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 %
India 158 $107,970 43.77%
Philippines 112 $1,773,654 35.78%
Mexico 49 $55,317 43.36%
Canada 22 $94,273 45.83%
China 17 $80,591 38.64%
South Korea 16 $78,664 42.11%
Pakistan 14 $150,924 38.89%
United Kingdom 11 $74,580 44.00%
Nepal 11 $63,743 52.38%
Taiwan 7 $61,740 38.89%

Top Hiring Companies in New Mexico (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Ogb Architectural Millwork 3 $37,898 75.00%
Southwest Research And Information Center 3 $44,075 75.00%
City Of Las Cruces 3 $33,342 75.00%
Robert F Kennedy Charter School 3 $38,873 75.00%
Fanning Bard Tatum Architects Aia Ltd 3 $44,089 75.00%
Lea Regional Medical Center 3 $39,672 75.00%
Turners School Of Driving Inc 3 $37,454 75.00%
Tek Services Llc 3 $44,054 75.00%
Santa Fe Community College 3 $43,417 75.00%
Miners Colfax Medical Center State Of New Mexic 3 $39,097 75.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

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