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 %
Chemical Engineers 464 $79,222 88.89%
Social Science Research Assistants 462 $41,198 89.88%
Mathematicians 458 $90,210 89.28%
Managers, All Other 445 $99,169 87.25%
Microbiologists 439 $50,317 86.25%
Sales Managers 438 $127,977 86.22%
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 434 $35,015 85.43%
Advertising and Promotions Managers 420 $105,060 83.00%
Biomedical Engineers 414 $74,665 84.84%
Editors 412 $58,447 84.60%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Office Clerks, General 48 $29,761 60.76%
Financial Examiners 47 $115,509 59.49%
Computer Network Architects 47 $104,075 61.04%
Chief Executives 47 $177,400 61.04%
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters 47 $35,488 64.38%
Natural Sciences Managers 47 $129,267 65.28%
Family and General Practitioners 45 $122,684 63.38%
Billing and Posting Clerks 45 $37,971 63.38%
Managers, All Other 44 $137,833 62.86%
Engineers, All Other 44 $82,536 63.77%
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 %
India 14,788 $249,399 54.06%
China 4,111 $134,521 52.28%
Canada 1,391 $448,384 44.81%
South Korea 1,286 $154,718 44.34%
United Kingdom 829 $118,600 49.91%
France 627 $115,789 39.14%
Mexico 518 $65,452 37.35%
Brazil 474 $280,583 36.57%
Philippines 466 $2,925,172 36.01%
Japan 325 $73,142 34.80%

Top Hiring Companies in New York (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Birlasoft Inc 409 $66,429 88.34%
Aetna Resources Llc 406 $116,052 87.88%
Deloitte Transactions And Business Analytics Llp 401 $76,017 89.71%
Gcom Software Inc 401 $85,187 90.11%
Moodys Investors Service Inc 395 $100,320 89.77%
Albert Einstein College Of Medicine 394 $54,659 90.16%
Diaspark Inc 390 $66,647 92.42%
State University Of New York At Binghamton 387 $42,080 92.14%
State University Of New York At Stony Brook 384 $45,570 92.75%
Moodys Analytics Inc 372 $101,271 89.86%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Balyasny Asset Management Lp 27 $103,258 33.75%
Razorfish Llc 27 $99,297 33.75%
Brown Brothers Harriman Co 27 $112,808 33.75%
Axa Equitable Life Insurance Company 26 $110,297 32.91%
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton Garrison Llp 26 $137,839 33.33%
Digitalocean Llc 26 $123,645 33.33%
Tapestry Inc 26 $112,626 33.77%
Tri State Gunite 26 $32,885 33.77%
Ebusinessware Inc 25 $77,650 32.47%
Syscom Usa Inc 25 $73,566 32.47%

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