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 %
Ireland 36 $101,729 52.94%
Peru 33 $93,093 55.00%
Ghana 32 $83,557 55.17%
Netherlands 29 $103,936 50.00%
Venezuela 28 $83,174 50.91%
Greece 24 $97,654 47.06%
Sweden 21 $112,511 43.75%
Costa Rica 20 $107,093 41.67%
Bulgaria 19 $92,756 40.43%
Portugal 18 $96,569 40.91%

Top Hiring Companies in Washington (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Salesforce Inc 451 $136,815 87.57%
Makeurcareer Llc 446 $85,841 86.94%
F5 Networks Inc 444 $100,458 92.50%
Vmware Inc 428 $121,282 89.73%
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Inc 422 $74,654 89.79%
Costco Wholesale Corporation 415 $112,686 88.30%
Emc Corporation 392 $105,240 83.58%
Akvelon Inc 381 $88,537 82.83%
Battelle 363 $52,349 80.49%
Aditi Technologies Pvt Ltd 349 $73,010 80.23%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Eagle Healthcare Inc 29 $23,381 35.37%
Pactera Technologies Na Inc 29 $93,058 36.25%
Rhapsody International 29 $102,865 36.71%
Bytedance Inc 28 $119,447 35.90%
Grab Technology Llc 27 $119,071 35.53%
Snowflake Inc 26 $118,935 34.21%
Sel Engineering Services Inc 25 $88,080 33.78%
Avalara Inc 24 $143,303 32.88%
Isilon Systems Llc 24 $111,616 33.80%
Discovery Communications Llc 23 $149,106 33.33%

Top Industries in Washington (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Heating Equipment Except Warm Air Furnaces Manufacturing 2 $102,128 66.67%
Other Communication And Energy Wire Manufacturing 2 $68,973 66.67%
Caterers 2 $51,938 66.67%
Coal Mining 2 $40,789 66.67%
Soil Preparation Planting And Cultivating 2 $52,884 66.67%
Sign Manufacturing 2 $62,899 66.67%
Musical Instrument Manufacturing 2 $78,562 66.67%
Waste Collection 2 $78,426 66.67%
Furniture And Home Furnishing Merchant Wholesalers 2 $48,121 66.67%
Chicken Egg Production 2 $50,814 66.67%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

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