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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Pennsylvania Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
227,614 92.50% $76,466 H-1B
14,991 6.09% $149,993 PERM
1,937 0.79% $28,628 H-2A
1,520 0.62% $91,211 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Pennsylvania has seen a total of 246,062 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Pennsylvania is the H-1B visa with 227,614 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 92.50% of Pennsylvania's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 14,991 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 6.09% of Pennsylvania's total visas.

Top Occupations in Pennsylvania (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Art Directors 10 $80,640 83.33%
Mechanical Engineering Technicians 10 $39,058 83.33%
Producers and Directors 10 $46,513 83.33%
Biochemical Engineers 10 $87,316 83.33%
Archivists 10 $32,916 83.33%
Self-Enrichment Education Teachers 9 $27,983 75.00%
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians 9 $44,651 81.82%
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 9 $61,638 81.82%
Graduate Teaching Assistants 9 $21,822 81.82%
Microsystems Engineers 9 $58,499 81.82%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders 1 $51,542 10.00%
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks 1 $26,104 10.00%
Watch Repairers 1 $55,952 10.00%
Billing, Cost, and Rate Clerks 1 $23,774 10.00%
Barbers 1 $28,267 10.00%
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall 1 $34,570 10.00%
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 1 $55,474 10.00%
Fundraisers 1 $58,552 10.00%
Business Operations Specialists, All Other 1 $66,310 10.00%
Energy Engineers 1 $87,235 11.11%
Pennsylvania Employees Over Time
Pennsylvania has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 10,568 employees were hired. Pennsylvania peaked in 2018 with 22,613 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 2,598 in 2025.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Pakistan 132 $86,226 48.71%
Philippines 116 $59,641 51.33%
Bangladesh 82 $40,148 41.62%
Turkey 70 $5,450,841 43.75%
United Kingdom 61 $99,603 40.40%
Vietnam 53 $39,014 44.17%
Germany 52 $98,628 43.70%
Nigeria 49 $89,733 42.98%
Guatemala 41 $28,919 36.61%
Colombia 40 $73,434 37.74%

Top Hiring Companies in Pennsylvania (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Motional Ad Inc 98 $98,844 90.74%
Smith Nephew Inc 97 $83,275 89.81%
Respironics Inc A Philips Owned Company 97 $82,693 90.65%
Rite Aid Corp 97 $86,855 90.65%
Radian Guaranty Inc 96 $90,895 89.72%
Bayer Us Llc 96 $97,242 90.57%
Mercy Catholic Medical Center 96 $55,670 90.57%
Applied Computer Techniques 96 $53,989 90.57%
Digitaltree Llc 94 $81,119 89.52%
Institute For Cancer Research 93 $52,292 88.57%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Apples Fruit Farm Llc 2 $35,204 100.00%
Benedicts Produce Farm Llc 2 $35,776 100.00%
Walter P Rawl Sons 2 $27,352 100.00%
Overlook Harvesting Michigan Llc 2 $27,747 100.00%
Edward A Baker 2 $30,566 100.00%
Godwins Nursery Trees 2 $35,100 100.00%
Sai Fresh Farms 2 $21,931 100.00%
Jennifer Glenister 2 $27,550 100.00%
Bonnie Plants Llc 2 $30,774 100.00%
Pine Valley Farms Llc 2 $35,100 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Cotiviti Inc 6 $97,771 31.58%
Thales Dis Usa Inc 6 $89,780 31.58%
Net Health Systems Inc 6 $80,323 31.58%
Edata Experts Inc 6 $90,438 33.33%
American Bankers Insurance Company Of Florida 6 $114,171 33.33%
Amc Nursery Landscaping Inc 6 $26,520 33.33%
Excellerent Technology Solutions Inc 6 $86,105 33.33%
Wallscapes Llc 6 $24,378 33.33%
Scapeworx Landscaping Design 6 $35,922 33.33%
Isaacs Moving Storage Inc 6 $25,688 33.33%

Top Industries in Pennsylvania (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 80,935 $72,934 92.07%
Computer Systems Design Services 15,663 $80,144 85.13%
Management Consulting Services 15,352 $72,874 91.03%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 14,615 $54,776 93.64%
General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 9,739 $82,255 87.17%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 7,772 $85,956 90.41%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services 6,759 $81,776 95.26%
Other Computer Related Services 4,125 $72,113 91.04%
Engineering Services 3,449 $71,289 89.31%
Administrative Management And General Management Consulting Services 3,384 $89,127 95.54%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Nursery And Tree Production 338 $29,252 100.00%
Apple Orchards 283 $30,404 100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming 261 $30,583 100.00%
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming 99 $26,843 100.00%
Other Crop Farming 90 $29,404 100.00%
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders 77 $32,667 100.00%
Greenhouse Nursery And Floriculture Production 54 $30,383 100.00%
Other Noncitrus Fruit Farming 41 $26,808 100.00%
Horses And Other Equine Production 41 $30,434 100.00%
Nursery And Floriculture Production 40 $31,633 100.00%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 9,434 $168,867 100.00%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 2,126 $57,550 100.00%
General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 1,217 $104,023 100.00%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 1,067 $94,341 100.00%
Computer Systems Design Services 951 $85,054 100.00%
Offices Of Physicians Except Mental Health Specialists 670 $111,525 100.00%
Management Consulting Services 586 $79,353 100.00%
Engineering Services 570 $747,251 100.00%
Other Computer Related Services 528 $83,146 100.00%
Administrative Management And General Management Consulting Services 453 $88,423 100.00%

Pennsylvania Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in Pennsylvania to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in Pennsylvania over all years is $76,466. 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