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 %
Latvia 4 $83,696 57.14%
Croatia 4 $101,588 57.14%
Nicaragua 4 $57,470 57.14%
Tunisia 4 $86,243 57.14%
Burma (myanmar) 3 $20,599 42.86%
Panama 3 $26,894 50.00%
Albania 3 $18,200 50.00%
Uruguay 3 $55,432 50.00%
Grenada 3 $59,100 50.00%
Lithuania 3 $85,990 50.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Georgia (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Vmware Inc 737 $94,207 94.73%
Mindtree Limited 734 $72,936 95.32%
Adp Technology Services Inc 730 $100,593 95.05%
Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation 726 $89,818 96.67%
Macys Systems And Technology Inc 701 $112,819 93.59%
Adroix Corp 663 $56,367 89.59%
Object Frontier Inc 633 $59,630 89.66%
Ncr Corporation 607 $87,621 89.26%
Dw Practice Llc 596 $55,826 88.69%
Argha Services Inc 584 $57,418 88.89%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Honeywell International Inc 56 $110,858 31.82%
University Of North Georgia 56 $44,326 32.00%
Object Frontier Inc 52 $105,996 30.59%
Amazon Web Services Inc 50 $111,654 29.41%
Secureworks Inc 48 $88,755 30.19%
Unicorn Technologies Llc 48 $84,438 32.65%
Knowledge Resources Group Inc 47 $49,448 32.41%
S2 It Group Llc 46 $79,051 31.94%
Nebula Partners Llc 44 $96,597 31.21%
Valuelabs Inc 42 $115,151 29.79%

Top Industries in Georgia (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Water Sewage And Other Systems 1 $65,458 100.00%
Soft Drink And Ice Manufacturing 1 $51,605 100.00%
Heavy Duty Truck Manufacturing 1 $71,594 100.00%
General Rental Centers 1 $79,706 100.00%
Industrial Launderers 1 $92,352 100.00%
Animal Food Manufacturing 1 $60,320 100.00%
Tree Nut Farming 1 $40,934 100.00%
Logging 1 $64,854 100.00%
Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining And Quarrying 1 $71,365 100.00%
Traveler Accommodation 1 $79,331 100.00%
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 $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