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 %
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 %
Uzbekistan 12 $40,804 46.15%
Slovakia 11 $43,854 44.00%
Belize 11 $69,810 44.00%
Belgium 11 $73,984 45.83%
Saudi Arabia 10 $57,663 43.48%
Syria 10 $105,815 45.45%
Finland 10 $89,783 45.45%
Belarus 10 $68,374 47.62%
Austria 10 $83,691 47.62%
Indonesia 10 $36,432 47.62%

Top Hiring Companies in Florida (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Sapphire Software Solutions Inc 53 $76,507 88.33%
Arcus Technologies Dba Kat Tech Systems Inc 53 $52,722 88.33%
Dawar Consulting Inc 53 $58,040 88.33%
Crowley Maritime Corporation 53 $98,577 88.33%
Good Methods Global Inc 53 $69,396 89.83%
Inpatient Consultants Of Florida Inc 53 $107,234 89.83%
Lego Construction Co 53 $60,986 89.83%
Ukg Inc 52 $116,316 89.66%
Ubs Financial Services Inc 52 $81,065 89.66%
Business Intelli Solutions Inc 52 $57,149 89.66%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Woerner Agribusiness Llc 2 $30,264 100.00%
Manuden Farms Inc 2 $27,810 100.00%
Mario A Vargas 2 $24,742 100.00%
Valley Produce Harvesting And Hauling Co 2 $20,424 100.00%
Twenty Twenty Groves Inc 1 2 $41,288 100.00%
Spanish Trail Farms 2 $21,088 100.00%
Indian Okee Harvesting Inc 2 2 $25,813 100.00%
Church Lane Apiaries Llc 2 $30,264 100.00%
Seaboard Berry Farms Llc Sb3 2 $15,003 100.00%
You Grow It We Pick It Llc 2 $25,085 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Formcrete Llc 4 $49,437 36.36%
Lender Processing Services 4 $72,141 36.36%
Design Place Inc 4 $101,354 36.36%
Avianca Inc 4 $57,465 36.36%
Sacred Family Investments Inc 4 $75,197 36.36%
Datacore Software Corp 4 $91,556 36.36%
Hw Lochner Inc 4 $69,233 36.36%
Amberwood Academy Llc 4 $60,128 36.36%
Natural Vitamins Laboratory Corp 4 $56,040 36.36%
Kaba Benzing America Inc 4 $59,348 36.36%

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