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 %
Opticians, Dispensing 1 $29,598 50.00%
Agricultural Technicians 1 $29,973 50.00%
Video Game Designers 1 $64,875 50.00%
Archivists 1 $30,181 50.00%
Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers 1 $41,995 50.00%
Civil Drafters 1 $54,038 100.00%
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians 1 $28,933 100.00%
Industrial Safety and Health Engineers 1 $90,501 100.00%
Geographic Information Systems Technicians 1 $35,610 100.00%
Skincare Specialists 1 $42,515 100.00%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers 1 $42,869 12.50%
Private Detectives and Investigators 1 $65,666 12.50%
Nursery Workers 1 $27,373 12.50%
Archivists 1 $49,566 12.50%
Geographers 1 $61,506 12.50%
Jewelers 1 $23,941 12.50%
Political Scientists 1 $58,864 12.50%
Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other 1 $36,088 12.50%
Online Merchants 1 $37,066 12.50%
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers 1 $34,341 12.50%
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 %
India 4,442 $4,828,874 46.59%
Venezuela 1,578 $58,794 40.66%
Brazil 1,437 $150,395 40.74%
Philippines 1,393 $816,849 51.42%
Colombia 849 $45,559 44.24%
Mexico 441 $392,363 44.01%
Canada 421 $715,591 42.44%
China 409 $2,666,782 45.24%
Argentina 366 $67,747 44.36%
Italy 284 $98,948 42.64%

Top Hiring Companies in Florida (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Sun It Solutions Inc 115 $55,582 87.79%
Polaris Consulting And Services Ltd 115 $63,833 87.79%
Populus Group Llc 114 $86,433 87.69%
Florida Agricultural And Mechanical University 114 $43,343 87.69%
The Boston Consulting Group Inc 114 $91,268 87.69%
Dolphin Solutions Inc 114 $66,812 87.69%
Exzac Inc 113 $84,507 87.60%
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center Research Institute 113 $63,338 88.28%
Avco Consulting Inc 113 $81,066 88.28%
Data Warehouse Labs Inc 113 $63,012 88.28%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Jose Valdovinos 7 $18,173 100.00%
Guzman Barrera Harvesting Inc 7 $22,267 100.00%
Viviana Farms Llc 7 $25,881 100.00%
Bh Farms 7 $29,280 100.00%
Abel Saucedo Sons Trucking Inc 7 $30,199 100.00%
Johnson Harvesting Inc 7 $23,568 100.00%
F Mendoza Harvesting Llc 7 $28,258 100.00%
Franco Medina 7 $25,230 100.00%
Southern Gardens Groves Corp 7 $19,758 100.00%
P Marin Harvesting Inc 7 $26,472 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Ad 1 Management Inc 9 $109,521 34.62%
Globant Llc 9 $86,093 36.00%
Loanlogics Inc 9 $93,619 36.00%
Ad1 Management Inc 9 $68,841 36.00%
Steven Douglas Associates Llc 9 $107,285 36.00%
Njtech Inc 9 $108,148 36.00%
Research Horizons Llc Dba Phoenix Marketing Intl 9 $94,046 36.00%
Florida Engineering Llc 9 $64,970 36.00%
Ave Maria University 8 $43,638 33.33%
The Imaging Specialists Group Llc 8 $67,200 33.33%

Top Industries in Florida (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Child Care Services 97 $41,842 88.18%
Employment Placement Agencies 95 $71,477 87.16%
Professional Employer Organizations 93 $115,252 86.11%
Consumer Lending 93 $82,817 86.11%
Sales Financing 93 $79,417 86.92%
Translation And Interpretation Services 93 $43,140 87.74%
All Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing 92 $81,537 86.79%
Satellite Telecommunications 91 $81,742 89.22%
Advertising Public Relations And Related Services 90 $61,745 88.24%
Plumbing Heating And Air Conditioning Contractors 89 $62,155 88.12%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

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