Appendix D: Additional tables

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Metropolitan area	Total H-1B visa approvals	H-1B visa approvals per 100 workers	Average salary for H-1B visa approvals	% of H-1B visa approvals with an advanced degree	% of H-1B visa approvals with a U.S. advanced degree
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	247,900	2.501	$80,000	47%	13%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	74,000	2.126	$77,100	43%	12%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	64,800	2.000	$73,900	45%	12%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	38,300	1.482	$88,100	61%	20%
College Station-Bryan, TX	37,800	31.847	$82,600	23%	1%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	34,300	1.125	$84,800	52%	15%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	29,900	0.613	$82,200	42%	9%
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	28,900	0.917	$81,900	59%	20%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	28,500	1.014	$74,600	53%	14%
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	22,200	2.210	$88,800	53%	15%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	14,700	0.502	$70,600	38%	13%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	13,900	0.682	$72,300	47%	9%
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	11,300	4.128	$84,700	48%	6%
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA	11,300	0.466	$90,500	51%	15%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	10,800	0.756	$82,600	55%	17%
Trenton, NJ	9,500	4.857	$83,300	53%	13%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	9,000	0.137	$75,200	48%	17%
Austin-Round Rock, TX	8,300	0.820	$85,600	62%	22%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	7,400	0.505	$77,100	62%	19%
Pittsburgh, PA	6,600	0.546	$83,700	57%	16%
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT	6,300	1.350	$100,200	60%	20%
Richmond, VA	5,800	0.898	$86,500	60%	14%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	5,200	0.267	$98,100	51%	17%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	4,900	0.785	$81,500	58%	17%
Worcester, MA-CT	4,800	1.403	$79,100	64%	23%
Raleigh, NC	4,400	0.703	$79,600	63%	19%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	4,400	0.367	$82,800	55%	16%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	3,600	0.305	$76,200	51%	15%
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	3,400	0.492	$90,100	64%	18%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	2,900	1.003	$73,800	53%	18%
Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN	2,700	0.296	$86,500	59%	17%
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	2,600	0.246	$78,900	50%	13%
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	2,300	0.107	$97,100	69%	22%
Jacksonville, FL	2,000	0.282	$78,500	52%	14%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	1,900	0.100	$90,500	62%	20%
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	1,900	0.298	$79,600	60%	13%
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO	1,900	0.127	$91,300	55%	14%
St. Louis, MO-IL	1,900	0.126	$84,700	51%	13%
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA	1,800	0.117	$86,600	67%	28%
Columbus, OH	1,800	0.176	$72,500	61%	18%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	1,700	0.272	$77,700	69%	22%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY	1,600	0.286	$89,900	62%	21%
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO	1,500	0.632	$91,600	55%	17%
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	1,500	0.137	$70,200	57%	13%
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI	1,500	0.179	$84,800	46%	11%
Kansas City, MO-KS	1,400	0.126	$76,500	63%	19%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	1,300	0.312	$75,400	61%	19%
Rochester, NY	1,300	0.244	$72,200	57%	18%
Manchester-Nashua, NH	1,300	1.111	$78,200	53%	14%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	1,200	0.275	$82,100	65%	23%
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	1,200	0.983	$81,200	65%	15%
Baton Rouge, LA	1,200	0.300	$71,500	51%	16%
Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA	1,200	0.112	$87,800	68%	21%
New Haven-Milford, CT	1,200	0.362	$79,800	66%	23%
Ann Arbor, MI	1,000	0.538	$68,500	64%	25%
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	1,000	0.167	$70,600	61%	23%
Oklahoma City, OK	1,000	0.147	$72,800	64%	27%
Tulsa, OK	900	0.188	$74,300	63%	24%
Charlottesville, VA	900	0.768	$49,500	58%	10%
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	800	0.240	$67,600	62%	17%
Gainesville, FL	800	0.592	$71,600	67%	27%
Greensboro-High Point, NC	800	0.209	$80,500	63%	24%
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC	700	0.088	$73,300	59%	24%
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA	700	0.144	$90,400	61%	18%
Birmingham-Hoover, AL	700	0.124	$80,900	62%	22%
Erie, PA	700	0.480	$89,100	75%	21%
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC	600	0.158	$84,800	59%	18%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN	600	0.064	$71,700	57%	21%