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 %
Epam Systems Inc	35	$76,925	89.74%
Cedar Document Technologies Inc	35	$73,206	89.74%
Visa Usa Inc	35	$101,309	89.74%
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company	35	$96,465	89.74%
Southwire Company	35	$82,879	89.74%
Alcon Research Llc	35	$79,867	89.74%
Stanley Black Decker Inc	35	$106,681	89.74%
Crmit Solutions Inc	35	$76,927	89.74%
Cyber Sphere Llc	35	$84,478	89.74%
Sterling 5 Inc	35	$69,212	89.74%

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Putnam General Hospital	2	$52,458	28.57%
El Jarocho Inc	2	$89,191	28.57%
Adventist Health System Georgia Incdba Gordon Ho	2	$93,645	28.57%
Daugherty Systems Inc	2	$102,315	28.57%
The Mcg Physicians Practice Group Foundation	2	$90	28.57%
Pm Publicidad	2	$79,758	28.57%
Pratt Industries	2	$164,175	28.57%
Silverbacks Hr Llc	2	$45,261	28.57%
H One Trading Corporation	2	$42,973	28.57%
Mansfield Oil Company	2	$57,699	28.57%

Top Industries in Georgia (All Years)

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Architectural Services	466	$50,973	90.49%
Hotels Except Casino Hotels And Motels	361	$74,060	83.95%
Human Resources Consulting Services	349	$84,589	85.54%
Computer And Computer Peripheral Equipment And Software Merchant Wholesalers	347	$90,722	85.26%
Computer Facilities Management Services	343	$84,815	86.84%
Offices Of Physicians	330	$171,482	85.27%
Scheduled Air Transportation	325	$100,683	84.20%
Commercial And Institutional Building Construction	318	$64,578	83.03%
Offices Of Lawyers	318	$67,986	84.35%
Temporary Help Services	313	$84,757	85.99%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Floriculture Production	10	$22,719	100.00%
Finfish Farming And Fish Hatcheries	9	$24,202	100.00%
Peanut Farming	9	$25,526	100.00%
Other Animal Production	8	$25,004	100.00%
Hay Farming	8	$22,103	100.00%
Flower Nursery Stock And Florists Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	7	$24,401	100.00%
Other Food Crops Grown Under Cover	7	$25,325	100.00%
Agriculture Construction And Mining Machinery Manufacturing	7	$23,950	100.00%
Cotton Farming	7	$23,420	100.00%
Beef Cattle Ranching And Farming Including Feedlots	7	$24,166	100.00%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Soft Drink Manufacturing	49	$95,511	25.26%
Offices Of Chiropractors	48	$40,273	27.43%
Sports And Recreation Instruction	45	$2,156,753	26.79%
Scheduled Air Transportation	44	$191,381	26.67%
General Freight Trucking Long Distance Truckload	42	$51,711	26.25%
Professional Employer Organizations	39	$97,591	24.84%
Industrial Design Services	35	$102,081	23.33%
Industrial Building Construction	35	$70,721	23.49%
Credit Bureaus	34	$92,960	26.15%
Urethane And Other Foam Product Except Polystyrene Manufacturing	32	$96,812	25.40%

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.