Metro area · VA

Petersburg, VA

Petersburg, VA spreads H-1B hiring across 5+ sectors (9 employers, $130,000 median wage) rather than one dominant NAICS group.

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9
Employers
$130,000
Median H-1B wage
138
H-1B filings

Petersburg, VA: 9 tracked employers at a $130,000 median H-1B wage across 138 LCAs; Educational Services leads the local roster.

According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices mapped to worksites in Petersburg, VA (VA), PlainEmployers rolls up 9 employers at a $130,000 disclosed median. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 9 employers
  • $130,000 median H-1B
  • 138 H-1B LCAs

Where Petersburg, VA's median H-1B wage sits nationally

Metro median disclosed wage vs every credible H-1B wage row

$130,000 Top 46% higher than 54% of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows

$0–$20,000: 1 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $20,000–$40,000: 401 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $40,000–$60,000: 7,591 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Below this entry. $60,000–$80,000: 24,066 credible H-1B wage rows (9%). Below this entry. $80,000–$100,000: 43,829 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Below this entry. $100,000–$120,000: 49,740 credible H-1B wage rows (18%). Below this entry. $120,000–$140,000: 42,626 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). This entry sits in this band. $140,000–$160,000: 33,306 credible H-1B wage rows (12%). Above this entry. $160,000–$180,000: 22,983 credible H-1B wage rows (8%). Above this entry. $180,000–$200,000: 15,711 credible H-1B wage rows (6%). Above this entry. $200,000–$220,000: 10,825 credible H-1B wage rows (4%). Above this entry. $220,000–$240,000: 6,806 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Above this entry. $240,000–$260,000: 4,579 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. $260,000–$280,000: 2,975 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $280,000–$300,000: 1,671 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $300,000–$320,000: 5,015 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. Petersburg, VA $0 $320,000 every credible H-1B wage row, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more credible H-1B wage rows. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, H-1B Disclosure Data · August 2026

Metro Labor Presence

Petersburg, VA (9 employers) sits beside Mclean, VA, Richmond, VA, Reston, VA in VA's tracked roster. Open a peer metro to compare H-1B wage and WARN density. Among metros with employers in this corpus, Petersburg, VA ranks #1072 of 6906 by employer count (about the 83rd percentile).

Mclean, VA 250 Richmond, VA 204 Reston, VA 158 Arlington, VA 158 Herndon, VA 157 Ashburn, VA 153

What the data says about Petersburg, VA

Corpus placement: Petersburg, VA ranks #1072 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 83rd percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Educational Services leads with 2 of 9 tracked employers (~22%); next sectors in the mix are Healthcare & Social Assistance and Manufacturing. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: ExlService.com, LLC, Unicon Sciences, and Anagha Solutions, INC. (112 filings combined, ~81% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Petersburg, VA: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records.

Petersburg, VA reads as a diversified labor market: the lead sector (Educational Services) is only ~22% of tracked employers across 5 named industries, so no single NAICS group dominates the local picture.

Within VA, Petersburg, VA is smaller than peers such as Mclean, VA (250 employers); Richmond, VA (204 employers); Reston, VA (158 employers); use those pages when you need a denser local sponsor list.

Employer mix in Petersburg, VA

Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in

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What this shows Petersburg, VA has no runaway sector: Educational Services leads at only ~22% across 5 named industries.

Source DOL H-1B, OSHA & WARN filings mapped to NAICS sector

Top employers in Petersburg, VA

# Employer H-1B filingsMedian wage
1 ExlService.com, LLC 84 $142,228
2 Unicon Sciences 18 $97,375
3 Anagha Solutions, INC. Professional & Technical Services 10 $137,280
4 Virginia State University Educational Services 8 $90,000
5 Civica, INC. Manufacturing 7 $137,500
6 The School Board of the City of Petersburg Educational Services 3 $70,016
7 BleachTech LLC Manufacturing 2 $140,629
8 Petersburg Family Dental PLLC Healthcare & Social Assistance 2 $175,000
9 Crater District Area Agency on Aging Healthcare & Social Assistance 1 $86,000
10 HSR, Inc. Retail Trade 1 $111,238
11 Virginia South Psychiatric Family Services PC 1 $240,000
12 Appomattox Regional Governor's School 1 $56,903

PlainEmployers renders Petersburg, VA from DOL H-1B disclosure filings and OSHA Injury Tracking Application records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.