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 %
Computer Systems Analysts 39,386 $71,029 93.85%
Software Developers, Applications 36,380 $83,458 91.71%
Computer Programmers 15,050 $59,871 88.93%
Computer Occupations, All Other 9,465 $73,856 93.18%
Software Developers, Systems Software 5,641 $82,454 93.50%
Management Analysts 4,065 $74,651 90.70%
Operations Research Analysts 3,057 $72,863 82.11%
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 2,993 $58,778 90.97%
Computer and Information Systems Managers 2,879 $123,355 93.35%
Health Diagnosing and Treating Practitioners, All Other 2,789 $53,505 93.18%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Developers, Applications 3,891 $220,946 113.24%
Computer Systems Analysts 1,078 $92,212 146.87%
Computer Occupations, All Other 614 $92,144 105.68%
Internists, General 485 $108,451 94.54%
Software Developers, Systems Software 383 $91,855 90.54%
Statisticians 335 $66,126 83.54%
Computer and Information Systems Managers 199 $127,618 55.90%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 181 $131,893 65.82%
Electrical Engineers 181 $86,525 78.02%
Accountants and Auditors 169 $75,150 87.11%
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 %
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)

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