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 %
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 %
Custom Computer Programming Services 73,802 $79,368 91.22%
Computer Systems Design Services 14,931 $86,615 91.96%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 6,350 $85,856 87.59%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 5,621 $53,879 79.74%
Credit Card Issuing 5,344 $89,498 91.82%
Other Computer Related Services 5,050 $81,311 89.14%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services 3,567 $85,314 93.04%
Engineering Services 3,117 $76,382 89.80%
Offices Of Certified Public Accountants 2,962 $81,518 97.02%
Computing Infrastructure Providers Data Processing Web Hosting And Related Services 2,630 $94,624 94.30%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Apple Orchards 208 $25,876 100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming 190 $27,346 100.00%
Nursery And Tree Production 120 $25,823 100.00%
Grape Vineyards 90 $25,995 100.00%
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming 86 $23,813 100.00%
Tobacco Farming 48 $27,446 100.00%
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders 44 $28,040 100.00%
Noncitrus Fruit And Tree Nut Farming 32 $27,682 100.00%
Crop Production 26 $28,336 100.00%
Support Activities For Crop Production 25 $29,203 100.00%

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