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 %
Italy 28 $73,105 45.90%
Peru 27 $39,892 45.00%
Guatemala 27 $23,006 48.21%
Honduras 26 $35,484 46.43%
Japan 23 $66,348 43.40%
Jamaica 23 $66,522 47.92%
Chile 22 $85,993 51.16%
Spain 22 $82,874 52.38%
Mongolia 20 $24,004 50.00%
Argentina 19 $97,837 51.35%

Top Hiring Companies in Georgia (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Prokarma Inc 338 $92,851 92.86%
Agility Technologies Llc 336 $54,312 93.33%
Knowledge Resources Group Inc 334 $52,310 93.82%
Objects On Net Inc 332 $70,478 93.52%
Orpine Inc 328 $63,651 93.18%
Essential Technologies Inc 327 $60,273 93.16%
Morgan Stanley Services Group Inc 325 $99,011 93.39%
Honeywell International Inc 323 $109,119 93.08%
R2 Technologies Corporation 318 $86,562 92.17%
Amazoncom Services Llc 316 $87,433 91.86%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Material Handling Systems Inc 24 $107,262 28.57%
Gp Mfg Inc 23 $18,221 28.75%
Sermavica Llc 23 $20,530 29.49%
Actimize Inc 23 $89,177 29.87%
Softpros Inc 23 $75,171 30.67%
Bank Of America 23 $71,193 30.67%
Smart Erp Solutions Inc 23 $109,512 31.08%
Landis Gyr Technology Inc 22 $99,117 29.73%
La Cosecha Xii Llc 22 $21,643 30.14%
La Cosecha Xvi Llc 22 $21,790 30.14%

Top Industries in Georgia (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Nursery And Tree Production 74 $24,527 100.00%
Greenhouse Nursery And Floriculture Production 59 $25,950 100.00%
Apiculture 56 $24,869 100.00%
Other Noncitrus Fruit Farming 46 $22,195 100.00%
Tree Nut Farming 37 $24,511 100.00%
Support Activities For Agriculture And Forestry 37 $25,812 100.00%
Potato Farming 35 $26,221 100.00%
All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming 31 $20,971 100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Farming 28 $25,845 100.00%
Tobacco Farming 23 $23,997 100.00%

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 $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