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 %
Software Developers, Applications 42,507 $90,178 91.79%
Computer Systems Analysts 28,897 $75,453 93.71%
Computer Programmers 12,498 $65,047 89.58%
Computer Occupations, All Other 11,345 $73,678 93.01%
Software Developers, Systems Software 4,428 $95,761 90.18%
Database Administrators 2,625 $78,468 89.96%
Management Analysts 2,466 $78,540 93.98%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 2,235 $72,577 90.67%
Computer and Information Systems Managers 2,229 $135,861 93.03%
Operations Research Analysts 2,215 $69,561 93.86%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Developers, Applications 2,467 $187,872 124.97%
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 857 $22,575 74.72%
Computer Systems Analysts 804 $91,073 84.10%
Software Developers, Systems Software 461 $102,664 53.48%
Computer Occupations, All Other 423 $94,841 85.80%
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 358 $17,405 78.85%
Statisticians 244 $71,903 60.25%
Slaughterers and Meat Packers 232 $21,530 61.54%
Computer and Information Systems Managers 228 $138,011 62.81%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 208 $84,601 58.92%
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 %
Barbados 2 $45,785 50.00%
Uruguay 2 $56,326 50.00%
Haiti 2 $102,565 50.00%
Finland 2 $63,454 50.00%
Croatia 2 $112,172 50.00%
Morocco 2 $85,120 50.00%
Armenia 2 $37,853 50.00%
Trinidad And Tobago 2 $123,500 50.00%
Sudan 2 $88,151 50.00%
Yemen 2 $24,253 50.00%

Top Hiring Companies in North Carolina (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Digipulse Technologies Inc 143 $111,800 89.38%
Pharmaceutical Research Associates Inc 143 $97,153 89.94%
Perficient Inc 137 $77,878 86.71%
Deloitte Tax Llp 137 $76,896 87.26%
Genpact Llc 137 $83,949 87.26%
Eminence It Solutions Inc 137 $65,068 87.82%
Cree Inc 136 $77,556 88.31%
Winston Salemforsyth County Schools 136 $45,465 88.31%
Aig Pc Global Services Inc 136 $98,694 88.89%
Synapsis Inc 135 $87,191 88.24%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Carolina Agriculture Llc 6 $26,221 100.00%
Elk River Evergreens Inc 6 $23,258 100.00%
Blue Ridge Fish Hatchery 6 $23,657 100.00%
Hart T Tree Farms 6 $22,870 100.00%
Pope Bros Farm 6 $18,076 100.00%
Holts Apiaries Llc 6 $28,239 100.00%
Englebright Farms 6 $24,672 100.00%
Al Baucom Co Inc 6 $27,425 100.00%
Battleboro Ag Partnership 6 $29,678 100.00%
Juan Carlos Diego Mendez 6 $30,545 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Datalore Technologies Inc 8 $110,734 30.77%
Halal Meat Slaughter House Inc 8 $31,702 30.77%
Lee Brothers Tae Kwon Do Inc 7 $30,870 26.92%
Progress Software Corporation 7 $90,031 28.00%
Vimalraj Inc 7 $88,938 28.00%
Opnet Technologies Inc 7 $73,543 28.00%
Red Storm Entertainment 7 $65,229 29.17%
Spirent Communications 7 $94,607 29.17%
Axa Equitable Life Insurance Company 7 $113,806 29.17%
Family Health International Dba Fhi360 7 $92,670 29.17%

Top Industries in North Carolina (All Years)

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