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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Georgia Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
217,780 90.48% $77,294 H-1B
18,778 7.80% $144,780 PERM
2,677 1.11% $23,552 H-2A
1,465 0.61% $90,711 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Georgia has seen a total of 240,700 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Georgia is the H-1B visa with 217,780 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 90.48% of Georgia's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 18,778 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 7.80% of Georgia's total visas.

Top Occupations in Georgia (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Computer Network Support Specialists 110 $58,843 78.57%
Multimedia Artists and Animators 109 $49,034 81.95%
Managers, All Other 107 $88,026 81.68%
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School 107 $47,907 89.92%
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary 101 $59,235 84.87%
Financial Quantitative Analysts 101 $76,132 88.60%
Food Scientists and Technologists 99 $58,192 86.84%
Public Relations Specialists 97 $41,017 85.84%
Pediatricians, General 96 $136,527 88.89%
Risk Management Specialists 91 $73,815 85.05%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Georgia Employees Over Time
Georgia has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 8,707 employees were hired. Georgia peaked in 2022 with 21,168 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 19,381 in 2023.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Azerbaijan 1 $52,811 50.00%
Benin 1 $92,581 50.00%
Turkmenistan 1 $20,488 50.00%
Rwanda 1 $82,098 50.00%
Iceland 1 $57,054 50.00%
Dominica 1 $38,875 50.00%
Ivory Coast 1 $57,262 50.00%
Cote D'ivoire 1 $106,018 50.00%
Bermuda 1 $84,989 50.00%
St Lucia 1 $139,360 50.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Georgia (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Infosys Limited 7,683 $70,322 99.57%
Tata Consultancy Services Limited 7,511 $72,460 99.42%
Capgemini America Inc 5,853 $83,708 95.40%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Us Corp 3,993 $87,481 98.62%
Deloitte Consulting Llp 3,811 $79,881 98.53%
Ernst Young Us Llp 3,484 $81,120 98.64%
Accenture Llp 3,193 $82,339 98.46%
Tech Mahindra Americasinc 2,411 $73,046 77.80%
Ibm India Private Limited 2,040 $73,119 79.41%
Capgemini Us Llc 2,029 $85,926 83.84%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Jcg Foods Of Georgia Llc Dba Koch Foods 684 $20,829 38.13%
Harrison Poultry 648 $17,021 80.50%
Mar Jac Poultry Inc 303 $18,337 44.30%
Macys Systems And Technology Inc 291 $106,788 44.91%
Smartsoft International Inc 235 $92,659 37.66%
Anthem Inc 225 $112,417 36.82%
Global Teachers Research And Resources Inc 159 $44,482 29.44%
Charter Global Inc 144 $96,639 40.68%
Everest Computers Inc 141 $108,569 46.53%
Georgia State University 134 $44,010 45.89%

Top Industries in Georgia (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Nursery And Tree Production 74 $24,527 100.00%
Greenhouse Nursery And Floriculture Production 59 $25,950 100.00%
Apiculture 56 $24,869 100.00%
Other Noncitrus Fruit Farming 46 $22,195 100.00%
Tree Nut Farming 37 $24,511 100.00%
Support Activities For Agriculture And Forestry 37 $25,812 100.00%
Potato Farming 35 $26,221 100.00%
All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming 31 $20,971 100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Farming 28 $25,845 100.00%
Tobacco Farming 23 $23,997 100.00%

Georgia Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in Georgia to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in Georgia over all years is $77,294. 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