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 %
Software Developers, Applications 36,698 $78,926 91.03%
Computer Systems Analysts 24,722 $67,362 92.67%
Computer Programmers 14,309 $57,154 89.41%
Computer Occupations, All Other 10,833 $64,112 93.65%
Management Analysts 4,844 $61,889 91.02%
Software Developers, Systems Software 4,545 $83,364 91.47%
Accountants and Auditors 2,905 $55,448 90.39%
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 2,624 $47,224 83.75%
Civil Engineers 2,620 $65,886 88.72%
Computer and Information Systems Managers 2,381 $124,907 92.90%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Developers, Applications 3,624 $5,193,425 79.27%
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 1,053 $243,451 58.96%
Computer Systems Analysts 866 $2,062,633 49.83%
Computer Occupations, All Other 524 $74,671 87.48%
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 415 $19,312 72.05%
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 414 $47,374 81.50%
Accountants and Auditors 380 $63,534 76.61%
Marketing Managers 376 $96,963 76.58%
Software Developers, Systems Software 322 $561,445 73.85%
Management Analysts 306 $68,335 76.69%
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 %
Sudan 4 $46,275 44.44%
Eritrea 4 $27,331 44.44%
Macedonia 4 $47,301 44.44%
Bermuda 4 $53,437 44.44%
Cambodia 3 $69,333 33.33%
Cuba 3 $30,063 33.33%
Rwanda 3 $76,870 37.50%
St Lucia 3 $54,306 37.50%
Zambia 3 $29,307 42.86%
Tanzania 3 $48,611,978 42.86%

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)

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