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 %
India 6,437 $224,889 47.15%
Vietnam 2,426 $23,044 52.22%
South Korea 923 $248,302 34.45%
China 660 $62,606 49.44%
Mexico 410 $51,815 44.96%
Brazil 309 $52,305 40.98%
Venezuela 260 $31,899 47.27%
Canada 219 $89,119 43.28%
Nepal 218 $38,105 48.44%
Pakistan 210 $55,288 47.09%

Top Hiring Companies in Georgia (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Innova Solutions Inc 120 $103,490 90.23%
Macys Systems Technology Inc 119 $134,944 90.15%
Cox Communications Inc 118 $103,803 89.39%
Trendset It Inc 118 $72,635 90.08%
Hashmap Inc 118 $90,230 90.77%
Cgi Technologies And Solutions Inc 116 $86,410 89.92%
Mercer University 116 $68,003 89.92%
Knav Pa 116 $66,338 90.63%
Arcadis Us Inc 115 $68,387 91.27%
Lara Tekies Inc 115 $53,726 91.27%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Lathem Farms Inc 4 $28,085 100.00%
Gabriela Hernandez 4 $29,484 100.00%
Boston Honey Company Inc 4 $31,403 100.00%
Dream Land Harvesting Llc 4 $25,022 100.00%
Clay Mcdaniel Farms 4 $25,719 100.00%
Garcia Family Harvesting Inc 4 $21,248 100.00%
Stans Pure Honey Queens Llc 4 $27,118 100.00%
Pena And Sons Harvesting Llc 4 $27,550 100.00%
Mp Aquino Harvesting Llc 4 $25,022 100.00%
Rigoberto Coronado 4 $25,428 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
West Corporation 7 $91,374 25.00%
Atronix Engineering Inc 7 $62,242 25.00%
The Alabama Weekly Korea Inc 7 $65,164 25.00%
Caravels Llc Dba Georgia Transformer 7 $87,601 25.00%
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company 7 $95,460 25.00%
Athens Regional Specialty Services 7 $161,955 25.93%
Pmr Georgia Holding Llc 7 $120,875 25.93%
Latitude 36 Inc 7 $105,343 25.93%
Thirthasoftllc 7 $104,612 25.93%
Csm Bakery Products Na Inc 7 $115,930 25.93%

Top Industries in Georgia (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Oilseed And Grain Combination Farming 30 $27,102 100.00%
Tobacco Farming 28 $24,080 100.00%
Cattle Ranching And Farming 28 $27,998 100.00%
Farm Machinery And Equipment Manufacturing 27 $27,174 100.00%
Agriculture Forestry Fishing And Hunting 23 $25,454 100.00%
Cotton Ginning 22 $25,490 100.00%
Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers 22 $26,025 100.00%
Floriculture Production 19 $26,089 100.00%
All Other Crop Farming 18 $28,581 100.00%
Soil Preparation Planting And Cultivating 16 $23,924 100.00%

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