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 %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Statistical Assistants 1 $21,778 10.00%
Residential Advisors 1 $21,008 10.00%
Mechanical Drafters 1 $32,386 10.00%
Pipelayers 1 $36,358 10.00%
Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators 1 $54,205 10.00%
Nonfarm Animal Caretakers 1 $21,902 10.00%
Compensation and Benefits Managers 1 $152,090 10.00%
Computer Hardware Engineers 1 $101,379 10.00%
Photographers 1 $49,213 10.00%
Producers and Directors 1 $95,950 10.00%
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 %
Greece 11 $69,148 45.83%
Lebanon 11 $75,619 47.83%
Jordan 11 $53,986 47.83%
Ecuador 10 $69,105 43.48%
United States Of America 10 $72,026 47.62%
Netherlands 10 $98,217 47.62%
Belgium 10 $86,385 50.00%
Dominican Republic 9 $41,239 50.00%
Bahamas 9 $81,350 52.94%
Singapore 8 $82,433 47.06%

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 %
Custom Computer Programming Services 96,234 $73,708 92.37%
Computer Systems Design Services 15,183 $81,559 92.09%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services 11,341 $82,291 95.18%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 8,162 $79,607 85.75%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 6,743 $51,752 71.60%
Other Computer Related Services 5,805 $74,393 90.11%
Offices Of Certified Public Accountants 3,966 $78,708 97.33%
Engineering Services 3,500 $72,340 91.00%
Management Consulting Services 3,428 $74,943 97.33%
Administrative Management And General Management Consulting Services 2,900 $88,063 94.99%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming 824 $21,767 100.00%
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders 593 $23,866 100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming 347 $25,642 100.00%
Support Activities For Crop Production 301 $26,039 100.00%
Berry Except Strawberry Farming 263 $24,071 100.00%
Fruit And Tree Nut Farming 106 $25,679 100.00%
Crop Production 105 $25,816 100.00%
Crop Harvesting Primarily By Machine 98 $25,521 100.00%
Noncitrus Fruit And Tree Nut Farming 88 $25,098 100.00%
Other Crop Farming 79 $25,446 100.00%

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 $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.

State Avg Wage