We now have Quarter 4 H1B visa FY 2023 data and Quarter 4 PERM visa FY 2023 data and Quarter 4 H2A visa FY 2023 data.
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Florida Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
218,102 87.39% $72,918 H-1B
23,967 9.60% $1,173,985 PERM
4,546 1.82% $26,850 H-2A
2,946 1.18% $94,083 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Florida has seen a total of 249,561 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Florida is the H-1B visa with 218,102 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 87.39% of Florida's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 23,967 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 9.60% of Florida's total visas.

Top Occupations in Florida (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Marine Engineers and Naval Architects 158 $74,766 84.95%
Advertising and Promotions Managers 157 $67,403 85.79%
Natural Sciences Managers 157 $84,818 86.26%
Economists 153 $74,795 85.96%
Compliance Officers 153 $56,344 86.93%
Industrial Production Managers 151 $91,764 85.80%
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners 150 $36,981 87.21%
Training and Development Specialists 145 $47,148 85.80%
Rehabilitation Counselors 141 $26,922 84.43%
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary 141 $67,339 84.43%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 35 $47,794 74.47%
Advertising and Promotions Managers 34 $74,264 72.34%
Nonfarm Animal Caretakers 34 $26,253 72.34%
Customer Service Representatives 34 $33,190 72.34%
Multimedia Artists and Animators 32 $50,137 71.11%
Construction Laborers 32 $26,913 71.11%
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 32 $51,698 71.11%
Aerospace Engineers 31 $86,536 68.89%
Bakers 31 $29,184 70.45%
Biomedical Engineers 30 $69,437 68.18%
Florida Employees Over Time
Florida has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 11,661 employees were hired. Florida peaked in 2018 with 19,501 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 2,820 in 2025.

Top Countries with Workers in Florida From PERM Program (All Years)

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
India 4,442 $4,828,874 46.59%
Venezuela 1,578 $58,794 40.66%
Brazil 1,437 $150,395 40.74%
Philippines 1,393 $816,849 51.42%
Colombia 849 $45,559 44.24%
Mexico 441 $392,363 44.01%
Canada 421 $715,591 42.44%
China 409 $2,666,782 45.24%
Argentina 366 $67,747 44.36%
Italy 284 $98,948 42.64%

Top Hiring Companies in Florida (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Advanced Knowledge Tech Llc 29 $77,229 87.88%
Progressive Casualty Insurance Company 29 $80,665 87.88%
Shands Jacksonville Medical Center Inc 29 $64,669 87.88%
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Services Llc 29 $101,121 87.88%
Apps Logistics Inc 29 $83,047 87.88%
Softnice Inc 29 $63,052 90.63%
Adaequare Inc 29 $69,185 90.63%
Htc Global Services Inc 29 $84,079 90.63%
Baha Industries Corp 29 $92,075 90.63%
Physicians Of Central Florida Pa 29 $140,566 90.63%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Pedro Gallegos 1 $24,357 100.00%
Jackson Citrus Inc Ng 1 $25,813 100.00%
United States Sugar Corporation 1 1 $29,806 100.00%
Florida Growers Association Inc Sc 1 1 $25,813 100.00%
Spivey Farms Inc 5 1 $177 100.00%
Everglades Harvesting Inc Fl 5 Sup 1 $55,307 100.00%
Natures Green Inc 3 1 $25,813 100.00%
Farm Op Kuzzens H2a Llc Fa25 1 $30,722 100.00%
Wm F Puckett Inc 1 $23,379 100.00%
Florida Pacific Farms Llc 5 1 $29,806 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Florida Real Estate Investors Fund Llc 3 $52,347 50.00%
Surancebay Llc 3 $90,203 50.00%
Treo Constuction Llc 3 $60,126 50.00%
Vistapharm Inc 3 $69,229 50.00%
Bontempo Boca Raton Llc 3 $49,116 50.00%
Concurrent Real Time 3 $85,744 50.00%
Law Offices Of Gabriela Riza Pa 3 $34,500 50.00%
Hiperbaric Usa Corp 3 $73,466 50.00%
Louis Poulsen Usa 3 $81,785 50.00%
Brightway Properties Llc 3 $62,809 50.00%

Top Industries in Florida (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Child Care Services 97 $41,842 88.18%
Employment Placement Agencies 95 $71,477 87.16%
Professional Employer Organizations 93 $115,252 86.11%
Consumer Lending 93 $82,817 86.11%
Sales Financing 93 $79,417 86.92%
Translation And Interpretation Services 93 $43,140 87.74%
All Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing 92 $81,537 86.79%
Satellite Telecommunications 91 $81,742 89.22%
Advertising Public Relations And Related Services 90 $61,745 88.24%
Plumbing Heating And Air Conditioning Contractors 89 $62,155 88.12%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

Florida Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in Florida to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in Florida over all years is $72,918. The state with the highest average wage of H1-B workers for all states is CA with an average wage of $104,510.

State Avg Wage