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 %
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	453	$81,253	80.32%
Physical Therapists	408	$65,383	80.95%
Aerospace Engineers	403	$94,653	81.25%
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists	400	$42,682	82.99%
Engineers, All Other	390	$65,921	80.91%
Biochemists and Biophysicists	390	$42,289	85.71%
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	389	$49,114	86.06%
Marketing Managers	383	$108,971	86.26%
Graphic Designers	365	$43,519	83.91%
Computer Network Architects	352	$100,429	83.02%

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Architectural and Engineering Managers	79	$108,958	68.70%
Business Teachers, Postsecondary	69	$47,609	60.53%
Aerospace Engineers	64	$112,881	62.14%
General and Operations Managers	62	$102,168	60.78%
Financial Managers	60	$115,772	62.50%
Information Security Analysts	59	$98,689	61.46%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other	54	$169,846	58.70%
Logisticians	53	$1,970,003	58.89%
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary	52	$41,943	59.77%
Computer Programmers	52	$97,136	61.18%

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 %
Emory University	2,000	$56,367	90.54%
Tech Mahindra Americas Inc	1,888	$73,607	93.42%
Hcl America Inc	1,511	$81,112	86.44%
Ibm Corporation	1,476	$83,337	86.32%
Hexaware Technologies Inc	1,476	$70,642	95.91%
Wipro Limited	1,328	$72,466	92.67%
Microsoft Corporation	1,317	$86,265	95.99%
Smartsoft International Inc	1,257	$62,833	94.16%
Manhattan Associates Inc	1,256	$91,358	94.94%
Georgia Institute Of Technology	1,115	$51,476	84.66%

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Intercontinental Exchange Holdings Inc	129	$96,733	44.18%
Byteware Inc	117	$80,564	40.21%
Symbioun Technologies Inc	105	$81,377	37.50%
Atl Ga Staffing Llc	100	$17,788	37.88%
Total System Services Inc Tsys Inc	96	$92,328	36.64%
Lanier Cold Storage Llc	90	$20,946	34.88%
Truist Bank	87	$82,577	34.80%
It Division Inc	86	$94,952	34.96%
Legendary Meats Llc	86	$22,649	35.68%
Georgia Plating Inc	71	$18,480	30.21%

Top Industries in Georgia (All Years)

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Rv Recreational Vehicle Parks And Campgrounds	2	$75,390	100.00%
Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing	2	$98,998	100.00%
Plastics Pipe And Pipe Fitting Manufacturing	2	$50,378	100.00%
Mineral Wool Manufacturing	2	$72,925	100.00%
Photography Studios Portrait	2	$27,040	100.00%
All Other Wood Product Manufacturing	2	$43,992	100.00%
Lumber And Other Construction Materials Merchant Wholesalers	2	$75,754	100.00%
Grain And Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers	2	$93,746	100.00%
Artificial And Synthetic Fibers And Filaments Manufacturing	2	$129,293	100.00%
Business And Secretarial Schools	2	$37,024	100.00%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

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.