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 %
Accountants and Auditors 2,636 $58,532 92.85%
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 2,345 $84,870 95.56%
Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers 1,821 $80,398 93.34%
Mechanical Engineers 1,496 $72,204 90.39%
Information Technology Project Managers 1,392 $93,856 94.95%
Electrical Engineers 1,212 $77,159 90.65%
Financial Analysts 1,208 $68,413 90.90%
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 1,162 $45,706 87.76%
Civil Engineers 1,090 $62,797 88.05%
Industrial Engineers 1,025 $74,694 85.49%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Electrical Engineers 169 $87,504 43.33%
Database Administrators 163 $88,344 44.90%
Statisticians 159 $69,506 44.92%
Management Analysts 144 $96,406 46.91%
Mechanical Engineers 140 $79,346 52.04%
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand 139 $21,157 55.60%
Cooks, Restaurant 128 $22,488 62.14%
Internists, General 111 $130,540 54.68%
Slaughterers and Meat Packers 109 $18,660 59.56%
Industrial Engineers 109 $75,295 60.89%
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 %
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 %
Custom Computer Programming Services 96,234 $73,708 92.37%
Computer Systems Design Services 15,183 $81,559 92.09%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services 11,341 $82,291 95.18%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 8,162 $79,607 85.75%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 6,743 $51,752 71.60%
Other Computer Related Services 5,805 $74,393 90.11%
Offices Of Certified Public Accountants 3,966 $78,708 97.33%
Engineering Services 3,500 $72,340 91.00%
Management Consulting Services 3,428 $74,943 97.33%
Administrative Management And General Management Consulting Services 2,900 $88,063 94.99%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming 824 $21,767 100.00%
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders 593 $23,866 100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming 347 $25,642 100.00%
Support Activities For Crop Production 301 $26,039 100.00%
Berry Except Strawberry Farming 263 $24,071 100.00%
Fruit And Tree Nut Farming 106 $25,679 100.00%
Crop Production 105 $25,816 100.00%
Crop Harvesting Primarily By Machine 98 $25,521 100.00%
Noncitrus Fruit And Tree Nut Farming 88 $25,098 100.00%
Other Crop Farming 79 $25,446 100.00%

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