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)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Business Intelligence Analysts 521 $84,014 91.89%
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 496 $43,785 88.10%
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 496 $83,856 90.02%
Aerospace Engineers 427 $95,143 77.78%
Physical Therapists 423 $66,068 77.05%
Marketing Managers 421 $110,895 83.04%
Graphic Designers 406 $44,935 84.06%
Biochemists and Biophysicists 397 $42,713 82.37%
Engineers, All Other 395 $66,147 82.12%
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 390 $50,000 82.63%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Architectural and Engineering Managers 82 $109,727 69.49%
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 74 $19,147 63.79%
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 71 $47,168 62.28%
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 71 $45,780 68.93%
General and Operations Managers 67 $104,768 65.69%
Financial Managers 66 $118,128 65.35%
Aerospace Engineers 65 $113,173 67.71%
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 64 $26,165 66.67%
Information Security Analysts 59 $98,689 65.56%
Food Preparation Workers 58 $17,538 65.17%
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 %
India 6,437 $224,889 47.15%
Vietnam 2,426 $23,044 52.22%
South Korea 923 $248,302 34.45%
China 660 $62,606 49.44%
Mexico 410 $51,815 44.96%
Brazil 309 $52,305 40.98%
Venezuela 260 $31,899 47.27%
Canada 219 $89,119 43.28%
Nepal 218 $38,105 48.44%
Pakistan 210 $55,288 47.09%

Top Hiring Companies in Georgia (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Fiserv Global Services Inc 89 $72,309 91.75%
Americold Logistics Llc 88 $93,467 90.72%
Procurement Advisors Llc 88 $71,473 90.72%
Prolific Technologies Inc 88 $82,495 90.72%
Sunlight Technologies Inc 88 $88,097 90.72%
Vanderlande Industries Inc 87 $95,261 90.63%
Sapphirus Systems Llc 87 $87,803 90.63%
Primetals Technologies Usa Llc 87 $83,040 90.63%
Enrichit Inc 86 $58,434 89.58%
Swanktek Inc 86 $67,839 90.53%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Jorge Luis Garcia 3 $24,565 100.00%
Family Fresh Harvesting Llc 3 $23,378 100.00%
Sol Harvesting Llc 3 $23,446 100.00%
Dw Farms Llc 3 $36,670 100.00%
Emanuel Esteban 3 $19,838 100.00%
Ag Gro Llc 3 $21,514 100.00%
Jacob Williams 3 $27,969 100.00%
B N F Inc 3 $27,969 100.00%
Pinebloom Farms Gp 3 $28,891 100.00%
Rouge River Farms Inc Ga 3 $29,737 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Garvish Immigration Law Group Llc 5 $48,739 25.00%
Awoit Systems Inc 5 $87,452 25.00%
E Hair Import Inc 5 $65,508 25.00%
Znalytics Llc 5 $111,521 25.00%
Alfresco Software Americas Inc 5 $82,443 25.00%
Unify Systems Inc 5 $47,046 25.00%
Oakley Inc 5 $116,725 25.00%
Promi Llc 5 $37,070 26.32%
Citrix Systems Inc 5 $105,502 26.32%
Spectra Info Systems Inc 5 $104,233 26.32%

Top Industries in Georgia (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Offices Of Lawyers 352 $70,618 84.41%
Satellite Telecommunications 338 $114,912 86.89%
Scheduled Air Transportation 327 $100,645 91.85%
Radio And Television Broadcasting And Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing 311 $83,933 89.11%
Automobile And Other Motor Vehicle Merchant Wholesalers 308 $92,644 89.02%
Other Management Consulting Services 306 $81,379 91.89%
Radio Broadcasting Stations 299 $79,958 94.62%
Sales Financing 286 $90,745 91.08%
Soft Drink Manufacturing 280 $101,786 89.46%
Insurance Agencies And Brokerages 273 $88,500 89.22%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Fruit And Vegetable Preserving And Specialty Food Manufacturing 8 $27,045 100.00%
Cotton Farming 8 $24,310 100.00%
Agriculture Construction And Mining Machinery Manufacturing 7 $23,950 100.00%
Poultry And Egg Production 7 $25,807 100.00%
Landscaping Services 7 $23,373 100.00%
Corn Farming 7 $23,917 100.00%
Fruit And Vegetable Retailers 6 $23,320 100.00%
Apple Orchards 6 $25,425 100.00%
Agricultural Implement Manufacturing 6 $26,492 100.00%
Animal Production And Aquaculture 6 $25,056 100.00%

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