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
200,442	87.94%	$71,145	H-1B
21,657	9.50%	$1,293,032	PERM
3,246	1.42%	$24,601	H-2A
2,573	1.13%	$90,158	E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Florida has seen a total of 227,918 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Florida is the H-1B visa with 200,442 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 87.94% of Florida's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 21,657 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 9.50% of Florida's total visas.

Top Occupations in Florida (All Years)

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Database Administrators	2,013	$71,461	89.67%
Computer and Information Systems Managers	1,981	$120,158	89.48%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	1,964	$66,563	89.31%
Financial Analysts	1,952	$62,552	91.82%
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects	1,886	$70,969	95.74%
Mechanical Engineers	1,744	$67,864	88.66%
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists	1,552	$45,672	92.82%
Physical Therapists	1,409	$63,910	89.57%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other	1,362	$133,039	86.92%
Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers	1,354	$68,233	93.64%

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Agricultural Workers, All Other	4	$23,780	5.26%
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators	2	$24,658	2.74%
Construction Laborers	2	$33,800	2.82%
Forest and Conservation Workers	1	$23,483	1.43%
Farm Labor Contractors	1	$22,750	1.54%
Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products	1	$29,806	1.79%

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Civil Engineers	257	$70,104	75.81%
Computer and Information Systems Managers	244	$10,858,960	74.39%
General and Operations Managers	237	$102,543	89.10%
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	220	$32,009	118.28%
Financial Managers	214	$110,216	118.23%
Architectural and Engineering Managers	209	$1,296,048	116.11%
Financial Analysts	206	$771,017	117.05%
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	185	$37,633	106.94%
Operations Research Analysts	170	$58,985	98.84%
Mechanical Engineers	162	$74,231	95.29%

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 14,940 in 2023.

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

Country	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Turkey	105	$1,428,910	50.00%
Chile	105	$73,082	50.24%
Russia	97	$2,648,644	47.78%
Ecuador	91	$55,885	47.15%
South Africa	82	$61,766	42.71%
Germany	79	$83,249	41.15%
Honduras	74	$2,163,992	38.95%
Zimbabwe	72	$39,462	40.45%
Ukraine	70	$2,303,236	42.42%
Dominican Republic	70	$71,681	48.28%

Top Hiring Companies in Florida (All Years)

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Tata Consultancy Services Limited	7,269	$62,143	99.47%
Infosys Limited	7,142	$66,962	99.46%
Deloitte Consulting Llp	6,433	$74,049	97.80%
Ernst Young Us Llp	3,115	$68,646	99.36%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Us Corp	2,734	$79,721	95.19%
Capgemini America Inc	2,407	$77,628	85.78%
University Of Florida	2,355	$64,384	94.54%
Larsen Toubro Infotech Limited	2,296	$66,742	96.59%
Citibank Na	1,601	$97,506	93.90%
Accenture Llp	1,590	$70,775	98.33%

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Deloitte Consulting Llp	807	$69,578	28.72%
University Of Florida	431	$74,284	30.10%
Citibank Na	244	$103,325	30.24%
Natures Way Farms Llc	174	$19,954	24.20%
Verizon Communications Inc All Its Subsidiaries Affiliates	159	$87,322	36.81%
Raymond James Associates	129	$101,362	29.93%
Cloud Hub It Solutions Inc	94	$93,646	38.21%
Db Usa Core Corporation	83	$81,066	34.02%
Ernst Young Us Llp	82	$94,044	35.34%
Amgen Inc	77	$86,951	35.65%

Top Industries in Florida (All Years)

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Other Accounting Services	207	$58,038	85.19%
Other Aircraft Parts And Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing	197	$88,848	83.83%
Employment Placement Agencies And Executive Search Services	186	$57,160	85.32%
All Other Insurance Related Activities	186	$75,645	86.92%
Other Heavy And Civil Engineering Construction	185	$64,572	86.85%
Agents And Managers For Artists Athletes Entertainers And Other Public Figures	178	$38,607	83.57%
Electric Power Generation	176	$77,823	83.41%
Other Support Activities For Air Transportation	176	$58,928	83.81%
Other Professional Scientific And Technical Services	175	$90,080	83.33%
Interior Design Services	175	$42,896	84.13%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Farm Machinery And Equipment Manufacturing	1	$29,806	100.00%
Administrative And Support Services	1	$25,126	100.00%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Medicinal And Botanical Manufacturing	34	$74,671	33.66%
Poured Concrete Foundation And Structure Contractors	33	$59,084	34.02%
Other Grocery And Related Products Merchant Wholesalers	33	$71,309	34.74%
Industrial Building Construction	33	$77,005	35.11%
Sporting And Recreational Goods And Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	32	$61,487	34.04%
Specialized Freight Except Used Goods Trucking Local	31	$47,201	32.98%
Other Professional Scientific And Technical Services	30	$71,020	32.97%
Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation	30	$66,006	33.33%
Lessors Of Nonresidential Buildings Except Miniwarehouses	29	$58,728	32.22%
Solar Electric Power Generation	29	$45,365	32.95%

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 $71,145. The state with the highest average wage of H1-B workers for all states is CA with an average wage of $100,819.