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 %
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 955 $50,430 82.90%
Statisticians 917 $79,014 83.14%
Information Security Analysts 849 $86,185 80.70%
Web Developers 839 $66,549 93.12%
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 755 $46,341 88.00%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 715 $168,750 83.33%
Sales Engineers 594 $90,999 90.00%
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 577 $50,354 95.37%
Business Intelligence Analysts 525 $83,500 92.11%
Logisticians 520 $57,925 92.20%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
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 %
Latvia 4 $83,696 57.14%
Croatia 4 $101,588 57.14%
Nicaragua 4 $57,470 57.14%
Tunisia 4 $86,243 57.14%
Burma (myanmar) 3 $20,599 42.86%
Panama 3 $26,894 50.00%
Albania 3 $18,200 50.00%
Uruguay 3 $55,432 50.00%
Grenada 3 $59,100 50.00%
Lithuania 3 $85,990 50.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Georgia (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Broadcom Corporation 44 $99,833 91.67%
The William Carter Company Inc 44 $101,458 91.67%
Strategic Resources International Inc 44 $71,998 91.67%
Sunmerge Systems Inc 44 $69,654 91.67%
Macys Systems Technology Inc 43 $133,505 89.58%
Prominds Business Consulting Inc 43 $94,179 89.58%
Staidlogic Llc 43 $103,757 89.58%
Jda Software Inc 43 $91,003 89.58%
Omnitrust Technologies Llc 43 $69,339 89.58%
Arcean Inc 43 $60,773 89.58%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Ecoinsight Inc 3 $125,105 33.33%
Cbs Corporate Services Inc 3 $102,100 33.33%
Icf Macro Inc 3 $51,806 33.33%
Skidaway Institute Of Oceanography 3 $61,802 33.33%
Gresham Smith Partners 3 $71,933 33.33%
Community Southern Bank 3 $66,054 33.33%
Medex Associates Llc 3 $110,960 33.33%
American Safety Administrative Services Inc 3 $86,514 33.33%
Datamatics Inc 3 $104,749 33.33%
Ap Aviation Management Consultant Llc 3 $64,258 33.33%

Top Industries in Georgia (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 96,234 $73,708 92.37%
Computer Systems Design Services 15,183 $81,559 92.09%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services 11,341 $82,291 95.18%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 8,162 $79,607 85.75%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 6,743 $51,752 71.60%
Other Computer Related Services 5,805 $74,393 90.11%
Offices Of Certified Public Accountants 3,966 $78,708 97.33%
Engineering Services 3,500 $72,340 91.00%
Management Consulting Services 3,428 $74,943 97.33%
Administrative Management And General Management Consulting Services 2,900 $88,063 94.99%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming 824 $21,767 100.00%
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders 593 $23,866 100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming 347 $25,642 100.00%
Support Activities For Crop Production 301 $26,039 100.00%
Berry Except Strawberry Farming 263 $24,071 100.00%
Fruit And Tree Nut Farming 106 $25,679 100.00%
Crop Production 105 $25,816 100.00%
Crop Harvesting Primarily By Machine 98 $25,521 100.00%
Noncitrus Fruit And Tree Nut Farming 88 $25,098 100.00%
Other Crop Farming 79 $25,446 100.00%

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