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 %
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 %
India 4,052 $5,283,823 46.64%
Venezuela 1,383 $60,258 39.62%
Brazil 1,233 $167,832 41.73%
Philippines 1,076 $1,048,972 53.77%
Colombia 585 $50,894 38.69%
Mexico 396 $429,827 44.39%
China 374 $2,910,334 42.50%
Canada 369 $805,757 46.07%
Argentina 303 $70,205 44.43%
Italy 258 $66,329 43.51%

Top Hiring Companies in Florida (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Innovative Intelligent Solutions Llc 46 $70,879 86.79%
Shands Teaching Hospital And Clinics Inc 46 $63,581 88.46%
Sriven Systems Inc 46 $59,520 88.46%
Vuram Inc 46 $74,323 88.46%
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center And Research Institute Inc 46 $59,255 88.46%
Lorhan Corporation Inc 46 $74,128 88.46%
Ipolarity Llc 46 $68,297 88.46%
Google Llc 46 $90,198 88.46%
Ukg Inc 46 $114,304 88.46%
Chen Neighborhood Medical Centers Of South Florida Llc 46 $150,410 88.46%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Symantec Corporation 4 $63,731 40.00%
Baterbys Llc 4 $66,253 40.00%
Blue Water Shipping Us Inc 4 $47,943 40.00%
Tradepro Inc 4 $80,392 40.00%
Att Inc And All Of Its Subsidiaries And Affiliates 4 $115,778 40.00%
Thales E Security Inc 4 $83,621 40.00%
Bcc Engineering Llc 4 $58,084 40.00%
Cbre Inc 4 $56,254 40.00%
Worldwide Cosmetics Inc 4 $56,415 40.00%
Emt Contractors Corp 4 $44,465 40.00%

Top Industries in Florida (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers 19 $19,054 100.00%
All Other Crop Farming 18 $29,083 100.00%
Potato Farming 16 $23,965 100.00%
Sugarcane Farming 15 $23,622 100.00%
Other Spectator Sports 12 $27,298 100.00%
Other Crop Farming 12 $30,390 100.00%
Soil Preparation Planting And Cultivating 11 $26,263 100.00%
Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers 10 $25,792 100.00%
Corporate Subsidiary And Regional Managing Offices 10 $20,764 100.00%
Citrus Except Orange Groves 10 $26,953 100.00%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Other Accounting Services 171 $57,117 52.94%
Home Health Care Services 142 $847,659 43.96%
Child Care Services 131 $39,281 42.26%
Temporary Help Services 129 $13,324,671 41.61%
Direct Property And Casualty Insurance Carriers 120 $87,472 39.09%
Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing 110 $77,521 37.04%
Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation 107 $72,315 36.15%
Beauty Salons 105 $43,290 35.47%
Electric Power Generation 101 $80,349 34.24%
Offices Of Physical Occupational And Speech Therapists And Audiologists 95 $4,343,636 36.82%

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.

State Avg Wage