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 %
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 %
Sap America Inc 135 $95,259 88.82%
Asap Solutions Group 135 $81,401 89.40%
Optum Services Inc 135 $104,627 90.00%
Novalink Solutions Llc 135 $70,093 90.00%
Objectnet Technologies Inc 135 $59,950 90.60%
Datamatics Consultants Inc 134 $67,855 89.93%
Josh Pros Llc 134 $88,930 90.54%
Edifecs Inc 133 $93,581 89.86%
University Of Georgia Oge 133 $50,911 90.48%
Teradata Operations Inc 132 $84,157 90.41%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Goolsby Farms 4 $27,222 100.00%
Guate Harvesting Llc 4 $27,883 100.00%
Black Water Farms Of Georgia Inc 4 $27,066 100.00%
Grimsley Family Farms 4 $27,118 100.00%
C D Harvesting Inc 4 $21,107 100.00%
Courson Head Farms 4 $19,100 100.00%
Sandoval Wholesales Inc 4 $28,610 100.00%
Patricia Sanchez Martinez 4 $27,591 100.00%
Jose A Aguirre Gonzales 4 $27,118 100.00%
Warbington Farms Inc 4 $29,588 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Xpanxion Llc 8 $100,651 25.81%
Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless 8 $96,076 25.81%
Fundtech Corporation 8 $132,447 25.81%
Hyundai Information Service North America Llc 8 $60,286 25.81%
Polar It Services Inc 8 $77,823 25.81%
Knighted Llc Dba Knighted An Intelligrated Comp 8 $89,183 25.81%
Sark Wire Corporation 8 $45,945 25.81%
Veritiv Operating Company 8 $80,395 25.81%
Tulix Systems Inc 8 $69,108 25.81%
Embraco North America Inc 8 $89,583 25.81%

Top Industries in Georgia (All Years)

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