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 %
Software Developers, Applications 26,911 $110,249 89.40%
Computer Systems Analysts 22,965 $81,223 93.16%
Computer Occupations, All Other 14,210 $69,307 91.11%
Software Developers, Systems Software 8,031 $111,253 91.73%
Computer Programmers 6,665 $85,030 91.99%
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 2,485 $82,241 93.00%
Computer and Information Systems Managers 2,459 $155,167 93.57%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 2,283 $74,135 87.98%
Management Analysts 1,904 $89,779 91.54%
Operations Research Analysts 1,795 $90,906 92.10%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Developers, Applications 3,093 $251,465 94.82%
Software Developers, Systems Software 1,062 $115,537 53.66%
Computer Systems Analysts 698 $99,673 290.83%
Computer Occupations, All Other 399 $97,693 168.35%
Computer and Information Systems Managers 229 $148,870 100.88%
Statisticians 136 $73,108 63.85%
Electrical Engineers 128 $87,472 65.98%
Internists, General 113 $137,911 73.38%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 102 $87,668 78.46%
Accountants and Auditors 96 $78,691 86.49%
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 %
Russia 144 $103,148 45.86%
Israel 119 $111,533 37.90%
Pakistan 111 $101,957 42.37%
France 109 $100,792 42.75%
Nigeria 101 $94,233 41.91%
Ukraine 99 $102,645 42.49%
Turkey 89 $97,780 41.98%
Japan 88 $2,608,008 42.51%
Germany 83 $108,617 45.36%
Singapore 81 $101,975 45.76%

Top Hiring Companies in Washington (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Samsung Electronics America Inc 172 $112,022 89.58%
Chewy Inc 171 $132,826 91.44%
Redfin Corporation 169 $107,576 90.86%
Kpmg Llp 168 $83,182 91.30%
Premera Blue Cross 166 $98,869 90.22%
9logic Technologies Inc 163 $99,754 89.07%
Amdocs Inc 161 $90,780 87.98%
Alstom Grid Llc 157 $90,430 86.74%
Western Washington University 157 $75,547 87.22%
Greenbay Infotech Llc 155 $66,131 87.08%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Juno Therapeutics Inc 10 $113,025 33.33%
Compusight Corporation 9 $1,594,265 30.00%
Sysgain Inc 9 $114,841 31.03%
Mobica Us Inc 9 $102,990 31.03%
Mentis Systems Inc 9 $93,877 31.03%
Deepintel Solutions Llc 9 $96,863 31.03%
Amazon Mechanical Turk Inc 9 $96,729 32.14%
Liberty Mutual Technology Group Inc 9 $133,259 33.33%
Downtown House Cleaning Llc 9 $25,750 33.33%
Milgard Manufacturing Inc 9 $118,595 33.33%

Top Industries in Washington (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Shellfish Farming 9 $31,431 100.00%
Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers 9 $34,258 100.00%
Berry Except Strawberry Farming 8 $33,285 100.00%
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming 6 $34,577 100.00%
Seafood Product Preparation And Packaging 6 $34,570 100.00%
Tree Nut Farming 5 $35,131 100.00%
Nursery And Floriculture Production 5 $33,463 100.00%
Logging 4 $35,448 100.00%
Aquaculture 4 $33,332 100.00%
Support Activities For Agriculture And Forestry 4 $37,086 100.00%

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.

State Avg Wage