The United States needs immigration to maintain the growth of its economy, to mitigate its debt, and to continue competing on the global stage. High-skilled immigration, especially in keystone industries, results in increased innovation and economic growth. It is critical to reform immigration policies to prioritize high-skilled, employment-based immigration and to limit less productive avenues of immigration. But which immigrants provide the greatest net fiscal impact?

This data product endeavors to answer that question. By selecting industry, occupation, education level, and other important variables, one may observe the fiscal effect that varying types of immigrants will have on the United States. Please use the dropdown menus and sliders to explore the future of high-skilled immigration by industry, occupation, education, marital status, age, and number of dependents.