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 Mexico Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
10,177 85.49% $75,136 H-1B
891 7.48% $295,181 PERM
731 6.14% $25,917 H-2A
106 0.89% $69,087 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, New Mexico has seen a total of 11,905 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in New Mexico is the H-1B visa with 10,177 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 85.49% of New Mexico's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 891 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 7.48% of New Mexico's total visas.

Top Occupations in New Mexico (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 181 $109,339 93.30%
Computer Programmers 171 $62,708 88.60%
Physicists 134 $81,827 70.53%
Industrial Engineers 123 $84,981 89.13%
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 122 $41,076 88.41%
Family and General Practitioners 121 $140,676 94.53%
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 108 $62,786 92.31%
Accountants and Auditors 100 $47,679 89.29%
Computer Occupations, All Other 96 $64,652 91.43%
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 93 $45,124 89.42%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Animal Scientists 20 $43,396 74.07%
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 15 $12,984,406 65.22%
Family and General Practitioners 15 $126,517 75.00%
Instructional Coordinators 14 $42,307 73.68%
Computer Occupations, All Other 14 $80,111 73.68%
Special Education Teachers, Middle School 11 $34,789 64.71%
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 11 $46,833 78.57%
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 10 $60,082 90.91%
Statisticians 9 $49,918 81.82%
Surgeons 9 $139,561 90.00%
New Mexico Employees Over Time
New Mexico has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 588 employees were hired. New Mexico peaked in 2023 with 993 employees, and the recent trend shows the average number of employees on an incline.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Jamaica 4 $61,371 57.14%
Vietnam 4 $62,659 57.14%
Egypt 4 $150,057 57.14%
El Salvador 4 $168,714 57.14%
Bangladesh 4 $96,198 66.67%
Peru 4 $143,891 66.67%
Lebanon 4 $109,146 80.00%
Argentina 3 $170,671 60.00%
Turkey 3 $33,547 60.00%
Kenya 3 $85,176 60.00%

Top Hiring Companies in New Mexico (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Presbyterian Healthcare Services 589 $124,588 93.49%
Speridian Technologies Llc 586 $64,902 93.76%
University Of New Mexico 356 $55,286 58.17%
Los Alamos National Security Llc 348 $70,271 70.88%
Intel Corporation 338 $109,733 86.67%
Triad National Security Llc 302 $85,965 81.62%
New Mexico State University 300 $51,019 91.74%
University Of New Mexico Health Sciences Center 250 $89,488 92.59%
Infosys Limited 191 $65,488 98.96%
Gallup Mckinley County Public Schools 179 $33,318 96.76%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Zuni Public School District 43 $37,655 22.40%
Santa Fe Public Schools 24 $36,412 13.71%
Deming Public Schools 22 $41,946 13.10%
Navajo Technical University 13 $45,224 11.30%
Sierra Vista Hospital 13 $60,851 11.71%
Eastern New Mexico University 13 $46,647 13.98%
Cuba Independent Schools 11 $40,609 14.10%
Albuquerque School Of Excellence 11 $35,328 16.42%
Miners Colfax Medical Center 9 $47,928 17.31%
La Clinica De Familia Inc 9 $131,151 20.93%

Top Industries in New Mexico (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Cattle Feedlots 4 $31,044 100.00%
Wheat Farming 4 $29,635 100.00%
Support Activities For Agriculture And Forestry 3 $30,562 75.00%
Soil Preparation Planting And Cultivating 3 $31,339 100.00%
All Other Wood Product Manufacturing 3 $22,949 100.00%
Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers 3 $28,683 100.00%
All Other Crop Farming 2 $26,946 66.67%
Postharvest Crop Activities Except Cotton Ginning 2 $31,626 100.00%
Landscaping Services 2 $31,626 100.00%
Specialized Freight Trucking 2 $31,845 100.00%

New Mexico Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in New Mexico to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in New Mexico over all years is $75,136. 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