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)

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 %
Panama 2 $67,746 50.00%
Uganda 2 $105,477 50.00%
Namibia 2 $60,924 50.00%
Bhutan 2 $67,330 50.00%
Bosnia And Herzegovina 2 $58,583 50.00%
Laos 2 $46,873 50.00%
Serbia And Montenegro 2 $108,816 50.00%
Guinea 2 $64,647 50.00%
Mali 2 $59,780 50.00%
Macedonia 2 $97,032 50.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Virginia (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Co 650 $92,980 90.66%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Us Corporation 613 $70,953 88.46%
Comscore Inc 610 $79,680 91.32%
Idexcel Inc 585 $88,364 88.77%
Hadiamondstar Software Solutions Llc 573 $66,059 92.12%
Sqa Concepts Inc 559 $74,234 95.07%
Microstrategy Inc 556 $100,336 95.86%
Ibm Corporation 541 $88,341 93.44%
Anira Solutions Inc 538 $76,177 93.40%
Asurion Llc 516 $104,501 90.69%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Trump Vineyard Estates Llc 14 $25,516 100.00%
Heart Seventeen Inc 13 $26,262 100.00%
Meadowspring Turf Farm Llc 13 $24,811 100.00%
Woodbine Farms Inc 13 $26,650 100.00%
William L Whitacre 13 $20,396 100.00%
Barboursville Winery Inc 13 $23,826 100.00%
Grace Estate Winery Llc 13 $24,171 100.00%
Kuzzens Inc 12 $20,778 100.00%
Barlow Farms 12 $23,239 100.00%
Mid Atlantic Gin Llc 12 $30,092 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Sriven Technologies Llc 57 $107,176 41.30%
Uniplus Consultants Inc 56 $97,954 42.42%
Nortech North America Inc Dba Ngs Infonet Inc 55 $103,987 42.31%
Visa Technology And Operations Llc 54 $109,250 43.90%
Teksky Llc 51 $115,828 41.80%
International Solutions Group Inc 50 $90,421 40.98%
Cleaners Of America Corporation 49 $18,708 41.88%
Infocepts Llc 48 $118,758 41.03%
Epling Landscaping And Lawn Service Inc 48 $29,912 42.86%
Sstech Llc 46 $106,465 41.44%

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