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 %

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	105	$20,780	60.00%
Sales Engineers	100	$94,473	58.14%
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	96	$45,371	58.18%
Butchers and Meat Cutters	95	$21,019	59.38%
Marketing Managers	93	$124,217	67.39%
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	90	$51,074	65.69%
Operations Research Analysts	88	$51,102	68.75%
Civil Engineers	87	$73,256	72.50%
Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food	85	$17,387	72.03%
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	82	$89,097	70.69%

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 %
Vmware Inc	737	$94,207	94.73%
Mindtree Limited	734	$72,936	95.32%
Adp Technology Services Inc	730	$100,593	95.05%
Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation	726	$89,818	96.67%
Macys Systems And Technology Inc	701	$112,819	93.59%
Adroix Corp	663	$56,367	89.59%
Object Frontier Inc	633	$59,630	89.66%
Ncr Corporation	607	$87,621	89.26%
Dw Practice Llc	596	$55,826	88.69%
Argha Services Inc	584	$57,418	88.89%

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Honeywell International Inc	56	$110,858	31.82%
University Of North Georgia	56	$44,326	32.00%
Object Frontier Inc	52	$105,996	30.59%
Amazon Web Services Inc	50	$111,654	29.41%
Secureworks Inc	48	$88,755	30.19%
Unicorn Technologies Llc	48	$84,438	32.65%
Knowledge Resources Group Inc	47	$49,448	32.41%
S2 It Group Llc	46	$79,051	31.94%
Nebula Partners Llc	44	$96,597	31.21%
Valuelabs Inc	42	$115,151	29.79%

Top Industries in Georgia (All Years)

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Audio And Video Equipment Manufacturing	60	$104,425	89.55%
Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing	60	$99,088	89.55%
Line Haul Railroads	59	$100,201	88.06%
Industrial And Personal Service Paper Merchant Wholesalers	59	$78,719	88.06%
Alumina Refining And Primary Aluminum Production	59	$102,443	88.06%
Offices Of Real Estate Agents And Brokers	58	$59,298	87.88%
Electric Power Generation	58	$82,517	87.88%
Motion Picture And Video Production	58	$57,342	89.23%
Other Services Related To Advertising	57	$70,616	89.06%
Testing Laboratories And Services	56	$62,437	88.89%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Food Service Contractors	4	$74,012	15.38%
Plastics Materials And Basic Forms And Shapes Merchant Wholesalers	4	$42,203	16.00%
Administration Of Public Health Programs	4	$95,363	16.00%
Siding Contractors	3	$65,270	12.00%
Toilet Preparation Manufacturing	3	$24,107	12.50%
Other Building Finishing Contractors	3	$46,883	12.50%
Drycleaning And Laundry Services	3	$19,046	12.50%
Administration Of Human Resource Programs Except Education Public Health And Veterans Affairs Programs	3	$100,298	12.50%
Support Activities For Oil And Gas Operations	3	$102,974	12.50%
Human Rights Organizations	3	$59,807	13.04%

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.