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 %
Angola 2 $72,728 40.00%
Slovakia 2 $73,845 40.00%
Palestine 2 $85,393 40.00%
Mauritius 2 $59,216 40.00%
Paraguay 2 $29,900 40.00%
Moldova 2 $59,041 50.00%
Switzerland 2 $155,990 50.00%
Saint Vincent And The Grenadines 2 $161,814 50.00%
Tajikistan 2 $20,863 50.00%
Kosovo 2 $45,895 50.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Georgia (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Virtue Group Llc 774 $59,124 92.36%
Igate Technologies Inc 749 $69,228 93.28%
Vmware Inc 740 $94,347 95.12%
Mindtree Limited 734 $72,936 95.32%
Macys Systems And Technology Inc 701 $112,819 92.97%
Fiserv Solutions Llc 672 $112,385 89.72%
Adroix Corp 668 $56,723 93.82%
Delta Air Lines Inc 659 $106,994 93.21%
Genpact Llc 647 $81,182 95.15%
Deloitte Touche Llp 634 $69,726 93.65%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Ckt Produce Llc 15 $22,843 100.00%
Circle C Farms Inc 14 $26,483 100.00%
Joel A Salgado 14 $23,856 100.00%
Dry Branch Inc 14 $23,063 100.00%
Evans Farms Gp 14 $24,049 100.00%
Southern Orchards Management Llc 14 $25,777 100.00%
Baker Environmental Nursery Inc 14 $25,473 100.00%
J R Baker Produce Inc 14 $24,960 100.00%
Jason Williams 14 $22,684 100.00%
Alex H Cornelius Ii 14 $26,300 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Honeywell International Inc 60 $110,883 31.75%
Exlabesa Extrusion Tifton Inc 60 $22,056 32.79%
Savannah College Of Art And Design 59 $47,708 32.60%
Ericsson Inc 59 $78,210 33.52%
Datum Software Inc 59 $77,394 33.52%
S2 It Group Llc 59 $81,415 35.98%
La Cosecha Xix Llc 53 $20,762 33.33%
Object Frontier Inc 52 $105,996 35.37%
Secureworks Inc 50 $89,483 34.01%
Innova Solutions Inc 50 $124,773 34.01%

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