---
title: "Appendix D: Additional tables"
description: "The sortable table below provides details on the 113 metro areas that had 2,000 or more foreign students approved for the U.S. government’s Optional Practical Training (OPT) program from 2004 to 2016. "
date: "2018-05-10"
authors:
  - name: "Neil G. Ruiz"
    job_title: "Head of New Research Initiatives "
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/neil-g-ruiz/"
  - name: "Abby Budiman"
    job_title: "Former Research Associate"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/abby-budiman/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2018/05/10/appendix-d-additional-tables-foreign-graduate-workers/"
categories:
  - "Business & Workplace"
  - "Education"
  - "High-Skilled Immigration"
  - "Higher Education"
  - "Immigration & Migration"
---

# Appendix D: Additional tables

| 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% |

Note: Includes only metropolitan areas with a minimum of 600 total H-1B visa approvals in fiscal years 2010-2016. H-1B visa approvals and average salary rounded to the nearest 100. H-1B visa approvals rate per 100 workers was calculated using U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual average civilian force data. Advanced degree is defined as having a master's, professional or doctorate degree. U.S. advanced degree is defined as having received an advanced degree from a U.S. college or university. H-1B visa approvals subject to annual cap account for nearly all (99.9%) approvals in this analysis. Approvals data (obtained through a public records request) do not distinguish between approvals for initial and continuing employment.
Source: Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services data on H-1B visa approvals, received via Freedom of Information Act request on Nov. 17, 2017. Interactive includes data for fiscal years 2010-2016. Data on average monthly civilian labor force by metropolitan area for calendar years 2010-2016 from Bureau of Labor Statistics.

### Tables on educational institutions by school type

[![](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/PGMD_2018.05.10_Foreign-Student-Graduate-Workers-OPT_3-00.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2018/05/10/appendix-d-additional-tables-foreign-graduate-workers/pgmd_2018-05-10_foreign-student-graduate-workers-opt_3-00/)

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###  Table on metro area total population estimates

[![](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/PGMD_2018.05.10_Foreign-Student-Graduate-Workers-OPT_3-04.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2018/05/10/appendix-d-additional-tables-foreign-graduate-workers/pgmd_2018-05-10_foreign-student-graduate-workers-opt_3-04/)

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