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 York Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
501,702 84.93% $83,933 H-1B
50,093 8.48% $192,380 PERM
33,151 5.61% $102,565 E-3 Australian
5,761 0.98% $27,586 H-2A

As of May 2023, New York has seen a total of 590,707 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in New York is the H-1B visa with 501,702 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 84.93% of New York's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 50,093 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 8.48% of New York's total visas.

Top Occupations in New York (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Developers, Applications 50,202 $95,203 90.94%
Computer Systems Analysts 35,005 $77,387 92.99%
Computer Programmers 20,808 $63,504 89.53%
Computer Occupations, All Other 17,159 $71,598 92.14%
Accountants and Auditors 14,301 $71,594 92.74%
Management Analysts 13,991 $87,002 92.30%
Financial Analysts 13,454 $95,613 89.48%
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 9,761 $59,651 87.30%
Operations Research Analysts 8,325 $84,302 90.55%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 8,066 $85,757 91.22%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Developers, Applications 7,039 $357,463 66.49%
Computer Systems Analysts 4,355 $150,491 151.16%
Computer Occupations, All Other 3,459 $108,065 157.66%
Accountants and Auditors 1,267 $92,550 58.55%
Management Analysts 1,035 $110,681 54.73%
Financial Analysts 928 $115,920 117.77%
Software Developers, Systems Software 841 $108,899 157.20%
Statisticians 584 $74,806 117.27%
Lawyers 574 $424,629 159.89%
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 550 $61,268 158.50%
New York Employees Over Time
New York has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 31,625 employees were hired. New York peaked in 2018 with 46,731 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 36,155 in 2023.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Pakistan 215 $91,290 42.07%
Spain 194 $145,018 47.78%
Ukraine 167 $94,054 47.31%
Nepal 161 $70,828 48.94%
Colombia 160 $89,807 49.38%
Singapore 139 $106,328 50.55%
Argentina 131 $107,094 48.52%
Greece 114 $87,956 42.54%
Bangladesh 102 $78,417 44.74%
Vietnam 93 $81,719 41.33%

Top Hiring Companies in New York (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Maimonides Medical Center 652 $77,968 88.23%
Mpg Operations Llc 648 $111,536 87.80%
Nagarro Inc 626 $88,698 86.11%
Sapient Corporation 626 $99,668 86.46%
Research Foundation Of Cuny 624 $52,811 87.27%
Rbc Capital Markets Llc 613 $111,174 88.33%
Goldman Sachs Bank Usa 610 $100,198 88.53%
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 601 $52,355 88.91%
The Rockefeller University 594 $55,560 90.00%
Csc Holdings Llc 590 $99,203 90.35%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Prolifics Inc 41 $114,776 34.75%
Hsbc Technology Services Usa 41 $107,795 35.65%
Atos It Solutions And Services Inc 40 $106,919 35.40%
Sothebys 40 $85,764 35.71%
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 40 $55,200 35.71%
We Work Management Llc 40 $115,136 36.04%
Publishers Clearing House Llc 39 $100,398 36.11%
Flatiron Health 38 $96,831 36.19%
New York Global Consultants Inc 38 $101,391 36.54%
Squarespace 37 $122,429 35.92%

Top Industries in New York (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 94,000 $77,559 91.51%
Computer Systems Design Services 23,450 $88,802 88.65%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 21,747 $59,420 83.94%
Offices Of Certified Public Accountants 15,785 $84,560 93.14%
General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 15,571 $84,468 95.50%
Administrative Management And General Management Consulting Services 12,047 $92,380 94.60%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 9,849 $87,479 88.52%
Offices Of Lawyers 8,476 $107,588 85.31%
Commercial Banking 8,340 $96,846 90.76%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services 7,546 $87,332 93.30%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Apple Orchards 1,572 $29,066 100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming 522 $31,252 100.00%
Fruit And Tree Nut Farming 428 $31,338 100.00%
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming 266 $27,390 100.00%
Nursery And Tree Production 141 $28,734 100.00%
Crop Production 139 $32,082 100.00%
Greenhouse Nursery And Floriculture Production 133 $28,291 100.00%
All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming 131 $26,579 100.00%
Noncitrus Fruit And Tree Nut Farming 123 $31,543 100.00%
Agriculture Construction And Mining Machinery Manufacturing 117 $25,929 100.00%

New York Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in New York to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in New York over all years is $83,995. 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