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 %
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 3 $44,677 75.00%
Environmental Engineering Technicians 3 $39,333 75.00%
Tour Guides and Escorts 3 $29,251 75.00%
Labor Relations Specialists 3 $55,817 75.00%
Counseling Psychologists 3 $66,872 75.00%
Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Motion Picture 3 $34,216 75.00%
Musicians and Singers 3 $25,251 75.00%
Urologists 3 $169,888 75.00%
Electro-Mechanical Technicians 3 $43,285 75.00%
Sales and Related Workers, All Other 3 $44,963 75.00%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks 2 $43,847 20.00%
Editors 2 $69,535 20.00%
Mathematicians 2 $81,464 20.00%
Sales Agents, Securities and Commodities 2 $74,152 20.00%
Glaziers 2 $44,429 20.00%
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians 2 $37,929 20.00%
Social Science Research Assistants 2 $36,525 20.00%
Food Science Technicians 2 $29,349 20.00%
Counseling Psychologists 2 $40,134 20.00%
Painters, Transportation Equipment 2 $44,741 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 2,820 in 2025.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Denmark 6 $65,609 40.00%
Lithuania 6 $65,720 46.15%
Armenia 5 $65,529 38.46%
Libya 5 $117,868 41.67%
Moldova 5 $70,050 41.67%
Croatia 4 $60,951 33.33%
Sudan 4 $46,275 36.36%
Eritrea 4 $27,331 40.00%
Macedonia 4 $47,301 40.00%
Bermuda 4 $53,437 40.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Florida (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Innovate Apps Inc 27 $41,023 90.00%
Invivo Corporation A Philips Owned Company 27 $70,007 90.00%
Quest It Solutions Inc 27 $75,015 90.00%
Atkins North America Inc 27 $75,034 90.00%
Resource America Information Technology Inc 27 $66,323 90.00%
Pantar Solutions Inc 27 $77,852 90.00%
Airlines Reporting Corporation 27 $89,283 90.00%
Flightstar Aircraft Services Llc 27 $56,208 90.00%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc 27 $88,960 90.00%
I28 Technologies Corporation 27 $68,281 90.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Spanish Trail Farms Inc 1 $20,817 100.00%
Consolidated Citrus Lp 1 Citrus 1 $30,722 100.00%
Florida Growers Association Inc 5 Mechanics 1 $47,611 100.00%
Diamond 99 Inc 1 $30,722 100.00%
G Rodriguez Harvesting Inc 1 $24,357 100.00%
Bonnie Plants Llc 81 1 $29,806 100.00%
Becerra Enterprises Inc 1 $19,207 100.00%
B E Harvesting Llc Petition 6 1 $30,722 100.00%
H M Harvest Llc Fl 1 $25,813 100.00%
Generation Fresh Llc Fl 1 $25,813 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Hc Beck Ltd 3 $87,138 50.00%
Hugo S Armando 3 $36,975 50.00%
Bocas Food Group Llc 3 $48,824 50.00%
Wyndham Worldwide Operations Inc 3 $97,871 50.00%
Electroexport Llc 3 $37,225 50.00%
Sg Glass Industries 3 $39,680 50.00%
Hirsh Bedner Associates 3 $38,182 50.00%
Findings Beads Industries Llc 3 $37,461 50.00%
Florida National Transportation Llc 3 $37,606 50.00%
Gomez Tennis Academy 3 $41,857 50.00%

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