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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 %
Agricultural Engineers 8 $65,538 88.89%
Curators 7 $34,275 77.78%
Social and Community Service Managers 7 $62,109 77.78%
Education Administrators, All Other 7 $53,578 77.78%
Pharmacists 7 $89,582 77.78%
Critical Care Nurses 7 $52,636 77.78%
Biostatisticians 7 $55,046 87.50%
Database Architects 7 $73,902 87.50%
Marine Architects 7 $74,765 87.50%
Financial Specialists, All Other 6 $37,244 75.00%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
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 %
Tunisia 1 $43,473 25.00%
Suriname 1 $96,013 25.00%
Bolivia 1 $40,789 33.33%
Algeria 1 $32,573 33.33%
Zimbabwe 1 $78,957 33.33%
Hungary 1 $85,010 33.33%
Bahamas 1 $42,370 33.33%
Iraq 1 $117,250 33.33%
Malaysia 1 $123,427 33.33%
Mali 1 $46,925 33.33%

Top Hiring Companies in Louisiana (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Ibm India Private Limited 985 $51,322 80.54%
Comtec Consultants Inc 713 $62,429 92.96%
Ochsner Clinic Foundation 427 $72,126 74.91%
Cgi Technologies And Solutions Inc 420 $61,751 73.94%
Lsu Health Sciences Center 414 $52,733 95.17%
Ibm Corporation 390 $71,342 91.33%
Louisiana State University And A M College 324 $44,949 76.96%
Infosytech Solutions Inc 302 $47,399 90.69%
Administrators Of The Tulane Educational Fund 273 $56,688 90.10%
Dxc Technology Services Llc 266 $81,782 91.41%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Corporate Green Llc 186 $4,898,455 100.00%
Louisiana Pride Catfish Inc 169 $17,590 100.00%
Louisiana State University And A M College 142 $50,510 100.00%
Ferrara Fire Apparatus Inc 60 $21,022 46.51%
Ochsner Clinic Foundation 57 $2,117,110 53.77%
Kergan Brothers Inc 35 $18,096 35.35%
The Administrators Of The Tulane Educational Fund 25 $52,284 29.41%
Apogee Medical Group Louisiana Inc 25 $166,897 31.65%
St Francis Medical Group Llc 24 $130,124 34.29%
Calcasieu Parish School System 23 $40,485 38.33%

Top Industries in Louisiana (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 3,577 $61,338 89.72%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 3,040 $50,212 80.23%
Elementary And Secondary Schools 1,295 $42,535 89.06%
Engineering Services 1,213 $71,029 85.18%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 1,086 $65,355 90.35%
General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 824 $83,672 94.17%
Offices Of Physicians Except Mental Health Specialists 794 $145,783 91.26%
Computer Systems Design Services 778 $61,148 95.11%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services 300 $67,119 94.04%
Other Computer Related Services 238 $64,519 82.93%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Sugarcane Farming 1,968 $23,447 100.00%
Shellfish Farming 1,765 $22,966 100.00%
Aquaculture 1,072 $23,581 100.00%
Rice Farming 541 $22,772 100.00%
Other Crop Farming 523 $26,097 100.00%
Nursery And Tree Production 255 $23,015 100.00%
Other Grain Farming 171 $25,089 100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Combination Farming 169 $24,593 100.00%
Crop Production 132 $25,772 100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Farming 129 $25,618 100.00%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Engineering Services 227 $83,582 33.98%
Custom Computer Programming Services 217 $73,889 46.47%
Other Computer Related Services 86 $78,668 25.00%
Hotels Except Casino Hotels And Motels 72 $23,905 31.58%
Heavy Duty Truck Manufacturing 60 $21,022 26.43%
Sugarcane Farming 45 $31,631 20.74%
Computer Systems Design Services 28 $63,615 15.73%
All Other Professional Scientific And Technical Services 25 $86,707 20.16%
Nursery And Tree Production 20 $19,503 22.47%
Home Health Care Services 19 $54,925 22.09%

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