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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North Carolina Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
208,374 91.72% $83,844 H-1B
12,712 5.60% $95,508 PERM
4,759 2.09% $26,131 H-2A
1,335 0.59% $90,896 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, North Carolina has seen a total of 227,180 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in North Carolina is the H-1B visa with 208,374 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 91.72% of North Carolina's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 12,712 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 5.60% of North Carolina's total visas.

Top Occupations in North Carolina (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Biological Technicians 95 $36,720 87.16%
Regulatory Affairs Specialists 95 $70,083 87.16%
Compliance Officers 93 $59,223 85.32%
Business Operations Specialists, All Other 93 $57,599 86.11%
Accountants 91 $59,430 85.85%
Surgeons 91 $101,267 87.50%
Aerospace Engineers 88 $89,792 85.44%
Instructional Coordinators 88 $50,082 86.27%
Hospitalists 88 $156,652 89.80%
Economists 87 $74,764 88.78%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Engineers, All Other 10 $83,165 38.46%
Environmental Engineers 10 $72,434 38.46%
Dentists, General 10 $158,230 38.46%
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary 10 $45,481 38.46%
Computer Hardware Engineers 10 $88,814 38.46%
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary 9 $42,149 36.00%
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 9 $44,186 37.50%
Soil and Plant Scientists 9 $48,251 37.50%
Computer Programmers 9 $77,473 37.50%
Veterinarians 9 $80,247 37.50%
North Carolina Employees Over Time
North Carolina has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 6,313 employees were hired. North Carolina peaked in 2022 with 19,474 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 3,902 in 2025.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Kazakhstan 5 $83,924 45.45%
Democratic Republic Of Congo 5 $21,653 45.45%
Bulgaria 4 $79,898 36.36%
Dominican Republic 4 $98,269 40.00%
Burma (myanmar) 4 $47,177 40.00%
Belarus 4 $67,158 44.44%
Greece 4 $57,003 44.44%
Uzbekistan 4 $53,803 50.00%
Czech Republic 4 $81,822 50.00%
Nicaragua 4 $41,585 50.00%

Top Hiring Companies in North Carolina (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Microinfo It Inc 7 $84,905 87.50%
Averistar Consulting Llc 7 $89,535 87.50%
Scout Limited Inc 7 $106,957 87.50%
Iron Mountain Information Management Llc 7 $132,734 87.50%
Impec It Inc 7 $92,887 87.50%
Appstream Technologies Llc 7 $85,372 87.50%
United Therapeutics 7 $124,910 87.50%
Independent Physicians Resource Inc 7 $136,008 87.50%
Syntactech Inc 7 $88,665 87.50%
Blooming Tech Inc 7 $81,661 87.50%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

Top Industries in North Carolina (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 86,618 $80,172 92.53%
Computer Systems Design Services 17,522 $87,167 94.00%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 8,536 $85,309 88.70%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 7,750 $59,258 81.85%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services 6,398 $84,482 96.21%
All Other Financial Investment Activities 5,690 $109,505 98.92%
Commercial Banking 4,878 $97,005 94.04%
Engineering Services 3,315 $76,740 90.28%
Other Computer Related Services 3,274 $81,640 89.90%
Elementary And Secondary Schools 3,036 $40,726 91.83%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Business Associations 907 $29,266 100.00%
Tobacco Farming 673 $26,038 100.00%
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders 651 $27,950 100.00%
Nursery And Tree Production 261 $27,962 100.00%
Berry Except Strawberry Farming 206 $28,293 100.00%
Support Activities For Crop Production 179 $29,003 100.00%
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming 91 $24,331 100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming 86 $28,026 100.00%
Other Crop Farming 83 $27,054 100.00%
All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming 81 $22,152 100.00%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 3,610 $155,579 100.00%
Poultry Processing 3,309 $21,743 100.00%
Janitorial Services 1,856 $17,931 100.00%
Other Computer Related Services 1,482 $93,979 100.00%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 1,050 $57,458 100.00%
Commercial Banking 906 $95,155 100.00%
Electronic Computer Manufacturing 798 $94,648 100.00%
Computer Systems Design Services 629 $95,544 100.00%
Miscellaneous Financial Investment Activities 600 $89,614 100.00%
Engineering Services 549 $83,989 100.00%

North Carolina Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in North Carolina to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in North Carolina over all years is $83,844. 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