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 %
Preventive Medicine Physicians 2 $162,687 66.67%
Film and Video Editors 2 $37,638 66.67%
Music Therapists 2 $51,792 100.00%
Cytotechnologists 2 $53,758 100.00%
Childcare Workers 2 $20,114 100.00%
Emergency Management Directors 2 $60,435 100.00%
Labor Relations Specialists 2 $45,022 100.00%
Web Administrators 2 $93,944 100.00%
Water Resource Specialists 2 $48,537 100.00%
Nurse Midwives 2 $94,328 100.00%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
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 %
Rwanda 3 $84,039 50.00%
Uganda 3 $98,252 50.00%
Cyprus 3 $94,344 50.00%
Cameroon 3 $53,926 50.00%
Burma (myanmar) 3 $85,495 60.00%
Georgia 2 $79,592 40.00%
Moldova 2 $46,623 40.00%
Uruguay 2 $54,123 40.00%
Grenada 2 $72,163 40.00%
Tajikistan 2 $85,093 40.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Pennsylvania (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Deloitte Tax Llp 273 $68,010 91.30%
Titan Technologies Inc 271 $68,504 91.86%
Highmark Inc 270 $80,937 91.53%
Marlabs Inc 264 $73,043 90.10%
Atos Syntel Inc 260 $70,619 89.66%
Robert Packer Hospital 259 $50,510 89.62%
Hcl Global Systems Inc 256 $86,105 88.89%
Hrtronix Llc 253 $61,524 89.40%
Syntel Consulting Inc 246 $65,624 87.23%
Merck Sharp Dohme Corp 245 $82,895 87.19%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Edible Earth Farm Llc 6 $31,141 100.00%
Eldon R Martin 6 $31,307 100.00%
The Corn Wagon Llc 6 $30,238 100.00%
Concord Stud Farm Llc 6 $31,141 100.00%
Feeneys Wholesale Nursery Inc 6 $30,153 100.00%
Gardners Landscape Nursery Inc 6 $31,723 100.00%
Zukovich Farms Llc 6 $33,658 100.00%
Oak Grove Farms Inc 6 $31,141 100.00%
Reids Orchard 6 $22,589 100.00%
Ml Farm Systems Inc 6 $24,801 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
West Penn Allegheny Health System Inc 16 $59,270 38.10%
Controlled Contamination Services 16 $21,999 38.10%
St Marys Villa Nursing Home 16 $29,767 38.10%
Ballymore Company Inc 16 $27,144 39.02%
Automatic Data Processing Inc 15 $69,158 37.50%
Mercy Management Of Southeastern Pennsylvania 15 $114,613 37.50%
Trueposition 15 $98,236 37.50%
Teletracking Technologies Inc 15 $100,594 37.50%
Qliktech Inc 15 $115,210 37.50%
Smith Nephew Inc 15 $89,153 37.50%

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