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 %
Cognizant Technology Solutions Us Corporation 476 $67,869 87.50%
Software Paradigms International Group Llc 474 $63,890 87.78%
Att Services Inc 471 $102,957 87.87%
Ebix Inc 468 $75,110 88.14%
Charter Global Inc 463 $67,817 89.21%
Larsen Toubro Infotech Limited 454 $62,254 88.50%
Sunray Enterprise Inc 454 $61,077 88.50%
Global Teachers Research Resources Inc 442 $39,072 86.84%
Lt Technology Services Limited 438 $62,830 90.68%
International Business Machines Corporation 431 $95,202 90.17%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Camacho Harvest Llc 10 $27,666 100.00%
Nunez Pine Straw Inc 10 $25,513 100.00%
Sweetwater Creek Honey Farm Llc 10 $24,490 100.00%
Native Forest Nursery Llc 10 $25,476 100.00%
Margarita Cardenas 10 $17,853 100.00%
Jwm Farms Llc 10 $21,303 100.00%
Dej Farms Llc 10 $24,353 100.00%
Transplant Nursery Inc 10 $24,367 100.00%
Fitzgerald Fruit Farms Llc 10 $23,960 100.00%
V Valencia Harvesting Inc 10 $25,235 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
American Megatrends Inc 36 $84,870 32.43%
Change Healthcare Technologies Llc 34 $118,686 30.63%
Novalink Solutions Llc 33 $80,092 30.28%
Serenity Infotech Inc 33 $96,523 30.56%
Apogee Medical Group Georgia Inc 32 $140,653 29.63%
Itech Eservicesllc 32 $26,002 30.19%
Novelty Infotech Inc 31 $76,812 29.52%
Tmd Managementllc 31 $17,389 29.52%
La Cosecha Xvi Llc 31 $21,595 30.39%
Braves Technologies Llc 29 $95,754 28.43%

Top Industries in Georgia (All Years)

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