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 %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Construction and Building Inspectors 2 $74,443 20.00%
Financial Quantitative Analysts 2 $41,590 20.00%
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists 2 $42,411 20.00%
Mathematicians 2 $81,464 20.00%
Broadcast Technicians 2 $42,609 20.00%
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians 2 $37,929 20.00%
Food Batchmakers 2 $21,258 20.00%
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other 2 $51,730 20.00%
Architectural Drafters 2 $32,126 20.00%
Floor Sanders and Finishers 2 $36,629 20.00%
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 %
Guatemala 20 $57,849 40.00%
Lebanon 20 $86,707 41.67%
Bulgaria 19 $52,266 40.43%
Ireland 19 $72,004 42.22%
Thailand 19 $45,205 43.18%
Panama 19 $82,102 43.18%
Greece 19 $69,524 44.19%
Sweden 18 $79,621 42.86%
Haiti 18 $6,321,189 42.86%
Costa Rica 17 $72,656 40.48%

Top Hiring Companies in Florida (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Magnus Software Solutions Llc 112 $51,549 88.19%
Aecom Technical Services Inc 111 $65,142 87.40%
Global Information Technology Inc 111 $53,961 87.40%
Xoriant Corporation 111 $81,412 88.10%
Burger King Corporation 111 $118,494 88.80%
Adt Llc 111 $85,364 88.80%
Data Warehouse Labs Inc 110 $62,277 88.71%
Dolphin Solutions Inc 109 $65,844 87.90%
Sysintelli Inc 107 $62,654 86.29%
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center Research Institute Inc 107 $66,545 86.99%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Luminar Technologies Inc 9 $96,608 37.50%
Cisneros Studios Llc 9 $43,315 37.50%
Abbott Laboratories 9 $73,577 37.50%
Mmpb Group Llc 9 $72,342 37.50%
Lakeview Internal Medicine Pa 9 $110,113 37.50%
Florida State College At Jacksonville 9 $50,815 37.50%
Judge Software Professionals Inc 9 $79,548 37.50%
Tpf Software Inc 8 $90,935 33.33%
Florida Engineering Llc 8 $62,395 33.33%
Ringcentral Inc 8 $84,185 34.78%

Top Industries in Florida (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders 2,006 $24,172 100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming 511 $25,462 100.00%
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming 504 $24,297 100.00%
Support Activities For Crop Production 369 $26,171 100.00%
Apiculture 135 $24,774 100.00%
Fruit And Tree Nut Farming 132 $22,745 100.00%
Nursery And Tree Production 102 $25,590 100.00%
Orange Groves 74 $22,764 100.00%
Crop Production 70 $26,201 100.00%
Greenhouse Nursery And Floriculture Production 67 $26,827 100.00%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 4,700 $140,778 100.00%
Engineering Services 1,124 $380,416 37.83%
Full Service Restaurants 855 $32,692 50.44%
Management Consulting Services 740 $72,718 54.45%
General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 590 $1,112,448 52.49%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 500 $82,598 58.48%
Greenhouse Nursery And Floriculture Production 447 $19,302 55.05%
Employment Placement Agencies 384 $24,967 51.61%
Offices Of Lawyers 374 $60,898 50.54%
Other Computer Related Services 341 $78,121 52.14%

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