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 %
Sales Managers 170 $89,348 86.73%
Materials Engineers 170 $82,467 87.63%
Cost Estimators 169 $58,670 87.11%
Financial Managers 162 $119,660 84.82%
Chemists 159 $70,226 84.13%
Instructional Coordinators 157 $50,945 83.96%
Coaches and Scouts 155 $31,118 83.78%
Data Warehousing Specialists 155 $87,148 87.08%
Public Relations Specialists 153 $52,056 87.43%
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 145 $49,399 86.83%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Bakers 24 $24,686 48.00%
Training and Development Specialists 24 $62,680 48.98%
Biomedical Engineers 23 $90,296 47.92%
Coaches and Scouts 23 $28,480 47.92%
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 22 $38,096 46.81%
Logisticians 22 $77,656 46.81%
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 22 $39,131 46.81%
Materials Engineers 22 $87,755 47.83%
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 21 $41,052 45.65%
Chemical Engineers 21 $87,488 47.73%
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 %
American Software Resources Inc 9 $90,388 90.00%
Infovision Technologies Inc 9 $70,766 90.00%
Artemis Consulting Inc 9 $94,085 90.00%
Tadjer Cohen Edelson Associates Inc 9 $64,848 90.00%
Raul V Bravo Associates Inc 9 $81,102 90.00%
Decisionwave Technologies Inc 9 $87,353 90.00%
Lorsiv Technologies Inc 9 $79,980 90.00%
Mint Servicing Inc 9 $73,560 90.00%
Sapphire Technologies Lp 9 $74,039 90.00%
Baanyan Software Services 9 $82,234 90.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Dupont Specialty Products Usa Llc 1 $92,664 50.00%
Indy Restaurant Llc 1 $18,158 50.00%
Zohreh Abyaneh Llc 1 $105,227 50.00%
Nawab Of Virginia Inc Dba Nawab Indian Cuisine 1 $21,486 50.00%
Mlpl Co Ta Marumen 1 $62,920 50.00%
Chemonics International Inc 1 $119,307 50.00%
Cleverspeck Llc 1 $101,462 50.00%
Leadership Institute 1 $46,051 50.00%
Mitsubishi Motors 1 $96,762 50.00%
Pj Contracting Inc 1 $26,374 50.00%

Top Industries in Virginia (All Years)

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%

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