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 %
Dominica 1 $53,950 33.33%
Mauritius 1 $51,330 33.33%
Yugoslavia 1 $32,198 33.33%
Paraguay 1 $110,386 33.33%
Benin 1 $47,008 33.33%
Yemen 1 $81,167 33.33%
Finland 1 $174,429 33.33%
Estonia 1 $54,330 33.33%
Zambia 1 $30,826 33.33%
Palestine 1 $126,256 50.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Pennsylvania (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Mastech Inc A Mastech Holdings Inc Company 419 $77,186 91.68%
Niit Technologies Limited 406 $72,035 89.23%
Pricewaterhousecoopers Advisory Services Llc 401 $100,059 89.31%
Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center 400 $58,325 89.69%
Techwave Consulting Inc 397 $61,675 90.23%
Hexaware Technologies Inc 391 $74,492 90.09%
Quadgen Wireless Solutions Inc 391 $70,246 90.30%
Igate Technologies Inc 389 $62,587 91.53%
Google Llc 385 $86,398 91.67%
Collasys Llc 376 $77,166 91.04%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Clark Brothers Nursery Llc 9 $27,900 100.00%
New Morning Farm 9 $23,026 100.00%
Bridgeside Farms Llc 9 $29,522 100.00%
Lake Forest Gardens Inc 9 $30,128 100.00%
Flack Enterprises 9 $31,494 100.00%
Kopec Veterinary Associates Pc 9 $31,378 100.00%
Applestone Farm Inc 9 $27,572 100.00%
Robas Tree Farm Inc 9 $28,894 100.00%
Blackberry Bottom Farm Llc 9 $23,191 100.00%
Chicano Sol Llc 9 $29,504 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Burns Scalo Holding Company Inc 22 $29,160 35.48%
Leverage Technologies Inc 22 $92,819 36.67%
Reading Health System 21 $101,195 35.59%
Pharmaceutical Research Associates Inc 21 $79,797 35.59%
Melhorn Sales Service Trucking Company 21 $25,002 35.59%
Intel Corporation 21 $98,914 36.84%
Chappy 5 Llc Dba Home Instead 21 $24,294 37.50%
Xodus Medical Inc 21 $27,082 39.62%
The University Of Scranton 20 $51,955 38.46%
Albert Einstein Medical Center 20 $45,542 38.46%

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