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 %
Software Developers, Applications 46,363 $84,322 91.59%
Computer Systems Analysts 34,353 $67,701 93.36%
Computer Programmers 20,163 $64,210 89.04%
Computer Occupations, All Other 12,702 $76,001 93.64%
Software Developers, Systems Software 6,195 $89,646 90.80%
Computer and Information Systems Managers 3,879 $129,751 94.59%
Management Analysts 3,793 $79,282 93.19%
Database Administrators 3,330 $75,211 90.83%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 3,109 $69,554 90.61%
Operations Research Analysts 3,045 $65,644 94.01%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Developers, Applications 4,116 $286,984 112.74%
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 3,102 $21,144 156.90%
Computer Systems Analysts 1,189 $88,014 96.75%
Computer Occupations, All Other 710 $99,373 74.19%
Computer and Information Systems Managers 482 $117,927 60.48%
Software Developers, Systems Software 430 $647,134 57.95%
Packers and Packagers, Hand 359 $19,654 50.56%
Cooks, Restaurant 268 $21,955 43.44%
Accountants and Auditors 257 $70,799 56.86%
Helpers--Production Workers 246 $20,272 55.28%
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 %
Uruguay 3 $55,432 42.86%
Lithuania 3 $85,990 42.86%
Albania 3 $18,200 42.86%
Haiti 3 $76,170 42.86%
Grenada 3 $59,100 42.86%
Georgia 3 $79,955 50.00%
Barbados 2 $116,356 33.33%
St Vincent 2 $113,225 33.33%
Kyrgyzstan 2 $77,501 40.00%
Tanzania 2 $44,523 40.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Georgia (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Idexcel Inc 79 $81,954 89.77%
Apogee Medical Group Georgia Inc 79 $180,631 89.77%
Iit Workforce Llc 79 $56,652 89.77%
Think Development Systems 78 $67,137 89.66%
Bitwise Inc 78 $73,086 89.66%
Etrade Financial Corporation 78 $102,487 89.66%
S3 Group Inc 77 $80,661 88.51%
Symbioun Technologies Inc 77 $78,721 89.53%
Lead It Corporation 77 $68,945 89.53%
Federal Home Loan Bank Of Atlanta 76 $82,311 88.37%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Generation Fresh Llc 3 $24,939 100.00%
Jose L Barco 3 $18,956 100.00%
David Floyd Farm Llc 3 $26,804 100.00%
Schaefer Farms Inc 3 $29,834 100.00%
Evergreen Harvesting Llc 2 $19,301 100.00%
G H Harvesting Inc 1 2 $29,484 100.00%
Sabina Jaimes And Sons 2 $20,093 100.00%
Zhoemy Y Garcia Duran 2 $19,929 100.00%
Jkl Farms 2 $29,484 100.00%
Lagunita Harvesting Llc 2 $23,150 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Korean First Presbyterian Church 4 $43,746 23.53%
Lord Aeck Sargent Inc 4 $65,816 23.53%
Hancock County Boe 4 $37,222 23.53%
Advanced Control Systems Inc 4 $88,884 23.53%
Moores Seed Grain Farms Inc 4 $29,271 23.53%
Alert Tech Systems Inc 4 $45,006 23.53%
Stibo Systems Inc 4 $113,021 23.53%
Secureworks 4 $57,013 23.53%
Isigma Inc 4 $79,877 23.53%
Albany Area Primary Health Care Inc 4 $127,234 23.53%

Top Industries in Georgia (All Years)

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 $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