.00%
Other Crop Farming	23	$27,149	100.00%
Other Noncitrus Fruit Farming	19	$23,561	100.00%
All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming	17	$23,071	100.00%
Shellfish Farming	17	$26,294	100.00%
Hay Farming	16	$26,978	100.00%
Flower Nursery Stock And Florists Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	16	$27,733	100.00%
Greenhouse Nursery And Floriculture Production	15	$26,402	100.00%
Horses And Other Equine Production	13	$26,298	100.00%
Nursery And Floriculture Production	13	$27,594	100.00%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Financial Transactions Processing Reserve And Clearinghouse Activities	122	$100,738	27.17%
Other Management Consulting Services	118	$80,985	26.70%
Temporary Help Services	104	$107,783	25.94%
Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing	101	$18,829	27.22%
Masonry Contractors	85	$49,529	25.45%
Beauty Salons	74	$34,377	24.03%
Satellite Telecommunications	72	$99,915	23.45%
Marketing Research And Public Opinion Polling	71	$85,121	23.36%
Computer And Computer Peripheral Equipment And Software Merchant Wholesalers	55	$97,662	18.52%
Instruments And Related Products Manufacturing For Measuring Displaying And Controlling Industrial Process Variables	55	$79,506	18.71%

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 $81,396. The state with the highest average wage of H1-B workers for all states is CA with an average wage of $100,819.