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)

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 %
Cambodia 3 $69,333 42.86%
Cuba 3 $30,063 50.00%
Rwanda 3 $76,870 50.00%
St Lucia 3 $54,306 50.00%
Zambia 3 $29,307 50.00%
St Kitts And Nevis 2 $83,700 33.33%
Tajikistan 2 $21,622 33.33%
Antigua And Barbuda 2 $57,439 40.00%
Algeria 2 $49,816 40.00%
Montenegro 2 $34,952 40.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Florida (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Revenue Management Solutions Llc 46 $60,649 90.20%
Ipolarity Llc 46 $67,987 90.20%
Ramps International Inc 45 $67,101 88.24%
Advantage It Inc 45 $62,475 88.24%
Orlando Health Medical Group Inc 45 $220,941 88.24%
Sysfore Technologies Inc 45 $61,656 88.24%
Tekwissen Llc 45 $70,046 88.24%
Broken Sound Club Inc 45 $37,509 88.24%
Kairos Technologies Inc 45 $66,780 88.24%
Promatrix Corp 44 $62,309 88.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Blue Head Farms Llc 2 $17,805 100.00%
Dimare Homestead Inc 1 2 $30,264 100.00%
L Walthers Sons Inc 1 2 $27,477 100.00%
Nicholas Sallusto 2 $30,264 100.00%
Gold Star Farms 2 $29,806 100.00%
S Sanchez Harvesting Inc 2 $30,722 100.00%
Anzualda Harvesting Inc Petition 2 2 $30,264 100.00%
Morgan Forage Harvesting 2 $30,264 100.00%
Tranex Inc 2 $18,145 100.00%
Terrapin Hill Farm Llc 2 $30,264 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Assurant Inc 4 $84,729 40.00%
Siemens Industry Inc 4 $119,917 40.00%
Urbana Creative Group Inc 4 $51,558 40.00%
Global Ets Llc 4 $80,616 40.00%
Bringabout Inc 4 $103,907 40.00%
Einfochips Inc 4 $99,063 40.00%
Inter American Division Publishing Association 4 $75,785 40.00%
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company 4 $101,845 40.00%
Cable Wireless Holdings Inc 4 $124,836 40.00%
Nutrition Formulators Inc 4 $59,275 40.00%

Top Industries in Florida (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders 2,677 $26,244 100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming 683 $26,892 100.00%
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming 630 $26,096 100.00%
Support Activities For Crop Production 387 $26,556 100.00%
Apiculture 195 $26,584 100.00%
Nursery And Tree Production 156 $28,338 100.00%
Fruit And Tree Nut Farming 150 $23,699 100.00%
Greenhouse Nursery And Floriculture Production 103 $30,020 100.00%
Strawberry Farming 95 $27,965 100.00%
Orange Groves 81 $23,903 100.00%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 4,894 $139,073 100.00%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services 3,163 $16,633,706 100.00%
Employment Services 2,227 $34,443 100.00%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 1,768 $59,905 100.00%
Engineering Services 1,203 $360,585 100.00%
Full Service Restaurants 1,030 $32,958 100.00%
Computer Systems Design Services 850 $213,817 100.00%
Janitorial Services 802 $22,323 100.00%
Administrative Management And General Management Consulting Services 760 $77,451 100.00%
Management Consulting Services 759 $73,337 100.00%

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