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 %
Software Developers, Applications 19,091 $91,196 90.53%
Computer Systems Analysts 11,216 $72,743 90.15%
Computer Programmers 7,259 $65,560 86.52%
Computer Occupations, All Other 2,993 $92,619 92.04%
Software Developers, Systems Software 2,398 $90,688 90.87%
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 1,851 $63,437 75.31%
Accountants and Auditors 1,618 $61,594 82.34%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 1,437 $78,517 78.48%
Database Administrators 1,420 $76,060 90.22%
Biochemists and Biophysicists 1,379 $53,396 88.91%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Developers, Applications 1,601 $104,173 64.25%
Computer Systems Analysts 417 $91,808 99.76%
Software Developers, Systems Software 255 $102,387 79.19%
Computer Occupations, All Other 193 $106,533 103.21%
Civil Engineers 143 $1,291,080 84.62%
Accountants and Auditors 143 $69,133 97.95%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 132 $1,809,292 111.86%
Internists, General 125 $133,799 119.05%
Statisticians 93 $75,954 97.89%
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 88 $22,352 97.78%
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 %
Bangladesh 55 $32,245 39.86%
Thailand 50 $37,909 48.08%
United Kingdom 42 $88,850 42.00%
Iran 39 $78,043 40.21%
Nigeria 38 $73,807 40.43%
Turkey 38 $76,651 40.86%
Honduras 37 $45,201 40.22%
Taiwan 32 $66,570 36.36%
Sri Lanka 29 $43,224 38.16%
France 26 $81,274 34.67%

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