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
200,442 87.94% $71,145 H-1B
21,657 9.50% $1,293,032 PERM
3,246 1.42% $24,601 H-2A
2,573 1.13% $90,158 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Florida has seen a total of 227,918 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Florida is the H-1B visa with 200,442 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 87.94% of Florida's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 21,657 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 9.50% of Florida's total visas.

Top Occupations in Florida (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Financial Specialists, All Other 213 $58,284 84.19%
Instructional Coordinators 213 $44,776 85.89%
Commercial and Industrial Designers 211 $48,519 85.77%
Interior Designers 208 $39,397 86.31%
Accountants 208 $50,928 90.43%
Registered Nurses 193 $57,274 87.33%
Human Resources Specialists 189 $48,221 86.30%
Computer and Information Research Scientists 187 $88,956 85.78%
Medical and Health Services Managers 181 $82,356 87.44%
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary 177 $58,207 86.34%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Purchasing Managers 45 $90,195 90.00%
Computer Network Architects 44 $79,202 88.00%
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians 44 $62,772 88.00%
Budget Analysts 43 $56,957 86.00%
Personal Financial Advisors 41 $136,611 82.00%
Instructional Coordinators 40 $42,939 80.00%
Treasurers and Controllers 38 $72,048 77.55%
Office Clerks, General 38 $29,914 79.17%
Stonemasons 38 $46,395 79.17%
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 37 $38,008 78.72%
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 14,940 in 2023.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
India 4,052 $5,283,823 46.64%
Venezuela 1,383 $60,258 39.62%
Brazil 1,233 $167,832 41.73%
Philippines 1,076 $1,048,972 53.77%
Colombia 585 $50,894 38.69%
Mexico 396 $429,827 44.39%
China 374 $2,910,334 42.50%
Canada 369 $805,757 46.07%
Argentina 303 $70,205 44.43%
Italy 258 $66,329 43.51%

Top Hiring Companies in Florida (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Sgs Technologie Llc 431 $67,292 88.14%
The Nielsen Company Us Llc 430 $98,956 87.93%
Ibm Corporation 423 $72,044 87.40%
Syntel Inc 421 $66,267 92.53%
Mayo Clinic 414 $65,879 91.39%
Management Health Systems Inc 404 $58,861 90.38%
Siemens Energy Inc 403 $85,259 90.36%
Syntel Consulting Inc 398 $66,467 89.44%
Igate Technologies Inc 397 $64,779 89.21%
University Of Miami Miller School Of Medicine 396 $51,785 89.39%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Focus It Inc 29 $91,727 32.95%
Visa Usa 29 $97,849 33.72%
Bkfs I Services Llc 28 $112,591 32.56%
Global Information Services Inc 28 $69,968 32.94%
Nextera Energy Resources Llc 28 $94,004 32.94%
Qorvo Us Inc 27 $87,379 32.53%
Pricewaterhousecoopers Advisory Services Llc 27 $106,996 32.93%
Cogent Healthcare Of Jacksonville Llc 27 $144,352 32.93%
Tech Data Corporation 26 $78,186 32.10%
Chadwick Riley Corporation 26 $74,050 32.50%

Top Industries in Florida (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers 19 $19,054 100.00%
All Other Crop Farming 18 $29,083 100.00%
Potato Farming 16 $23,965 100.00%
Sugarcane Farming 15 $23,622 100.00%
Other Spectator Sports 12 $27,298 100.00%
Other Crop Farming 12 $30,390 100.00%
Soil Preparation Planting And Cultivating 11 $26,263 100.00%
Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers 10 $25,792 100.00%
Corporate Subsidiary And Regional Managing Offices 10 $20,764 100.00%
Citrus Except Orange Groves 10 $26,953 100.00%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Other Accounting Services 171 $57,117 52.94%
Home Health Care Services 142 $847,659 43.96%
Child Care Services 131 $39,281 42.26%
Temporary Help Services 129 $13,324,671 41.61%
Direct Property And Casualty Insurance Carriers 120 $87,472 39.09%
Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing 110 $77,521 37.04%
Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation 107 $72,315 36.15%
Beauty Salons 105 $43,290 35.47%
Electric Power Generation 101 $80,349 34.24%
Offices Of Physical Occupational And Speech Therapists And Audiologists 95 $4,343,636 36.82%

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 $71,145. The state with the highest average wage of H1-B workers for all states is CA with an average wage of $100,819.

State Avg Wage