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 %
Software Developers, Applications 42,890 $90,705 91.68%
Computer Systems Analysts 23,628 $73,163 92.29%
Computer Programmers 16,406 $63,786 88.75%
Computer Occupations, All Other 6,874 $83,678 91.89%
Software Developers, Systems Software 3,582 $97,113 91.45%
Management Analysts 3,065 $75,929 90.87%
Accountants and Auditors 3,036 $66,324 91.47%
Operations Research Analysts 2,913 $80,043 90.58%
Database Administrators 2,783 $77,671 90.56%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 2,770 $74,725 90.46%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Developers, Applications 5,195 $104,619 123.13%
Computer Systems Analysts 1,364 $97,653 89.62%
Computer Occupations, All Other 746 $108,143 58.79%
Software Developers, Systems Software 417 $111,967 65.98%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 318 $88,186 51.37%
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 317 $23,926 68.03%
Electrical Engineers 269 $95,419 59.38%
Accountants and Auditors 248 $82,832 68.51%
Statisticians 234 $72,875 75.97%
Database Administrators 210 $93,734 91.70%
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 %
Lesotho 1 $87,422 50.00%
Serbia And Montenegro 1 $60,570 100.00%
Madagascar 1 $22,402 100.00%
Estonia 1 $50,898 100.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Virginia (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Quality Software Services Inc 79 $82,810 90.80%
Lucid Technologies Inc 79 $67,045 90.80%
Google Llc 79 $120,966 90.80%
Texperts Inc 78 $81,531 89.66%
Capricorn Systems Inc 78 $83,166 89.66%
Virginia Transformer Corporation 77 $57,989 89.53%
Collabralink Technologies Inc 77 $88,749 89.53%
Pvk Corporation 77 $82,639 89.53%
The Corporate Executive Board Company 76 $88,524 88.37%
Headstrong Services Llc 76 $74,592 88.37%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Algorithm Inc 7 $114,290 31.82%
Aclara Smart Grid Solutions Llc 7 $105,245 31.82%
Docasap Inc 7 $104,912 31.82%
General Electric Company 7 $111,854 31.82%
Advance Technology Systems 7 $81,575 31.82%
Global Computer Products Inc 7 $112,882 31.82%
Acusys Inc 7 $79,363 31.82%
Idl Solutions Inc 7 $95,656 31.82%
2020 Company Llc 7 $92,405 33.33%
Ashoka 7 $77,849 33.33%

Top Industries in Virginia (All Years)

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