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
241,326 90.10% $79,589 H-1B
21,270 7.94% $134,505 PERM
3,595 1.34% $25,486 H-2A
1,664 0.62% $95,353 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Georgia has seen a total of 267,855 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Georgia is the H-1B visa with 241,326 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 90.10% of Georgia's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 21,270 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 7.94% of Georgia's total visas.

Top Occupations in Georgia (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Accountants and Auditors 2,988 $59,866 93.20%
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 2,340 $84,854 95.35%
Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers 1,815 $80,390 92.98%
Mechanical Engineers 1,662 $73,735 90.18%
Information Technology Project Managers 1,390 $93,867 90.32%
Electrical Engineers 1,369 $80,171 91.33%
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 1,360 $46,727 92.71%
Financial Analysts 1,318 $69,355 91.40%
Civil Engineers 1,250 $64,561 88.72%
Industrial Engineers 1,182 $76,606 89.14%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 238 $81,971 55.48%
Electrical Engineers 174 $88,281 43.18%
Statisticians 164 $69,564 42.05%
Database Administrators 163 $88,344 42.12%
Management Analysts 155 $95,083 43.79%
Mechanical Engineers 152 $78,838 49.35%
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand 141 $21,230 56.40%
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 123 $45,126 51.46%
Industrial Engineers 122 $76,055 51.69%
Internists, General 111 $130,540 54.68%
Georgia Employees Over Time
Georgia has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 8,707 employees were hired. Georgia peaked in 2016 with 21,146 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 3,857 in 2025.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Libya 5 $90,296 62.50%
Croatia 4 $101,588 50.00%
Guyana 4 $32,629 50.00%
Nicaragua 4 $57,470 50.00%
Panama 4 $26,702 50.00%
Saudi Arabia 4 $86,088 50.00%
Latvia 4 $83,696 50.00%
Denmark 4 $101,410 57.14%
Grenada 3 $59,100 42.86%
Georgia 3 $79,955 42.86%

Top Hiring Companies in Georgia (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Morehouse School Of Medicine 101 $64,813 90.18%
Infosys Bpo Limited 101 $65,042 90.18%
Ntt Data Services Llc 100 $106,434 89.29%
Hitech Info Group Llc 100 $86,484 89.29%
Katalyst Technologies Inc 100 $67,483 90.09%
Sun Cloud Llc 100 $88,831 90.91%
Slalom Llc 99 $98,000 90.00%
Indu Llc 99 $76,938 90.83%
Blue Fusion Enterprise Technologies Inc 99 $77,401 90.83%
Hisense Usa Corporation 99 $57,510 90.83%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Quality Gin Inc 3 $27,969 100.00%
D Canela Resources Llc 3 $22,990 100.00%
4 G Farms Inc 3 $26,104 100.00%
Pond O Gold Farms 3 $26,679 100.00%
Premier Packing Llc 3 $28,669 100.00%
J4 Blueberry Farms Llc 3 $26,104 100.00%
Reynaldo Gonzalez 3 $21,209 100.00%
Daniel Castro 3 $24,565 100.00%
Francisco Gutierrez 3 $21,708 100.00%
Glenn Heard Farms Inc 3 $34,036 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
National Union Fire Insurance Co Of Pittsburgh Pa 6 $74,547 26.09%
Dimension Data North America 6 $81,567 26.09%
Newell Brands Inc 6 $123,105 26.09%
Merchant E Solutions Inc 6 $107,918 26.09%
Citibank Na 6 $84,854 26.09%
Bgi Group Inc 6 $74,443 26.09%
Fineos Corporation 6 $102,475 26.09%
Miller Decals Llc 6 $58,413 26.09%
Logic Loops Llc 6 $92,207 26.09%
Techlong International Inc 6 $60,715 26.09%

Top Industries in Georgia (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 104,518 $75,497 92.40%
Computer Systems Design Services 17,056 $83,815 92.38%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services 11,768 $83,059 95.26%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 9,114 $81,870 86.28%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 7,375 $52,858 70.30%
Other Computer Related Services 6,175 $75,950 90.08%
Offices Of Certified Public Accountants 4,636 $82,031 97.31%
Engineering Services 3,850 $74,643 91.12%
Management Consulting Services 3,545 $75,899 97.36%
Administrative Management And General Management Consulting Services 3,310 $92,092 95.06%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming 904 $22,651 100.00%
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders 792 $25,864 100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming 470 $27,310 100.00%
Support Activities For Crop Production 370 $27,107 100.00%
Berry Except Strawberry Farming 355 $25,597 100.00%
Crop Harvesting Primarily By Machine 152 $27,091 100.00%
Fruit And Tree Nut Farming 147 $27,009 100.00%
Other Crop Farming 117 $27,257 100.00%
Crop Production 105 $25,816 100.00%
Nursery And Tree Production 104 $27,302 100.00%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 9,643 $112,753 100.00%
Poultry Processing 6,407 $19,947 100.00%
Computer Systems Design Services 2,003 $96,890 100.00%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 1,341 $50,925 100.00%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 1,240 $94,219 100.00%
Animal Except Poultry Slaughtering 1,228 $23,264 100.00%
Engineering Services 756 $84,283 100.00%
Elementary And Secondary Schools 680 $170,827 100.00%
Full Service Restaurants 648 $24,103 100.00%
Other Computer Related Services 623 $92,770 100.00%

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 $79,589. 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