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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New Jersey Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
394,837 89.97% $81,330 H-1B
40,413 9.21% $108,990 PERM
2,675 0.61% $101,539 E-3 Australian
920 0.21% $27,742 H-2A

As of May 2023, New Jersey has seen a total of 438,845 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in New Jersey is the H-1B visa with 394,837 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 89.97% of New Jersey's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 40,413 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 9.21% of New Jersey's total visas.

Top Occupations in New Jersey (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Civil Engineers 1,639 $73,837 90.80%
Human Resources Specialists 1,514 $58,670 88.64%
Sales Engineers 1,481 $99,357 92.33%
Electrical Engineers 1,394 $81,665 89.59%
Business Intelligence Analysts 1,294 $77,348 93.29%
Information Security Analysts 1,291 $105,955 95.42%
Industrial Engineers 1,177 $80,347 91.81%
Physical Therapists 1,092 $75,908 85.38%
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 1,058 $81,651 87.44%
Computer Network Architects 970 $99,683 89.57%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Marketing Managers 131 $138,230 38.99%
Operations Research Analysts 131 $72,780 39.46%
Computer Network Architects 125 $116,036 38.70%
Financial Analysts 119 $101,203 37.42%
Engineers, All Other 117 $104,017 37.38%
Compliance Officers 112 $79,728 41.03%
Commercial and Industrial Designers 107 $59,731 41.96%
Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food 101 $21,452 40.40%
Information Security Analysts 95 $121,977 40.43%
Logisticians 88 $71,395 37.93%
New Jersey Employees Over Time
New Jersey has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 19,630 employees were hired. New Jersey peaked in 2015 with 41,187 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 27,328 in 2023.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Austria 3 $167,156 50.00%
Paraguay 2 $35,662 40.00%
Kyrgyzstan 2 $101,754 40.00%
St Lucia 2 $100,443 40.00%
Belize 2 $28,767 40.00%
Bosnia And Herzegovina 2 $82,316 40.00%
Macau 2 $71,389 40.00%
Rwanda 2 $79,414 40.00%
St Kitts And Nevis 2 $59,046 40.00%
Cape Verde 2 $35,381 50.00%

Top Hiring Companies in New Jersey (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Tech Mahindra Americas Inc 1,058 $79,545 91.60%
Merrill Lynch 1,050 $97,076 94.09%
Bristol Myers Squibb Company 1,049 $97,340 94.85%
Bank Of America Na 1,023 $105,221 94.90%
Igate Technologies Inc 996 $71,961 94.32%
Techdemocracy Llc 966 $70,707 91.91%
Oracle Financial Services Software Inc 942 $92,733 89.71%
Ubs Business Solutions Us Llc 934 $114,174 89.81%
Virtusa Corporation 913 $87,771 89.25%
Synechron Inc 904 $92,585 90.85%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Dataquest Corp 108 $112,145 35.29%
Fourth Technologies Inc 104 $84,444 34.67%
Aptiva Corp 101 $107,870 34.47%
Axtria Inc 101 $103,517 35.69%
I5tech Inc 99 $92,799 35.11%
Ez Solutions Inc 97 $78,958 35.02%
Waynsys Inc 94 $89,479 34.06%
Walmart Associates Inc 92 $105,320 33.82%
Automatic Data Processing Inc 91 $82,021 34.21%
Tradeweb Markets Llc 89 $113,997 33.58%

Top Industries in New Jersey (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 187,319 $75,744 90.92%
Computer Systems Design Services 34,719 $85,585 93.29%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 15,077 $82,660 88.63%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services 12,856 $88,191 95.90%
Other Computer Related Services 11,978 $74,973 90.18%
Offices Of Certified Public Accountants 6,666 $97,711 97.76%
Administrative Management And General Management Consulting Services 5,332 $95,450 89.89%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 5,110 $60,141 88.32%
Engineering Services 4,251 $73,910 91.72%
Offices Of Other Holding Companies 4,113 $116,622 94.44%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Vegetable And Melon Farming 199 $30,153 100.00%
Nursery And Tree Production 113 $28,121 100.00%
Other Noncitrus Fruit Farming 76 $26,284 100.00%
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming 74 $26,366 100.00%
Greenhouse Nursery And Floriculture Production 63 $31,137 100.00%
Crop Production 44 $29,095 100.00%
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders 32 $31,609 100.00%
Horses And Other Equine Production 30 $28,863 100.00%
Nursery And Floriculture Production 26 $30,178 100.00%
Other Crop Farming 17 $29,327 100.00%

New Jersey Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in New Jersey to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in New Jersey over all years is $81,330. 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