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Metropolitan area<\/th>Total H-1B visa approvals<\/th>H-1B visa approvals per 100 workers<\/th>Average salary for H-1B visa approvals<\/th>% of H-1B visa approvals with an advanced degree<\/th>% of H-1B visa approvals with a U.S. advanced degree<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA<\/td>247,900<\/td>2.501<\/td>$80,000 <\/td>47%<\/td>13%<\/td><\/tr>
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX<\/td>74,000<\/td>2.126<\/td>$77,100 <\/td>43%<\/td>12%<\/td><\/tr>
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV<\/td>64,800<\/td>2<\/td>$73,900 <\/td>45%<\/td>12%<\/td><\/tr>
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH<\/td>38,300<\/td>1.482<\/td>$88,100 <\/td>61%<\/td>20%<\/td><\/tr>
College Station-Bryan, TX<\/td>37,800<\/td>31.847<\/td>$82,600 <\/td>23%<\/td>1%<\/td><\/tr>
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD<\/td>34,300<\/td>1.125<\/td>$84,800 <\/td>52%<\/td>15%<\/td><\/tr>
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI<\/td>29,900<\/td>0.613<\/td>$82,200 <\/td>42%<\/td>9%<\/td><\/tr>
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX<\/td>28,900<\/td>0.917<\/td>$81,900 <\/td>59%<\/td>20%<\/td><\/tr>
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA<\/td>28,500<\/td>1.014<\/td>$74,600 <\/td>53%<\/td>14%<\/td><\/tr>
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA<\/td>22,200<\/td>2.21<\/td>$88,800 <\/td>53%<\/td>15%<\/td><\/tr>
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL<\/td>14,700<\/td>0.502<\/td>$70,600 <\/td>38%<\/td>13%<\/td><\/tr>
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI<\/td>13,900<\/td>0.682<\/td>$72,300 <\/td>47%<\/td>9%<\/td><\/tr>
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC<\/td>11,300<\/td>4.128<\/td>$84,700 <\/td>48%<\/td>6%<\/td><\/tr>
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA<\/td>11,300<\/td>0.466<\/td>$90,500 <\/td>51%<\/td>15%<\/td><\/tr>
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL<\/td>10,800<\/td>0.756<\/td>$82,600 <\/td>55%<\/td>17%<\/td><\/tr>
Trenton, NJ<\/td>9,500<\/td>4.857<\/td>$83,300 <\/td>53%<\/td>13%<\/td><\/tr>
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA<\/td>9,000<\/td>0.137<\/td>$75,200 <\/td>48%<\/td>17%<\/td><\/tr>
Austin-Round Rock, TX<\/td>8,300<\/td>0.82<\/td>$85,600 <\/td>62%<\/td>22%<\/td><\/tr>
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD<\/td>7,400<\/td>0.505<\/td>$77,100 <\/td>62%<\/td>19%<\/td><\/tr>
Pittsburgh, PA<\/td>6,600<\/td>0.546<\/td>$83,700 <\/td>57%<\/td>16%<\/td><\/tr>
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT<\/td>6,300<\/td>1.35<\/td>$100,200 <\/td>60%<\/td>20%<\/td><\/tr>
Richmond, VA<\/td>5,800<\/td>0.898<\/td>$86,500 <\/td>60%<\/td>14%<\/td><\/tr>
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA<\/td>5,200<\/td>0.267<\/td>$98,100 <\/td>51%<\/td>17%<\/td><\/tr>
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT<\/td>4,900<\/td>0.785<\/td>$81,500 <\/td>58%<\/td>17%<\/td><\/tr>
Worcester, MA-CT<\/td>4,800<\/td>1.403<\/td>$79,100 <\/td>64%<\/td>23%<\/td><\/tr>
Raleigh, NC<\/td>4,400<\/td>0.703<\/td>$79,600 <\/td>63%<\/td>19%<\/td><\/tr>
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC<\/td>4,400<\/td>0.367<\/td>$82,800 <\/td>55%<\/td>16%<\/td><\/tr>
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL<\/td>3,600<\/td>0.305<\/td>$76,200 <\/td>51%<\/td>15%<\/td><\/tr>
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA<\/td>3,400<\/td>0.492<\/td>$90,100 <\/td>64%<\/td>18%<\/td><\/tr>
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA<\/td>2,900<\/td>1.003<\/td>$73,800 <\/td>53%<\/td>18%<\/td><\/tr>
Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN<\/td>2,700<\/td>0.296<\/td>$86,500 <\/td>59%<\/td>17%<\/td><\/tr>
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX<\/td>2,600<\/td>0.246<\/td>$78,900 <\/td>50%<\/td>13%<\/td><\/tr>
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ<\/td>2,300<\/td>0.107<\/td>$97,100 <\/td>69%<\/td>22%<\/td><\/tr>
Jacksonville, FL<\/td>2,000<\/td>0.282<\/td>$78,500 <\/td>52%<\/td>14%<\/td><\/tr>
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI<\/td>1,900<\/td>0.1<\/td>$90,500 <\/td>62%<\/td>20%<\/td><\/tr>
Louisville\/Jefferson County, KY-IN<\/td>1,900<\/td>0.298<\/td>$79,600 <\/td>60%<\/td>13%<\/td><\/tr>
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO<\/td>1,900<\/td>0.127<\/td>$91,300 <\/td>55%<\/td>14%<\/td><\/tr>
St. Louis, MO-IL<\/td>1,900<\/td>0.126<\/td>$84,700 <\/td>51%<\/td>13%<\/td><\/tr>
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA<\/td>1,800<\/td>0.117<\/td>$86,600 <\/td>67%<\/td>28%<\/td><\/tr>
Columbus, OH<\/td>1,800<\/td>0.176<\/td>$72,500 <\/td>61%<\/td>18%<\/td><\/tr>
Memphis, TN-MS-AR<\/td>1,700<\/td>0.272<\/td>$77,700 <\/td>69%<\/td>22%<\/td><\/tr>
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY<\/td>1,600<\/td>0.286<\/td>$89,900 <\/td>62%<\/td>21%<\/td><\/tr>
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO<\/td>1,500<\/td>0.632<\/td>$91,600 <\/td>55%<\/td>17%<\/td><\/tr>
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN<\/td>1,500<\/td>0.137<\/td>$70,200 <\/td>57%<\/td>13%<\/td><\/tr>
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI<\/td>1,500<\/td>0.179<\/td>$84,800 <\/td>46%<\/td>11%<\/td><\/tr>
Kansas City, MO-KS<\/td>1,400<\/td>0.126<\/td>$76,500 <\/td>63%<\/td>19%<\/td><\/tr>
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ<\/td>1,300<\/td>0.312<\/td>$75,400 <\/td>61%<\/td>19%<\/td><\/tr>
Rochester, NY<\/td>1,300<\/td>0.244<\/td>$72,200 <\/td>57%<\/td>18%<\/td><\/tr>
Manchester-Nashua, NH<\/td>1,300<\/td>1.111<\/td>$78,200 <\/td>53%<\/td>14%<\/td><\/tr>
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY<\/td>1,200<\/td>0.275<\/td>$82,100 <\/td>65%<\/td>23%<\/td><\/tr>
Burlington-South Burlington, VT<\/td>1,200<\/td>0.983<\/td>$81,200 <\/td>65%<\/td>15%<\/td><\/tr>
Baton Rouge, LA<\/td>1,200<\/td>0.3<\/td>$71,500 <\/td>51%<\/td>16%<\/td><\/tr>
Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA<\/td>1,200<\/td>0.112<\/td>$87,800 <\/td>68%<\/td>21%<\/td><\/tr>
New Haven-Milford, CT<\/td>1,200<\/td>0.362<\/td>$79,800 <\/td>66%<\/td>23%<\/td><\/tr>
Ann Arbor, MI<\/td>1,000<\/td>0.538<\/td>$68,500 <\/td>64%<\/td>25%<\/td><\/tr>
New Orleans-Metairie, LA<\/td>1,000<\/td>0.167<\/td>$70,600 <\/td>61%<\/td>23%<\/td><\/tr>
Oklahoma City, OK<\/td>1,000<\/td>0.147<\/td>$72,800 <\/td>64%<\/td>27%<\/td><\/tr>
Tulsa, OK<\/td>900<\/td>0.188<\/td>$74,300 <\/td>63%<\/td>24%<\/td><\/tr>
Charlottesville, VA<\/td>900<\/td>0.768<\/td>$49,500 <\/td>58%<\/td>10%<\/td><\/tr>
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR<\/td>800<\/td>0.24<\/td>$67,600 <\/td>62%<\/td>17%<\/td><\/tr>
Gainesville, FL<\/td>800<\/td>0.592<\/td>$71,600 <\/td>67%<\/td>27%<\/td><\/tr>
Greensboro-High Point, NC<\/td>800<\/td>0.209<\/td>$80,500 <\/td>63%<\/td>24%<\/td><\/tr>
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC<\/td>700<\/td>0.088<\/td>$73,300 <\/td>59%<\/td>24%<\/td><\/tr>
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA<\/td>700<\/td>0.144<\/td>$90,400 <\/td>61%<\/td>18%<\/td><\/tr>
Birmingham-Hoover, AL<\/td>700<\/td>0.124<\/td>$80,900 <\/td>62%<\/td>22%<\/td><\/tr>
Erie, PA<\/td>700<\/td>0.48<\/td>$89,100 <\/td>75%<\/td>21%<\/td><\/tr>
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC<\/td>600<\/td>0.158<\/td>$84,800 <\/td>59%<\/td>18%<\/td><\/tr>
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN<\/td>600<\/td>0.064<\/td>$71,700 <\/td>57%<\/td>21%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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