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)

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 %
Palestine 2 $85,393 40.00%
Mauritius 2 $59,216 40.00%
Paraguay 2 $29,900 40.00%
Moldova 2 $59,041 40.00%
Switzerland 2 $155,990 40.00%
Saint Vincent And The Grenadines 2 $161,814 50.00%
Tajikistan 2 $20,863 50.00%
Kosovo 2 $45,895 50.00%
Norway 2 $87,194 50.00%
United Arab Emirates 2 $22,932 50.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Georgia (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Panasonic Corporation Of North America 230 $99,860 92.37%
Vigna Inc 229 $56,560 91.97%
Ltimindtree Limited 228 $87,718 92.31%
Cira Infotech Inc 227 $71,111 92.65%
Ntt Data Inc 224 $88,555 91.80%
Ocher Technology Group 224 $77,734 92.56%
Cisco Systems Inc 222 $97,621 92.12%
Sab Information Systems Inc 221 $55,856 92.08%
Iquadra Information Services Llc 220 $73,285 91.67%
Idril Services Corporation 219 $59,076 92.41%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Southern Belle Farm Inc 6 $24,766 100.00%
S P Harvester Corp 6 $29,834 100.00%
Everglades Planting Llc 6 $24,898 100.00%
Doerun Gin Company Inc 6 $25,997 100.00%
Joel Salgado 6 $20,013 100.00%
Atlanta Growers And Garden Centers 6 $26,510 100.00%
M Perez Harvesting Llc 6 $23,902 100.00%
Tm Harvesting Inc 6 $26,058 100.00%
Tt Farms 6 $24,828 100.00%
New England Apiaries Llc 6 $27,227 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Keysight Technologies Inc 16 $93,190 29.09%
Atronix Acquistion Corp 16 $101,191 29.63%
Ibs Software Americas Inc 16 $92,134 30.19%
Acg Bbq Llc Dba Sonnys Bbq 16 $18,723 30.19%
Infor Global Solutions Inc 15 $83,753 28.30%
Aptean Inc 15 $105,922 28.30%
Andritz Inc 15 $91,608 28.85%
Lexisnexis Risk Data Management Inc 15 $103,800 29.41%
Peter K Lee Md Pc 15 $36,117 29.41%
Opus Consulting Solutions Inc 15 $113,633 30.00%

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