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 %
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 %
Sunplus Data Group Inc 50 $81,845 89.29%
Itglobal Town Inc 50 $71,901 89.29%
Apex It Services Llc 50 $95,221 89.29%
Svk Systems Inc 50 $67,490 89.29%
Bor Usga Obo Georgia Health Sciences University 50 $43,565 89.29%
Mitchell County Board Of Education 50 $48,435 89.29%
Rivic Systems Inc 50 $84,646 90.91%
Citiustech Inc 49 $85,876 89.09%
Kriddha Technologies Inc 49 $82,849 89.09%
Aptean Inc 49 $76,403 89.09%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Sumter County Schools 3 $42,839 27.27%
Mace North America Limited 3 $119,753 27.27%
Mitchell County Schools 3 $50,953 27.27%
Nextraq Llc 3 $113,159 27.27%
Lmg World Llc 3 $32,081 27.27%
Eze Castle Software Llc An Eze Software Group Com 3 $75,338 27.27%
Atkins North America Inc 3 $58,531 27.27%
Arya Global Inc 3 $83,103 27.27%
Solvay Specialty Polymers Usa Llc 3 $100,533 27.27%
Middle Georgia State University 3 $42,502 27.27%

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