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 %
Turkey 59 $64,100 46.46%
Kenya 57 $30,610 50.44%
Ghana 56 $36,296 51.85%
Taiwan 52 $59,238 57.14%
Mongolia 49 $22,544 54.44%
Iran 45 $61,895 51.14%
France 39 $84,576 45.88%
Israel 38 $86,133 45.24%
Thailand 37 $32,729 47.44%
Russia 37 $68,833 48.05%

Top Hiring Companies in Georgia (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Cognizant Technology Solutions Us Corporation 476 $67,869 87.50%
Software Paradigms International Group Llc 474 $63,890 87.78%
Att Services Inc 471 $102,957 87.87%
Ebix Inc 468 $75,110 88.14%
Charter Global Inc 463 $67,817 89.21%
Larsen Toubro Infotech Limited 454 $62,254 88.50%
Sunray Enterprise Inc 454 $61,077 88.50%
Global Teachers Research Resources Inc 442 $39,072 86.84%
Lt Technology Services Limited 438 $62,830 90.68%
International Business Machines Corporation 431 $95,202 90.17%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Camacho Harvest Llc 10 $27,666 100.00%
Nunez Pine Straw Inc 10 $25,513 100.00%
Sweetwater Creek Honey Farm Llc 10 $24,490 100.00%
Native Forest Nursery Llc 10 $25,476 100.00%
Margarita Cardenas 10 $17,853 100.00%
Jwm Farms Llc 10 $21,303 100.00%
Dej Farms Llc 10 $24,353 100.00%
Transplant Nursery Inc 10 $24,367 100.00%
Fitzgerald Fruit Farms Llc 10 $23,960 100.00%
V Valencia Harvesting Inc 10 $25,235 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
American Megatrends Inc 36 $84,870 32.43%
Change Healthcare Technologies Llc 34 $118,686 30.63%
Novalink Solutions Llc 33 $80,092 30.28%
Serenity Infotech Inc 33 $96,523 30.56%
Apogee Medical Group Georgia Inc 32 $140,653 29.63%
Itech Eservicesllc 32 $26,002 30.19%
Novelty Infotech Inc 31 $76,812 29.52%
Tmd Managementllc 31 $17,389 29.52%
La Cosecha Xvi Llc 31 $21,595 30.39%
Braves Technologies Llc 29 $95,754 28.43%

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