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 %
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 834 $54,662 87.79%
Physical Therapists 826 $69,795 88.53%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 793 $129,188 86.20%
Mechanical Engineers 672 $76,129 89.60%
Industrial Engineers 631 $76,491 87.64%
Information Technology Project Managers 621 $105,406 92.83%
Web Developers 594 $66,792 91.81%
Computer Network Architects 488 $100,481 93.31%
Business Intelligence Analysts 467 $89,468 93.03%
Internists, General 458 $138,886 91.42%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 88 $19,091 66.17%
Helpers--Production Workers 79 $18,920 59.85%
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 77 $23,088 59.69%
Mechanical Engineers 71 $82,596 56.80%
Butchers and Meat Cutters 69 $21,197 58.97%
Cooks, Restaurant 69 $28,563 63.30%
Food Preparation Workers 65 $19,605 61.32%
Marketing Managers 64 $129,280 60.95%
Sales Engineers 63 $112,044 60.58%
Financial Analysts 62 $81,212 61.39%
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 %
Data Concepts Llc 380 $70,039 88.37%
Howard Hughes Medical Institute 374 $52,768 86.98%
Vigna Solutions Inc 368 $74,482 85.78%
Akhsaya Inc 362 $65,380 86.81%
Kpmg Llp 357 $76,390 87.07%
Infomatics Corp 355 $74,047 88.09%
Usm Business Systems Inc 355 $70,058 89.87%
Verisign Inc 336 $103,605 87.27%
Pricewaterhousecoopers Advisory Services Llc 328 $95,260 85.42%
Nexus It Inc 321 $78,603 85.15%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Lorshi Systems Llc 36 $91,152 37.89%
Confiminds Llc 36 $94,131 38.30%
Norfolk Public Schools 35 $40,622 37.63%
Alarmcom Inc 35 $98,413 38.04%
Dynamic Technology Inc 33 $99,003 35.87%
Sprint Nextel Corporation 33 $88,910 36.26%
Inovant Llc 33 $97,223 36.26%
Microsoft Corporation 33 $96,203 36.26%
Global Sumi Technologieis Inc 33 $102,511 36.67%
Ridge Business Solutions Llc 32 $112,825 35.56%

Top Industries in Virginia (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Fruit And Tree Nut Farming 12 $28,021 100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Combination Farming 12 $26,631 100.00%
Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers 11 $27,753 100.00%
Cotton Ginning 11 $35,031 100.00%
Floriculture Production 10 $27,312 100.00%
Corn Farming 10 $28,694 100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Farming 8 $28,418 100.00%
All Other Animal Production 8 $25,657 100.00%
Berry Except Strawberry Farming 7 $23,682 100.00%
Support Activities For Animal Production 7 $25,539 100.00%

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.

State Avg Wage