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)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 276 $64,952 86.52%
Medical and Health Services Managers 272 $84,839 88.89%
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 269 $57,674 88.78%
Microbiologists 257 $53,069 85.38%
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 251 $48,745 88.07%
Dentists, General 208 $105,005 80.00%
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 202 $91,190 81.12%
Epidemiologists 199 $65,813 80.57%
Business Intelligence Analysts 192 $96,787 80.67%
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 192 $65,003 84.21%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Computer Programmers 28 $85,267 75.68%
Industrial Engineers 28 $89,773 75.68%
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 27 $40,787 79.41%
Architectural and Engineering Managers 27 $128,925 81.82%
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 26 $70,790 78.79%
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers 24 $36,974 75.00%
Financial Managers 23 $121,888 71.88%
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 23 $12,415,738 74.19%
Chefs and Head Cooks 22 $45,685 70.97%
Sales Engineers 21 $96,095 67.74%
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 %
Russia 25 $83,081 33.78%
Colombia 25 $56,926 35.21%
Vietnam 23 $40,078 34.33%
Peru 22 $57,279 36.67%
Jamaica 22 $50,071 37.29%
Mongolia 22 $48,948 38.60%
Ukraine 22 $58,365 41.51%
Guatemala 21 $47,080 41.18%
Venezuela 19 $75,341 42.22%
Bolivia 19 $49,730 43.18%

Top Hiring Companies in Maryland (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
University Of Maryland Baltimore 764 $60,753 73.39%
Government Employees Insurance Company Geico 758 $114,610 82.84%
Client Network Services Inc 656 $75,993 81.90%
The Johns Hopkins University 644 $53,289 89.82%
T Rowe Price Associates Inc 627 $101,551 96.31%
Deloitte Consulting Llp 584 $86,257 96.69%
Hcl America Inc 555 $84,892 93.43%
Compunnel Software Group Inc 506 $84,595 90.20%
Ernst Young Us Llp 477 $82,663 92.08%
Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals Lp 476 $103,917 95.01%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Foxborough Nursery Inc 16 $25,752 100.00%
Webers Cider Mill Farm Inc 15 $25,705 100.00%
Brads Produce Llc 15 $25,692 100.00%
Kings Tree Farm 15 $25,719 100.00%
Catoctin Mountain Orchard 14 $25,577 100.00%
Lohrs Orchard 14 $26,368 100.00%
Deep Run Farms 13 $25,012 100.00%
Housers Produce Farm Inc 13 $27,086 100.00%
Friendly Hall Farm Llc 12 $23,571 100.00%
D R Snell Nursery Inc 12 $26,650 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Lorenzo Construction Llc 48 $24,360 34.78%
Quantum Vision Llc 47 $89,413 34.31%
Leidos 45 $95,949 34.62%
Blossom Solutions Inc 44 $85,479 34.65%
Polar It Services Inc 36 $97,124 29.27%
Feicom Incdba Fei Systems 33 $81,301 27.05%
Opnet Technologies Inc 30 $81,494 27.78%
Feicom Inc 29 $82,070 30.21%
Valsatech Corp 29 $116,809 30.85%
Medstar Medical Group Ii Llc 29 $172,029 32.58%

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