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 %
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 1 $28,704 100.00%
Midwives 1 $45,261 100.00%
Sewing Machine Operators 1 $32,885 100.00%
Artists and Related Workers, All Other 1 $27,914 100.00%
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers 1 $52,603 100.00%
Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance 1 $56,701 100.00%
Climate Change Analysts 1 $58,074 100.00%
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators 1 $41,974 100.00%
Nanosystems Engineers 1 $49,837 100.00%
Talent Directors 1 $65,125 100.00%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary 1 $51,630 12.50%
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 1 $45,552 12.50%
Actors 1 $44,470 12.50%
Statistical Assistants 1 $36,837 12.50%
Product Safety Engineers 1 $68,474 12.50%
Geography Teachers, Postsecondary 1 $60,810 12.50%
Registered Nurses 1 $69,534 12.50%
Sewing Machine Operators 1 $29,494 12.50%
Fundraisers 1 $40,581 12.50%
Adult Basic and Secondary Education and Literacy Teachers and Instructors 1 $54,662 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 %
Benin 2 $72,653 40.00%
Cote D'ivoire 2 $63,752 40.00%
Malawi 2 $38,616 40.00%
Kosovo 2 $74,745 40.00%
Palestine 2 $64,189 40.00%
Mauritius 2 $138,092 40.00%
St Kitts And Nevis 2 $83,700 40.00%
Tajikistan 2 $21,622 50.00%
Antigua And Barbuda 2 $57,439 50.00%
Algeria 2 $49,816 50.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Florida (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Microinfo Inc 29 $72,694 87.88%
Plasma Therm Llc 29 $76,844 87.88%
Goldman Sachs Co 29 $68,514 87.88%
Orpine Inc 29 $70,606 87.88%
Catalent Pharma Solutions 29 $78,097 87.88%
Genesis Eldercare Rehabilitation Services Llc 29 $66,244 87.88%
Neumeric Technologies Corporation 29 $71,556 87.88%
Gcom Software Llc 29 $86,492 87.88%
Talented It Inc 29 $69,429 87.88%
Adbakx Llc 29 $70,937 87.88%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Spivey Farms Inc 3 1 $29,806 100.00%
Rodriguez Citrus Harvesting Inc Peas 1 $30,722 100.00%
G M Harvesting 1 $17,222 100.00%
Circle H Citrus Inc Supervisors 1 $25,813 100.00%
Farmer Mikes Produce Inc 1 $29,806 100.00%
S Martinez Harvesting Inc 1 $19,207 100.00%
Everglades Harvesting Inc 5 Bus Drivers 1 $34,715 100.00%
Flatwoods Harvesting Inc 1 $17,859 100.00%
W Fisher Bee Farm 1 $23,920 100.00%
Miller Farms Llc 6 1 $30,722 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Famen Llc 3 $40,851 50.00%
Quest Cargo Inc 3 $42,793 50.00%
Echotech Software Solutions 3 $74,672 50.00%
El Nacional Global Media Inc 3 $56,444 50.00%
Pininfarina Of America Corp 3 $81,120 50.00%
Venture Cruises Limited Inc 3 $31,173 50.00%
Rialto Capital Management Llc 3 $50,884 50.00%
Medicomp Inc 3 $95,701 50.00%
Trividia Health Inc 3 $80,850 50.00%
Hazkel Puterman Asscoiates Llc 3 $56,950 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