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 %
Validation Engineers 37 $82,744 88.10%
Manufacturing Engineers 36 $81,491 85.71%
Supply Chain Managers 35 $105,239 85.37%
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary 34 $42,143 82.93%
Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary 34 $51,293 82.93%
Interpreters and Translators 33 $31,498 82.50%
Mathematicians 33 $72,472 82.50%
Pharmacists 33 $85,813 84.62%
Mechatronics Engineers 32 $78,967 82.05%
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 32 $46,320 88.89%
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 %
India 5,714 $238,990 47.20%
Vietnam 1,549 $23,032 49.92%
South Korea 839 $33,757 31.32%
China 560 $63,532 48.99%
Mexico 316 $55,836 41.91%
Venezuela 237 $32,210 41.43%
Brazil 225 $60,493 44.29%
Canada 202 $88,988 43.63%
Pakistan 181 $54,814 50.70%
Nepal 173 $36,850 52.27%

Top Hiring Companies in Georgia (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Datamatics Consultants Inc 134 $67,855 90.54%
Acuity Brands Lighting Inc 133 $80,610 90.48%
Pindrop Security Inc 133 $102,260 90.48%
Tekorg Inc 131 $73,223 89.12%
Teradata Operations Inc 131 $84,029 89.73%
Verint Systems Inc 131 $92,723 90.34%
Infor Us Inc 130 $80,326 90.28%
Larsen Toubro Technology Services Ltd 129 $53,611 89.58%
Coca Cola Refreshments Usa Inc 128 $95,496 90.14%
Diaspark Inc 127 $57,017 90.07%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Hd Supply 8 $113,685 25.81%
Topsys It Solutions Llc 8 $87,280 25.81%
General Electric Company 8 $129,966 25.81%
Brill Inc 8 $122,801 25.81%
University Medical Group Llc 8 $91,999 25.81%
Sark Wire Corporation 8 $45,945 25.81%
Blue Fusion Enterprise Technologies Inc 8 $103,769 26.67%
Knighted Llc Dba Knighted An Intelligrated Comp 8 $89,183 26.67%
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College 8 $46,777 26.67%
Hyundai Information Service North America Llc 8 $60,286 26.67%

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