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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Maryland Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
104,597 91.05% $80,193 H-1B
8,331 7.25% $162,176 PERM
1,090 0.95% $27,427 H-2A
858 0.75% $93,093 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Maryland has seen a total of 114,876 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Maryland is the H-1B visa with 104,597 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 91.05% of Maryland's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 8,331 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 7.25% of Maryland's total visas.

Top Occupations in Maryland (All Years)

Maryland Employees Over Time
Maryland has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 6,714 employees were hired. Maryland peaked in 2018 with 9,018 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 1,089 in 2025.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
India 2,478 $265,715 45.70%
China 328 $399,820 37.57%
Philippines 271 $49,784 35.01%
Mexico 220 $36,265 36.12%
South Korea 190 $46,039 35.19%
El Salvador 163 $43,792 46.18%
Nepal 125 $58,964 43.10%
Pakistan 102 $72,231 41.13%
Canada 99 $99,349 43.42%
Brazil 60 $54,859 36.14%

Top Hiring Companies in Maryland (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Sparksoft Corporation 231 $91,486 92.40%
Leidos Inc 231 $106,249 92.77%
Laureate Education Inc 223 $88,170 91.02%
Morgan Stanley Services Group Inc 220 $78,985 89.80%
Drfirstcom Inc 216 $94,187 88.52%
Food And Drug Administration 215 $57,932 90.34%
Ezenius Inc 214 $60,922 90.30%
Pace Computer Solutions Inc 209 $81,969 89.32%
Chags Health Information Technology Llc 204 $88,351 88.31%
Scepter Technologies Inc 204 $64,750 88.31%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Brisk Wind Farms 7 $19,587 100.00%
Chesapeake Horse And Pony Llc 7 $29,931 100.00%
Warren H Boyer Inc 7 $30,062 100.00%
Fruits And Vegetables By Lewis Orchards Llc 7 $29,320 100.00%
Eds Plant World Inc 7 $30,062 100.00%
Walls Nurseries Llc 7 $27,162 100.00%
Homestead Farm 7 $21,662 100.00%
Six Wicket Vineyards Llc 6 $29,623 100.00%
Larriland Farm 6 $25,085 100.00%
The Vineyards At Dodon Llc 6 $31,949 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Im Systems Group Inc 18 $68,032 40.00%
Constellation Energy Commodities Group 18 $78,770 40.00%
Hughes Systique Private Limited 18 $127,060 40.91%
Board Of Education Of St Marys County 17 $48,209 42.50%
Patuxent Nursery Llc 17 $24,424 44.74%
Tidalhealth Specialty Care Llc 17 $201,087 44.74%
Institutional Shareholder Services Inc 16 $82,884 42.11%
The Emmes Corporation 16 $69,686 42.11%
Charles Bros Inc Iii 16 $60,009 42.11%
Western Maryland Health System Corp 16 $151,447 42.11%

Top Industries in Maryland (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 35,757 $81,519 90.38%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 7,188 $58,173 69.79%
Computer Systems Design Services 5,606 $86,568 91.12%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 3,641 $83,964 86.96%
Other Computer Related Services 2,882 $83,766 91.17%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services 2,677 $91,270 92.09%
Engineering Services 2,275 $72,171 86.08%
General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 2,160 $101,684 84.05%
Research And Development In The Physical Engineering And Life Sciences 2,132 $65,752 88.35%
Elementary And Secondary Schools 2,116 $65,461 88.17%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Nursery And Tree Production 150 $29,404 100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming 129 $29,961 100.00%
Horses And Other Equine Production 58 $29,684 100.00%
Apple Orchards 54 $29,796 100.00%
Fruit And Tree Nut Farming 46 $27,483 100.00%
Crop Production 41 $31,351 100.00%
Wineries 32 $31,842 100.00%
All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming 31 $25,127 100.00%
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming 26 $25,185 100.00%
Other Crop Farming 23 $30,076 100.00%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 3,547 $160,884 100.00%
Engineering Services 673 $340,278 57.23%
Other Computer Related Services 607 $98,017 90.19%
Computer Systems Design Services 587 $94,655 96.71%
General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 424 $113,028 72.23%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 414 $457,031 73.80%
Other Scientific And Technical Consulting Services 382 $93,936 90.09%
Private Households 356 $27,554 85.99%
Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing 348 $88,041 91.10%
Janitorial Services 326 $26,329 91.57%

Maryland Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in Maryland to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in Maryland over all years is $80,193. 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