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 %
Guatemala 45 $29,235 41.67%
Peru 44 $53,675 41.90%
Honduras 43 $34,838 45.26%
Russia 38 $78,998 40.86%
Bolivia 36 $41,607 40.00%
Ukraine 33 $79,016 39.29%
Germany 32 $83,493 42.67%
Spain 28 $82,571 37.84%
Venezuela 27 $65,211 39.71%
Egypt 26 $74,176 38.24%

Top Hiring Companies in Virginia (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Elevance Health Inc 280 $112,020 90.32%
Sapient Corporation 279 $99,995 91.48%
Oracle America Inc 269 $110,871 89.97%
Global Sumi Technologies Inc 264 $70,522 88.89%
Carilion Medical Center 257 $69,705 88.93%
Zillion Technologies Inc 255 $72,914 88.54%
Istream Solutions Inc 247 $88,176 86.06%
Navitas Business Consulting Inc 242 $73,195 84.32%
Indus Group Inc 241 $68,636 86.69%
Microstrategy Incorporated 241 $79,367 87.32%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Global Wireless Solutions 28 $81,506 34.15%
Digital Intelligence Systems Llc 28 $110,284 34.15%
Hcentive 28 $88,277 35.44%
Canopy One Solutions Inc 27 $110,476 34.62%
Symplicity Corporation 26 $82,178 33.33%
The Diligent Group Llc 26 $102,678 33.33%
Esvee Technologies Inc 26 $99,022 33.77%
American Institutes For Research 26 $61,222 33.77%
Salesforcecom 25 $311,477 32.89%
Columbia College 25 $55,648 32.89%

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