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 %
Radiologists	10	$164,295	83.33%
Advertising Sales Agents	10	$37,850	83.33%
Audio-Visual and Multimedia Collections Specialists	10	$35,761	83.33%
Healthcare Social Workers	10	$44,304	83.33%
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	10	$28,178	83.33%
Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists	10	$88,883	83.33%
Self-Enrichment Education Teachers	10	$33,858	83.33%
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	10	$38,555	83.33%
Music Directors and Composers	9	$43,980	81.82%
Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary	9	$64,836	81.82%

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
File Clerks	4	$36,026	30.77%
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels	4	$61,833	30.77%
Photographers	4	$40,311	30.77%
Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate	4	$28,501	30.77%
Commercial Divers	4	$34,154	30.77%
Driver/Sales Workers	4	$28,278	30.77%
Financial Quantitative Analysts	4	$44,798	30.77%
Dental Laboratory Technicians	4	$45,121	30.77%
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary	4	$55,457	30.77%
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	4	$28,127	30.77%

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 %
Honduras	86	$1,868,331	44.79%
Ukraine	81	$1,999,583	45.51%
Israel	69	$74,481	44.52%
Portugal	58	$54,997	38.93%
El Salvador	57	$55,423	42.54%
Taiwan	52	$52,922	41.60%
Egypt	48	$73,325	44.04%
Australia	47	$84,371	49.47%
Nigeria	39	$57,285	42.86%
Nicaragua	32	$53,357	35.56%

Top Hiring Companies in Florida (All Years)

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Tata Consultancy Services Limited	7,771	$63,077	99.46%
Infosys Limited	7,373	$67,584	99.42%
Deloitte Consulting Llp	6,823	$75,982	97.92%
Ernst Young Us Llp	3,460	$70,892	98.97%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Us Corp	3,050	$80,919	95.19%
University Of Florida	2,616	$65,137	83.74%
Capgemini America Inc	2,562	$79,148	96.28%
Larsen Toubro Infotech Limited	2,296	$66,742	96.59%
Citibank Na	1,897	$100,228	94.71%
Accenture Llp	1,675	$72,271	98.36%

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Dunson Harvesting Inc	77	$27,415	100.00%
Mcneill Labor Management Inc	61	$28,486	100.00%
H2a Complete Ii Inc	46	$21,723	100.00%
Statewide Harvesting Hauling Llc	44	$33,477	100.00%
Ag Labor Llc	43	$30,764	100.00%
Jft Harvesting Inc	42	$29,843	100.00%
Farm Op Kuzzens H2a Llc	40	$24,172	100.00%
Pacific Tomato Growers Ltd	37	$28,334	100.00%
Templabor Llc	33	$30,055	100.00%
Walter P Rawl Sons Inc	33	$26,234	100.00%

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Deloitte Consulting Llp	865	$69,722	28.98%
University Of Florida	450	$73,709	19.56%
Citibank Na	290	$105,142	33.53%
Natures Way Farms Llc	253	$20,478	34.42%
Verizon Communications Inc All Its Subsidiaries Affiliates	172	$89,841	38.22%
Raymond James Associates	134	$101,903	31.02%
Cloud Hub It Solutions Inc	102	$95,661	35.17%
Ernst Young Us Llp	95	$94,585	37.55%
Db Usa Core Corporation	92	$82,322	36.36%
Amgen Inc	90	$88,009	37.50%

Top Industries in Florida (All Years)

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Civic And Social Organizations	31	$45,409	81.58%
Navigational Services To Shipping	31	$62,876	81.58%
Air Traffic Control	31	$87,218	81.58%
Professional And Management Development Training	31	$54,645	81.58%
Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing	31	$77,975	81.58%
Technical And Trade Schools	31	$65,603	83.78%
Hardware Merchant Wholesalers	30	$63,356	81.08%
Passenger Car Rental	30	$58,158	83.33%
Coastal And Great Lakes Passenger Transportation	30	$80,226	83.33%
Pharmacies And Drug Retailers	30	$90,602	83.33%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Remediation Services	16	$44,381	84.21%
Securities Commodity Contracts And Other Financial Investments And Related Activities	16	$56,664	84.21%
Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing	16	$99,081	84.21%
Apparel Piece Goods And Notions Merchant Wholesalers	16	$73,336	88.89%
Furniture And Home Furnishing Merchant Wholesalers	16	$61,801	88.89%
Lessors Of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets Except Copyrighted Works	16	$68,125	88.89%
All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing	16	$87,895	88.89%
Household And Institutional Furniture And Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturing	16	$56,923	88.89%
Site Preparation Contractors	16	$57,112	88.89%
Water Supply And Irrigation Systems	16	$59,235	88.89%

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.