| 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.
| Occupation | # of Jobs | Avg Wage | Approval % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers, Applications | 1,976 | $70,319 | 89.78% |
| Computer Programmers | 1,379 | $53,381 | 90.49% |
| Computer Systems Analysts | 1,287 | $57,000 | 92.13% |
| Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | 550 | $62,374 | 73.63% |
| Physicians and Surgeons, All Other | 545 | $144,945 | 95.11% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | 511 | $58,725 | 91.91% |
| Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education | 463 | $40,809 | 91.68% |
| Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education | 356 | $43,428 | 85.58% |
| Mechanical Engineers | 353 | $76,814 | 88.47% |
| Civil Engineers | 322 | $73,470 | 83.20% |
| Occupation | # of Jobs | Avg Wage | Approval % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals | 2,620 | $23,578 | 191.94% |
| Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse | 1,817 | $23,449 | 155.83% |
| Agricultural Equipment Operators | 1,081 | $23,754 | 102.95% |
| Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop | 825 | $24,636 | 150.82% |
| Nursery Workers | 87 | $24,739 | 26.61% |
| Agricultural Workers, All Other | 56 | $24,222 | 18.54% |
| Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers | 20 | $42,407 | 7.87% |
| Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | 3 | $37,669 | 1.54% |
| Cooks, All Other | 2 | $29,578 | 1.19% |
| Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers | 2 | $26,520 | 1.20% |
| Occupation | # of Jobs | Avg Wage | Approval % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers | 163 | $17,713 | 29.37% |
| Software Developers, Applications | 161 | $81,661 | 59.19% |
| Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers | 158 | $23,411 | 81.87% |
| Business Teachers, Postsecondary | 48 | $40,761 | 28.40% |
| Internists, General | 48 | $147,432 | 52.75% |
| Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | 44 | $18,022 | 68.75% |
| Physicians and Surgeons, All Other | 41 | $113,120 | 70.69% |
| Electrical Engineers | 37 | $87,919 | 82.22% |
| Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food | 35 | $18,096 | 79.55% |
| Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse | 34 | $22,965 | 87.18% |
| 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% |
| Company | # of Jobs | Avg Wage | Approval % |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Administrators Of The Tulane Endowment Fund | 250 | $52,953 | 89.29% |
| Deloitte Consulting Llp | 233 | $60,904 | 98.31% |
| University Of Louisiana At Lafayette | 222 | $47,776 | 98.23% |
| The Administrators Of The Tulane Educational Fund | 208 | $52,011 | 92.86% |
| Lsu Agricultural Center | 175 | $47,793 | 82.16% |
| Louisiana State University And Am College | 159 | $53,290 | 84.57% |
| Accenture Llp | 157 | $66,562 | 86.74% |
| Lt Technology Services Limited | 155 | $68,366 | 96.27% |
| Louisiana Health Service And Indemnity Co | 147 | $67,268 | 94.23% |
| Louisiana Tech University | 138 | $49,298 | 89.03% |
| Company | # of Jobs | Avg Wage | Approval % |
|---|
| Company | # of Jobs | Avg Wage | Approval % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafourche Parish School Board | 19 | $41,554 | 33.33% |
| C S Garden And Nursery | 19 | $17,438 | 35.85% |
| Landscape Management Services Inc | 18 | $26,021 | 36.00% |
| Bayou Shrimp Processors Inc | 17 | $24,127 | 36.96% |
| Bart Keller Company Llc | 17 | $25,682 | 40.48% |
| Centurytel Service Group Llc | 16 | $71,233 | 38.10% |
| Quality Repair Llc | 15 | $26,547 | 39.47% |
| Intertek Usa Inc | 14 | $63,807 | 40.00% |
| Bg Seafood Inc | 14 | $17,979 | 43.75% |
| Blue Skies Landscape Llc | 13 | $29,210 | 44.83% |
| Industry | # of Jobs | Avg Wage | Approval % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Management Consulting Services | 212 | $58,585 | 96.36% |
| Offices Of Certified Public Accountants | 184 | $54,070 | 90.20% |
| Offices Of Physicians | 154 | $161,788 | 88.51% |
| Direct Life Health And Medical Insurance Carriers | 152 | $67,572 | 88.89% |
| Support Activities For Oil And Gas Operations | 133 | $65,255 | 84.18% |
| Administrative Management And General Management Consulting Services | 101 | $70,730 | 90.18% |
| All Other Professional Scientific And Technical Services | 96 | $93,257 | 88.89% |
| Testing Laboratories And Services | 86 | $57,660 | 83.50% |
| Rubber And Plastics Hoses And Belting Manufacturing | 86 | $59,266 | 84.31% |
| Offices Of Physical Occupational And Speech Therapists And Audiologists | 71 | $61,527 | 74.74% |
| Industry | # of Jobs | Avg Wage | Approval % |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming | 129 | $19,636 | 100.00% |
| All Other Grain Farming | 124 | $19,690 | 100.00% |
| Apiculture | 121 | $23,282 | 100.00% |
| Soybean Farming | 102 | $22,860 | 100.00% |
| Strawberry Farming | 100 | $23,117 | 100.00% |
| All Other Crop Farming | 95 | $25,310 | 100.00% |
| Hay Farming | 72 | $22,568 | 100.00% |
| Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders | 72 | $23,653 | 100.00% |
| Greenhouse Nursery And Floriculture Production | 68 | $24,669 | 100.00% |
| Crop Harvesting Primarily By Machine | 57 | $23,199 | 100.00% |
| Industry | # of Jobs | Avg Wage | Approval % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fish And Seafood Merchant Wholesalers | 16 | $29,563 | 22.22% |
| Other Scientific And Technical Consulting Services | 14 | $85,651 | 23.33% |
| Cane Sugar Manufacturing | 14 | $49,333 | 31.11% |
| Petrochemical Manufacturing | 14 | $85,908 | 35.00% |
| Religious Organizations | 12 | $36,814 | 31.58% |
| Electric Power Generation | 11 | $82,164 | 33.33% |
| Soybean Farming | 11 | $47,734 | 34.38% |
| Apiculture | 11 | $32,821 | 39.29% |
| Administration Of Public Health Programs | 10 | $52,734 | 37.04% |
| Drilling Oil And Gas Wells | 9 | $66,314 | 36.00% |
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.