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 %
Industrial Ecologists 1 $39,000 100.00%
Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers 1 $44,595 100.00%
Music Composers and Arrangers 1 $101,109 100.00%
Religious Workers, All Other 1 $36,234 100.00%
Craft Artists 1 $27,706 100.00%
Boilermakers 1 $0 100.00%
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 1 $24,794 100.00%
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage 1 $50,918 100.00%
Securities and Commodities Traders 1 $113,194 100.00%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Costume Attendants 1 $45,344 12.50%
Logistics Engineers 1 $36,546 12.50%
Geographers 1 $61,506 12.50%
Physical Therapists 1 $58,053 12.50%
Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other 1 $51,000 12.50%
Financial Clerks, All Other 1 $30,534 12.50%
Phlebotomists 1 $30,950 12.50%
Special Education Teachers, Preschool 1 $43,717 12.50%
Team Assemblers 1 $66,331 12.50%
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 1 $44,762 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 %
Namibia 2 $62,140 50.00%
Slovenia 2 $54,918 50.00%
Kuwait 2 $61,080 66.67%
Bosnia And Herzegovina 2 $112,289 66.67%
Yemen 2 $100,214 66.67%
Niger 1 $24,650 33.33%
Cayman Islands 1 $129,813 33.33%
Serbia And Montenegro 1 $36,629 33.33%
Burkina Faso 1 $81,806 33.33%
Iceland 1 $48,860 33.33%

Top Hiring Companies in Florida (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Inteletech Global 50 $65,459 89.29%
Global Infotech Inc 50 $70,898 89.29%
Aerosapien Technologies Llc 50 $75,682 90.91%
Interval International Inc 50 $85,718 90.91%
Comtrix Solutions Inc 50 $35,433 90.91%
Hexaider Technologies Llc 50 $49,665 90.91%
Memorial Health Systems Inc 50 $60,502 90.91%
Innovative Intelligent Solutions Llc 49 $71,863 89.09%
Vedicsoft Solutions Llc 49 $57,978 89.09%
Bcc Engineering Inc 49 $53,447 89.09%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
701 Harvesting Llc 2 $24,357 100.00%
Freeman Harvesting 2 2 $30,264 100.00%
Dimare Ruskin Inc 2 $25,813 100.00%
Freeman Harvesting 1 2 $30,264 100.00%
Moises Olguin Dba Moises Olguin Harvesting 2 $17,821 100.00%
Florida Line Nursery Llc 2 $27,810 100.00%
Ebifanio Alvarez 2 $25,085 100.00%
Sanchez Trucking Express Inc 2 $31,200 100.00%
Ernesto Barajas Harvesting 2 $16,234 100.00%
Melon Prince1 Llc Petition 2 2 $30,264 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Clarins Usa Inc 4 $88,265 40.00%
Hometown Property Management Inc 4 $69,592 40.00%
Larkin Community Hospital 4 $77,751 40.00%
Gers Usa Llc 4 $82,358 40.00%
Professional Business Concepts 4 $68,806 40.00%
Grunenthal Latin America 4 $160,389 40.00%
Power Design Inc 4 $101,504 40.00%
Wynright Corporation 4 $73,065 40.00%
Miller Brewing Company 4 $66,176 40.00%
Motortech Usa Corp 4 $58,386 40.00%

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