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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Washington Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas	% of all Visas	Average Wage	Visa Type
266,875	84.77%	$99,834	H-1B
40,156	12.76%	$150,233	PERM
5,498	1.75%	$107,979	E-3 Australian
2,276	0.72%	$30,894	H-2A

As of May 2023, Washington has seen a total of 314,805 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Washington is the H-1B visa with 266,875 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 84.77% of Washington's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 40,156 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 12.76% of Washington's total visas.

Top Occupations in Washington (All Years)

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Producers	2	$56,150	66.67%
Mechanical Engineering Technicians	2	$51,470	66.67%
Instructional Designers and Technologists	2	$67,070	66.67%
Bioinformatics Technicians	2	$57,949	66.67%
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other	2	$59,207	66.67%
Environmental Engineering Technicians	2	$55,661	66.67%
Law Teachers, Postsecondary	2	$60,630	66.67%
Electrical Engineering Technologists	2	$56,701	66.67%
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	2	$58,448	66.67%
Radiologic Technologists	2	$67,527	66.67%

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Washington Employees Over Time

Washington has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 8,946 employees were hired. Washington peaked in 2022 with 34,692 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 28,696 in 2023.

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

Country	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
India	14,333	$149,623	51.63%
China	6,350	$103,667	55.23%
Canada	1,523	$444,461	43.70%
Mexico	527	$93,392	50.38%
South Korea	374	$82,739	43.90%
Taiwan	348	$99,198	54.55%
Australia	257	$107,775	47.24%
Brazil	201	$97,530	48.67%
United Kingdom	170	$102,992	42.18%
Vietnam	165	$78,161	42.86%

Top Hiring Companies in Washington (All Years)

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Amazon Data Services Inc	845	$106,818	92.05%
Apple Inc	821	$145,688	90.72%
Ebay Inc	750	$120,835	84.27%
Amazon Fulfillment Services Inc	729	$97,660	83.03%
Quadrant Resource Llc	717	$99,446	82.04%
Battelle Memorial Institute	695	$59,044	80.63%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center	680	$57,859	81.93%
Google Inc	653	$97,089	81.52%
Capgemini America Inc	629	$97,491	80.64%
Uber Technologies Inc	600	$131,557	78.33%

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Ernst Young Us Llp	51	$117,823	37.78%
Smartsheet Inc	51	$115,696	38.64%
Maq Llc	49	$112,072	37.98%
Automatic Data Processing Inc	48	$84,735	39.02%
Premera Blue Cross	46	$104,712	39.32%
Pactera Technologies Inc	45	$80,575	40.91%
Volt Management Corp	41	$4,604,560	37.96%
Stripe Inc	39	$121,864	37.14%
Godaddycom Llc	39	$112,080	37.50%
Bill Melinda Gates Foundation	38	$122,948	38.00%

Top Industries in Washington (All Years)

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing	47	$92,487	88.68%
All Other Insurance Related Activities	47	$110,236	90.38%
Employment Placement Agencies	44	$90,861	86.27%
Household Appliances Electric Housewares And Consumer Electronics Merchant Wholesalers	44	$109,642	86.27%
Other Financial Investment Activities	44	$98,457	88.00%
Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing	43	$89,738	86.00%
Power Distribution And Specialty Transformer Manufacturing	43	$80,918	87.76%
Dental Laboratories	43	$68,582	89.58%
Industrial Design Services	42	$69,170	87.50%
Other Chemical And Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers	42	$88,880	87.50%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Advertising Material Distribution Services	2	$74,280	20.00%
Fruit And Vegetable Preserving And Specialty Food Manufacturing	2	$74,860	20.00%
Voluntary Health Organizations	2	$101,806	20.00%
Navigational Measuring Electromedical And Control Instruments Manufacturing	2	$112,715	20.00%
Air Conditioning And Warm Air Heating Equipment And Commercial And Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing	2	$78,530	20.00%
Furniture And Home Furnishing Merchant Wholesalers	2	$65,437	20.00%
Translation And Interpretation Services	2	$65,936	20.00%
Amusement And Theme Parks	2	$113,839	20.00%
Promoters Of Performing Arts Sports And Similar Events With Facilities	2	$152,953	22.22%
Other Commercial And Industrial Machinery And Equipment Rental And Leasing	2	$91,042	22.22%

Washington Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in Washington to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in Washington over all years is $99,834. The state with the highest average wage of H1-B workers for all states is CA with an average wage of $100,819.