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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Illinois Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
328,359 91.53% $77,136 H-1B
25,222 7.03% $170,962 PERM
3,529 0.98% $97,739 E-3 Australian
1,637 0.46% $32,808 H-2A

As of May 2023, Illinois has seen a total of 358,747 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Illinois is the H-1B visa with 328,359 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 91.53% of Illinois's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 25,222 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 7.03% of Illinois's total visas.

Top Occupations in Illinois (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Sales Engineers 1,034 $91,339 89.83%
Chemists 962 $58,418 83.65%
Marketing Managers 909 $104,358 88.00%
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 873 $57,184 89.26%
Internists, General 838 $132,360 86.57%
Commercial and Industrial Designers 738 $53,521 88.07%
Dentists, General 735 $102,275 87.71%
Logisticians 672 $55,425 85.17%
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 650 $46,330 85.98%
Actuaries 628 $85,105 87.96%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 89 $62,263 80.18%
Dentists, General 83 $93,359 76.15%
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 74 $39,492 67.89%
General and Operations Managers 74 $104,708 69.81%
Packers and Packagers, Hand 70 $24,859 67.31%
Logisticians 70 $55,287 70.71%
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 69 $42,336 73.40%
Financial Specialists, All Other 68 $81,842 74.73%
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 66 $43,129 72.53%
Actuaries 65 $93,468 72.22%
Illinois Employees Over Time
Illinois has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 14,981 employees were hired. Illinois peaked in 2016 with 29,364 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 3,790 in 2025.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Egypt 24 $108,879 39.34%
Uzbekistan 23 $49,627 43.40%
Singapore 23 $83,330 43.40%
Jordan 23 $78,894 44.23%
Belarus 22 $76,544 44.00%
Cambodia 21 $25,654 44.68%
Lebanon 20 $14,222,819 42.55%
Lithuania 20 $57,170 46.51%
Chile 20 $84,292 46.51%
Hong Kong 20 $66,687 47.62%

Top Hiring Companies in Illinois (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Happiest Minds Technologies Private Ltd 42 $78,428 89.36%
Beyond Finance Llc 42 $107,236 89.36%
Niit Technologies Limited 42 $84,082 89.36%
Informatica Llc 42 $107,391 91.30%
Clarity Solution Group Llc 42 $92,698 91.30%
Charles Schwab Company Inc 42 $121,368 91.30%
Datametica Solutions Incorporated 42 $107,786 91.30%
Analytics9 Solutions Inc 42 $92,247 91.30%
Morningstar Investment Management Llc 41 $106,724 89.13%
Sel Engineering Services Inc 41 $91,066 89.13%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Dhara I Corporation 2 $45,157 28.57%
Computerized Facility Integration Llc 2 $58,063 28.57%
Trondent Development Corp 2 $75,546 28.57%
Fippex Operations Llc 2 $75,275 28.57%
Sports Land Inc 2 $25,730 28.57%
Community Health Care Inc 2 $102,357 28.57%
La Bodega Ltd 2 $78,281 28.57%
Mb Trucking Inc 2 $44,658 28.57%
Atlas Software Technologies 2 $58,864 28.57%
Sxc Health Solutions Inc 2 $87,922 28.57%

Top Industries in Illinois (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 116,575 $72,225 89.53%
Computer Systems Design Services 25,137 $80,325 93.26%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services 16,562 $77,011 94.84%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 11,398 $54,276 76.57%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 9,122 $76,904 88.80%
Engineering Services 8,170 $68,289 89.11%
Administrative Management And General Management Consulting Services 7,423 $90,400 95.02%
Offices Of Certified Public Accountants 7,280 $79,797 97.59%
Management Consulting Services 6,136 $77,593 96.49%
Other Computer Related Services 5,387 $75,637 89.10%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders 554 $33,460 100.00%
Crop Harvesting Primarily By Machine 165 $32,363 100.00%
Support Activities For Crop Production 143 $43,304 100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming 142 $33,833 100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Combination Farming 92 $33,609 100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Farming 88 $33,424 100.00%
Other Crop Farming 80 $35,201 100.00%
Other Noncitrus Fruit Farming 67 $27,172 100.00%
Greenhouse Nursery And Floriculture Production 65 $36,532 100.00%
Nursery And Tree Production 43 $32,847 100.00%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 11,847 $173,113 100.00%
Computer Systems Design Services 2,627 $91,387 100.00%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 2,027 $93,058 100.00%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services 1,876 $84,379 100.00%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 1,827 $52,397 100.00%
Other Computer Related Services 1,449 $85,961 100.00%
Administrative Management And General Management Consulting Services 1,380 $99,680 100.00%
Engineering Services 1,253 $410,290 100.00%
General Freight Trucking 817 $54,041 100.00%
Management Consulting Services 762 $99,261 100.00%

Illinois Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in Illinois to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in Illinois over all years is $77,136. 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