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 %
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 1,050 $51,491 82.22%
Statisticians 987 $80,680 81.91%
Information Security Analysts 847 $86,192 74.96%
Web Developers 839 $66,549 93.12%
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 789 $47,624 91.96%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 714 $168,687 83.22%
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 711 $51,502 95.82%
Sales Engineers 657 $95,084 90.62%
Logisticians 555 $58,387 91.43%
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 524 $50,804 88.07%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Construction Laborers 1 $37,274 3.33%
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers 1 $35,360 5.00%
Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers 1 $23,150 5.26%
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 %
Colombia 151 $39,583 35.53%
Bangladesh 137 $38,022 34.16%
Cambodia 125 $21,330 37.43%
El Salvador 114 $28,388 37.75%
Nigeria 106 $49,191 42.06%
Jamaica 103 $49,399 47.69%
Philippines 98 $3,786,624 50.00%
Germany 87 $82,129 44.85%
United Kingdom 79 $88,414 46.75%
South Africa 60 $76,448 44.44%

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 %
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