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 %
Valdosta State University	73	$44,935	89.02%
Equi Tek Llc	73	$82,854	89.02%
Americold Logistics Llc	73	$93,043	89.02%
Codesoft International Inc	72	$59,793	87.80%
Astir It Solutions Inc	72	$67,989	87.80%
Only It Consulting Llc	72	$61,842	88.89%
Josh Pros Llc	72	$92,134	88.89%
Georgia Pacific Consumer Products Lp	71	$83,832	87.65%
Credigy Solutions Inc	71	$79,693	87.65%
Federal Home Loan Bank Of Atlanta	70	$81,611	87.50%

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Manhattan Fashion Inc	4	$26,541	25.00%
Isigma Inc	4	$79,877	25.00%
Secureworks	4	$57,013	25.00%
Stibo Systems Inc	4	$113,021	25.00%
Korean First Presbyterian Church	4	$43,746	25.00%
Lord Aeck Sargent Inc	4	$65,816	25.00%
Alert Tech Systems Inc	4	$45,006	25.00%
Moores Seed Grain Farms Inc	4	$29,271	25.00%
Hancock County Boe	4	$37,222	25.00%
Advanced Control Systems Inc	4	$88,884	25.00%

Top Industries in Georgia (All Years)

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Limited Service Restaurants	43	$101,016	86.00%
Household Appliances And Electrical And Electronic Goods Merchant Wholesalers	43	$62,490	87.76%
Electrical Apparatus And Equipment Wiring Supplies And Related Equipment Merchant Wholesalers	42	$66,525	85.71%
Medical Dental And Hospital Equipment And Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	42	$77,824	85.71%
Used Car Dealers	42	$78,717	87.50%
Research And Development In The Social Sciences And Humanities	42	$60,517	87.50%
Medical And Diagnostic Laboratories	41	$75,073	87.23%
All Other Rubber Product Manufacturing	40	$75,261	85.11%
Software Publishers	40	$108,527	86.96%
Fitness And Recreational Sports Centers	39	$54,550	84.78%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Other Residential Care Facilities	2	$16,806	11.11%
Artificial And Synthetic Fibers And Filaments Manufacturing	2	$109,658	11.11%
Transportation And Warehousing	2	$62,816	11.11%
Cutting Tool And Machine Tool Accessory Manufacturing	2	$80,850	11.11%
Grantmaking Foundations	2	$58,375	11.11%
All Other Miscellaneous Ambulatory Health Care Services	2	$44,616	11.11%
Wholesale Trade	2	$50,534	11.11%
Industrial Valve Manufacturing	2	$85,977	11.76%
Industrial Process Furnace And Oven Manufacturing	2	$94,838	11.76%
Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing	2	$73,653	12.50%

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.