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 %
Lebanon 26 $64,303 41.94%
Egypt 26 $74,176 44.07%
Australia 23 $97,139 38.98%
South Africa 23 $69,574 41.82%
Romania 22 $68,801 42.31%
Ethiopia 21 $79,571 42.00%
Ireland 21 $88,996 44.68%
Poland 21 $73,193 44.68%
Sri Lanka 19 $75,341 41.30%
Jordan 17 $98,190 36.96%

Top Hiring Companies in Virginia (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Sqa Concepts Inc 536 $72,922 88.89%
Idexcel Inc 536 $86,911 90.54%
Wal Mart Associates Inc 531 $104,105 90.61%
Anira Solutions Inc 531 $75,739 94.82%
Microstrategy Inc 506 $98,165 91.01%
Ibm Corporation 499 $85,136 90.73%
The University Of Virginia 484 $63,171 88.64%
Synechron Inc 481 $88,086 88.75%
Asurion Llc 456 $99,957 86.36%
Igate Technologies Inc 453 $66,464 85.80%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Nortech North America Inc Dba Ngs Infonet Inc 55 $103,987 41.67%
Uniplus Consultants Inc 55 $96,880 42.64%
Csc Covansys Corporation 54 $102,585 44.26%
Visa Technology And Operations Llc 52 $108,831 43.33%
Teksky Llc 51 $115,828 43.22%
International Solutions Group Inc 49 $89,506 41.88%
Cleaners Of America Corporation 49 $18,708 42.24%
Epling Landscaping And Lawn Service Inc 48 $29,912 41.38%
Infocepts Llc 47 $119,340 42.34%
Protege Llc 45 $113,657 40.91%

Top Industries in Virginia (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Fruit And Tree Nut Farming 12 $28,021 100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Combination Farming 12 $26,631 100.00%
Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers 11 $27,753 100.00%
Cotton Ginning 11 $35,031 100.00%
Floriculture Production 10 $27,312 100.00%
Corn Farming 10 $28,694 100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Farming 8 $28,418 100.00%
All Other Animal Production 8 $25,657 100.00%
Berry Except Strawberry Farming 7 $23,682 100.00%
Support Activities For Animal Production 7 $25,539 100.00%

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