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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Louisiana Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
18,737 60.71% $65,369 H-1B
9,777 31.68% $22,052 H-2A
1,954 6.33% $293,597 PERM
396 1.28% $79,698 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Louisiana has seen a total of 30,864 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Louisiana is the H-1B visa with 18,737 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 60.71% of Louisiana's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the H-2A visa with 9,777 H-2A visas on record over all years accounting for 31.68% of Louisiana's total visas.

Top Occupations in Louisiana (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Business Operations Specialists, All Other 24 $47,897 82.76%
Architectural and Civil Drafters 24 $39,510 85.71%
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors 23 $58,712 85.19%
Surgeons 23 $160,284 85.19%
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 22 $54,765 81.48%
Information Security Analysts 21 $69,003 84.00%
Biological Scientists, All Other 21 $44,673 87.50%
Accountants 20 $48,876 83.33%
Marketing Managers 20 $68,189 83.33%
Cost Estimators 19 $43,125 82.61%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Construction Managers 3 $99,320 60.00%
Sales Managers 3 $115,398 60.00%
Food Scientists and Technologists 2 $50,804 40.00%
Education Administrators, Elementary and Secondary School 2 $72,097 40.00%
Machinists 2 $47,445 40.00%
Nonfarm Animal Caretakers 2 $18,689 40.00%
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary 2 $44,905 40.00%
Urban and Regional Planners 2 $35,235 40.00%
Surgeons 2 $197,600 40.00%
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 2 $45,613 40.00%
Louisiana Employees Over Time
Louisiana has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 1,182 employees were hired. Louisiana peaked in 2015 with 2,095 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 1,326 in 2023.

Top Countries with Workers in Louisiana From PERM Program (All Years)

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
India 259 $1,688,366 42.81%
Mexico 207 $34,626 38.91%
China 101 $39,891 57.71%
Vietnam 83 $18,826 54.97%
Cambodia 79 $17,763 62.20%
Nepal 71 $40,144 57.26%
South Korea 55 $29,395 52.38%
Iran 37 $25,757 39.78%
Brazil 34 $41,022 44.16%
Canada 28 $82,216 38.89%

Top Hiring Companies in Louisiana (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Vera Institute Of Justice 2 $37,523 100.00%
Tirumala Enterprises Llc 2 $26,416 100.00%
St Annas Episcopal Church In New Orleans 2 $26,177 100.00%
Aps Engineering And Testing 2 $35,641 100.00%
Covalent Logic Llc 2 $28,361 100.00%
D L Space Inc 2 $34,767 100.00%
Merchants Farmers Bank Trust Co 2 $38,512 100.00%
Alvarez Planning Group 2 $28,163 100.00%
The Kalencom Corporation 2 $28,330 100.00%
Crescent Bloom Consulting Llc 2 $29,297 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

Top Industries in Louisiana (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Fruit And Tree Nut Farming 21 $21,036 100.00%
Beef Cattle Ranching And Farming Including Feedlots 19 $24,922 100.00%
Soil Preparation Planting And Cultivating 18 $21,634 100.00%
Dairy Cattle And Milk Production 18 $22,754 100.00%
Nursery And Floriculture Production 18 $24,946 100.00%
Cattle Ranching And Farming 18 $25,680 100.00%
Shellfish Fishing 18 $22,741 100.00%
Dual Purpose Cattle Ranching And Farming 17 $25,405 100.00%
Other Animal Production 14 $23,376 100.00%
Potato Farming 13 $23,777 100.00%

Louisiana Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in Louisiana to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in Louisiana over all years is $65,369. 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