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 %
Office Clerks, General	2	$29,040	66.67%
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	2	$80,506	66.67%
Audio and Video Equipment Technicians	2	$26,437	66.67%
Securities and Commodities Traders	2	$70,179	66.67%
Food Science Technicians	2	$36,171	66.67%
Therapists, All Other	2	$47,112	66.67%
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians	2	$219,024	100.00%
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	2	$43,233	100.00%
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School	2	$47,307	100.00%
Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technicians	2	$53,924	100.00%

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Prosthodontists	1	$73,174	11.11%
Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles	1	$22,942	11.11%
Education Administrators, All Other	1	$51,438	11.11%
Choreographers	1	$96,304	11.11%
Reporters and Correspondents	1	$59,987	11.11%
Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes	1	$100,277	11.11%
Furniture Finishers	1	$31,304	11.11%
Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators	1	$64,438	12.50%
Social Workers, All Other	1	$21,050	12.50%
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	1	$46,340	12.50%

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 %
India	6,975	$114,644	44.94%
China	784	$84,332	50.32%
South Korea	407	$49,024	26.95%
El Salvador	350	$253,847	45.34%
Mexico	333	$42,762	46.12%
Nepal	254	$77,322	42.76%
Pakistan	231	$67,767	40.46%
Philippines	227	$50,731	42.75%
Canada	169	$96,739	43.00%
Brazil	114	$62,033	36.77%

Top Hiring Companies in Virginia (All Years)

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Booz Allen Hamilton Inc	74	$93,372	89.16%
The Nature Conservancy	74	$82,527	90.24%
Qsi Services Inc	74	$58,610	90.24%
Fonteva Inc	73	$90,976	89.02%
Synopsys Inc	73	$108,409	89.02%
Halvik Corp	73	$98,973	90.12%
Maximus Inc	73	$101,008	90.12%
Gerent Llc	72	$94,511	88.89%
Netvision Resources Inc	72	$84,141	90.00%
Cotiviti Inc	72	$109,241	90.00%

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Aspire Logix Solutions Inc	6	$90,241	28.57%
The Burgess Group Llc	6	$92,026	28.57%
Consummate Computer Consultants Systems Llc	6	$101,407	30.00%
Gva Infotech Inc	6	$112,917	30.00%
Green Paradise Alexandria Llc	6	$30,330	30.00%
Marscloud Inc	6	$55,179	30.00%
Green Village Concrete Inc	6	$49,931	30.00%
Jm Bio Solution Inc	6	$18,519	30.00%
Medical Management International Inc Dba Banfield The Pet Hospital	6	$96,495	30.00%
Greensville County Schools	6	$39,248	30.00%

Top Industries in Virginia (All Years)

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Administrative Management And General Management Consulting Services	2,639	$91,280	94.35%
Direct Health And Medical Insurance Carriers	2,291	$97,465	95.86%
Management Consulting Services	2,258	$82,163	95.64%
Accounting Tax Preparation Bookkeeping And Payroll Services	1,503	$78,385	90.71%
Commercial Banking	1,475	$94,607	93.35%
General Medical And Surgical Hospitals	1,221	$85,138	90.44%
Elementary And Secondary Schools	1,196	$48,906	89.59%
Offices Of Physicians Except Mental Health Specialists	1,182	$132,233	88.74%
Other Scientific And Technical Consulting Services	1,008	$82,239	76.77%
Semiconductor And Related Device Manufacturing	824	$84,525	87.75%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Support Activities For Crop Production	27	$29,476	100.00%
Crop Production	26	$28,336	100.00%
Greenhouse Nursery And Floriculture Production	24	$28,677	100.00%
Shellfish Farming	22	$28,628	100.00%
Hay Farming	21	$28,206	100.00%
Other Noncitrus Fruit Farming	19	$23,561	100.00%
Floriculture Production	19	$30,130	100.00%
Cotton Ginning	17	$35,891	100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Combination Farming	17	$28,360	100.00%
All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming	17	$23,071	100.00%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Poultry Processing	449	$20,706	87.35%
Full Service Restaurants	427	$26,613	94.47%
Private Households	360	$311,347	80.18%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services	330	$110,815	77.28%
Elementary And Secondary Schools	314	$49,607	87.22%
Offices Of Physicians Except Mental Health Specialists	314	$1,337,306	95.15%
Offices Of Certified Public Accountants	308	$97,119	98.09%
Other Scientific And Technical Consulting Services	308	$98,309	98.09%
Management Consulting Services	301	$97,683	97.73%
Semiconductor And Related Device Manufacturing	292	$82,590	94.81%

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.