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 %
Software Developers, Applications 36,846 $78,943 91.39%
Computer Systems Analysts 24,726 $67,363 92.69%
Computer Programmers 14,314 $57,155 89.45%
Computer Occupations, All Other 10,837 $64,113 93.68%
Management Analysts 4,590 $60,674 91.07%
Software Developers, Systems Software 4,569 $83,420 91.95%
Accountants and Auditors 2,626 $54,120 88.33%
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 2,486 $46,334 85.05%
Civil Engineers 2,329 $64,535 88.56%
Operations Research Analysts 2,098 $57,458 89.16%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Developers, Applications 3,619 $5,200,484 79.16%
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 887 $282,927 51.07%
Computer Systems Analysts 864 $2,067,211 62.52%
Computer Occupations, All Other 523 $74,717 89.10%
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 375 $47,164 65.56%
Marketing Managers 359 $96,513 73.42%
Accountants and Auditors 351 $63,161 76.47%
Software Developers, Systems Software 321 $562,940 83.38%
Management Analysts 292 $67,853 79.56%
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 285 $18,254 78.73%
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 %
Turkmenistan 8 $29,094 44.44%
Ghana 7 $60,027 41.18%
New Zealand 7 $73,586 41.18%
Paraguay 7 $104,615 43.75%
Saudi Arabia 7 $60,581 43.75%
Kazakhstan 7 $43,796 46.67%
Singapore 6 $79,040 40.00%
Lithuania 6 $65,720 42.86%
Denmark 6 $65,609 42.86%
Barbados 6 $78,627 46.15%

Top Hiring Companies in Florida (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Invensys Inc 48 $58,253 88.89%
Siemens Corporation 48 $79,317 88.89%
Oxygen Development Llc 48 $72,270 90.57%
Pall Corporation 47 $79,850 88.68%
Collabera Inc 47 $70,784 88.68%
Cgi Technologies And Solutions Inc 47 $74,244 88.68%
Fusion Plus Solutions Inc 47 $70,348 88.68%
Dedicated Senior Medical Centers Of Florida Llc 47 $194,803 88.68%
Lorsiv Technologies Inc 47 $53,306 88.68%
Corporate Solutions General Inc 46 $73,825 86.79%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Ch Robinson Worldwide Inc 4 $48,038 40.00%
Gayle Woods Training 4 $35,724 40.00%
King Tile Marble Corp 4 $32,136 40.00%
Formcrete Llc 4 $49,437 40.00%
Kobi Karp Architecture And Interior Design 4 $44,143 40.00%
Broken Sound Club 4 $46,857 40.00%
Sun Nuclear Corporation 4 $69,321 40.00%
The American Language Kollege Inc Dba Talk International 4 $47,824 40.00%
Swift Tech Llc 4 $89,580 40.00%
Gvf Investment Group Inc 4 $54,013 40.00%

Top Industries in Florida (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Strawberry Farming 47 $25,602 100.00%
Other Noncitrus Fruit Farming 43 $22,937 100.00%
All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming 37 $20,936 100.00%
Berry Except Strawberry Farming 36 $24,454 100.00%
Noncitrus Fruit And Tree Nut Farming 35 $27,094 100.00%
Agriculture Forestry Fishing And Hunting 33 $26,260 100.00%
Horses And Other Equine Production 27 $26,106 100.00%
Support Activities For Agriculture And Forestry 24 $25,880 100.00%
Nursery And Floriculture Production 23 $26,395 100.00%
Other Animal Production 21 $26,351 100.00%

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 $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