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
190,628 89.59% $83,459 H-1B
18,777 8.82% $93,811 PERM
1,727 0.81% $26,077 H-2A
1,642 0.77% $98,369 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Virginia has seen a total of 212,774 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Virginia is the H-1B visa with 190,628 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 89.59% of Virginia's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 18,777 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 8.82% of Virginia's total visas.

Top Occupations in Virginia (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Developers, Applications 42,792 $90,700 91.47%
Computer Systems Analysts 23,625 $73,163 92.27%
Computer Programmers 16,402 $63,780 88.73%
Computer Occupations, All Other 6,849 $83,710 91.55%
Software Developers, Systems Software 3,545 $97,104 90.50%
Accountants and Auditors 3,314 $67,669 91.72%
Management Analysts 3,195 $76,817 90.87%
Operations Research Analysts 3,099 $81,315 90.91%
Database Administrators 2,779 $77,663 90.43%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 2,765 $74,700 90.30%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Developers, Applications 5,208 $104,684 123.44%
Computer Systems Analysts 1,369 $97,719 87.20%
Computer Occupations, All Other 747 $108,187 58.09%
Software Developers, Systems Software 420 $112,004 65.12%
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 355 $24,260 57.07%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 319 $88,287 68.45%
Electrical Engineers 277 $95,468 61.15%
Accountants and Auditors 260 $83,599 65.00%
Statisticians 252 $73,595 76.13%
Database Administrators 210 $93,734 66.67%
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 2,694 in 2025.

Top Countries with Workers in Virginia From PERM Program (All Years)

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Jordan 18 $93,947 38.30%
Malaysia 17 $80,160 37.78%
Singapore 16 $85,718 38.10%
Argentina 16 $73,898 38.10%
Japan 16 $68,481 39.02%
Kenya 16 $70,338 39.02%
Ecuador 16 $49,434 40.00%
Italy 16 $59,391 44.44%
Zimbabwe 15 $65,625 42.86%
Trinidad And Tobago 15 $67,829 42.86%

Top Hiring Companies in Virginia (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Optum Services Inc 126 $112,285 90.00%
Global Wireless Solutions Inc 125 $71,990 89.93%
Aecom Technical Services Inc 124 $72,442 89.21%
American Infosys Inc 124 $65,732 89.86%
Genesis Eldercare Rehabilitation Services Inc 124 $61,791 90.51%
Deloitte Transactions And Business Analytics Llp 123 $87,640 90.44%
International Business Machines Corporation 123 $94,156 90.44%
Infogen Software Inc 122 $64,496 91.04%
Alarmcom Incorporated 121 $83,925 90.30%
Quantum Vision Llc 121 $74,476 90.98%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Newmarket Farm Llc 2 $21,576 100.00%
Ridgely Farm Vineyards Llc 2 $32,042 100.00%
Samuel D Piercy Jr 2 $19,354 100.00%
James R Light 2 $19,646 100.00%
Dan Valley Farm 2 $22,870 100.00%
Cloverdale Farm 2 $17,514 100.00%
3 Hands Oyster Company Llc 2 $31,949 100.00%
Whitacre Family Farms Llc 2 $32,885 100.00%
River Ridge Land Cattle Llc 2 $23,442 100.00%
Dennis J Burnett 2 $25,480 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Guident Technologies Inc 12 $93,085 34.29%
Volkswagen Of America 12 $119,675 34.29%
Csxperts Llc 12 $66,707 34.29%
Altum Inc 12 $92,782 34.29%
Sila Solutions Group 12 $83,316 34.29%
Abb Inc 12 $73,715 34.29%
Alfa Laval Inc 12 $99,648 34.29%
Sv Tech Inc 12 $104,380 34.29%
Hewlett Packard Company 12 $79,588 34.29%
Crystal Dental Lab Inc 12 $30,623 34.29%

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 $83,459. The state with the highest average wage of H1-B workers for all states is CA with an average wage of $104,510.

State Avg Wage