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 %
Software Developers, Applications 46,489 $84,328 91.84%
Computer Systems Analysts 34,367 $67,704 93.40%
Computer Programmers 20,177 $64,219 89.10%
Computer Occupations, All Other 12,705 $75,997 93.67%
Software Developers, Systems Software 6,235 $89,537 91.38%
Management Analysts 3,564 $77,905 93.20%
Database Administrators 3,346 $75,212 91.27%
Computer and Information Systems Managers 3,270 $123,763 94.26%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 3,109 $69,554 90.61%
Operations Research Analysts 2,669 $63,759 93.65%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Developers, Applications 4,104 $287,478 112.41%
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 2,389 $20,531 142.46%
Computer Systems Analysts 1,185 $87,917 150.96%
Computer Occupations, All Other 708 $99,316 99.02%
Computer and Information Systems Managers 474 $117,004 68.40%
Software Developers, Systems Software 429 $648,379 66.10%
Packers and Packagers, Hand 248 $19,271 39.74%
Accountants and Auditors 242 $70,375 41.37%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 238 $81,971 54.21%
Helpers--Production Workers 217 $19,611 53.85%
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 %
Bermuda 1 $84,989 100.00%
St Lucia 1 $139,360 100.00%
Eritrea 1 $55,973 100.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Georgia (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Mckinsey Company Inc United States 315 $85,068 92.11%
Bor Usga Obo Augusta University 315 $50,891 92.38%
Boss Technologies Inc 312 $65,977 91.76%
Amdocs Inc 311 $89,992 92.28%
Amazon Web Services Inc 310 $98,555 92.26%
Open Systems Inc 309 $71,189 92.51%
System Soft Technologies Llc 307 $75,065 92.75%
Oracle America Inc 304 $100,174 92.40%
Savannah College Of Art And Design Inc 304 $57,662 92.40%
Opensoft Inc 303 $53,963 93.23%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Greensky Administrative Services Llc 22 $83,880 30.14%
Sita Inc 22 $90,146 30.14%
American Bankers Insurance Company Of Florida 21 $105,926 29.58%
Matrix Resources Inc 21 $106,571 29.58%
Veridic Solutions Llc 21 $101,953 29.58%
Infotech Prism Llc Dba Cirruslabs 20 $110,274 29.41%
Blackrock Financial Management 20 $96,719 29.41%
Intelligrated Software Llc 20 $102,380 29.85%
First Data Technologies Inc 20 $100,333 29.85%
Turner Broadcasting System Inc 20 $90,485 30.30%

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 $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