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
543,401 85.00% $86,022 H-1B
52,941 8.28% $188,274 PERM
36,362 5.69% $105,481 E-3 Australian
6,603 1.03% $28,798 H-2A

As of May 2023, New York has seen a total of 639,307 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in New York is the H-1B visa with 543,401 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 85.00% of New York's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 52,941 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 8.28% of New York's total visas.

Top Occupations in New York (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Family and General Practitioners 392 $141,379 87.89%
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers 388 $53,131 88.38%
Technical Writers 381 $60,544 86.79%
Life Scientists, All Other 361 $51,129 87.62%
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary 358 $59,849 87.75%
Teachers and Instructors, All Other 357 $38,852 87.71%
Food Scientists and Technologists 354 $62,740 88.06%
Environmental Engineers 352 $70,525 87.56%
Healthcare Social Workers 348 $54,876 86.78%
Curators 348 $60,720 88.10%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
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 6,497 in 2025.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Kyrgyzstan 7 $83,762 41.18%
Senegal 7 $83,362 43.75%
Grenada 7 $58,419 43.75%
Algeria 7 $72,869 43.75%
Barbados 6 $95,247 40.00%
Bosnia And Herzegovina 6 $80,184 40.00%
Tajikistan 6 $76,333 40.00%
Montenegro 6 $103,284 40.00%
Uganda 6 $89,116 42.86%
Estonia 6 $89,365 42.86%

Top Hiring Companies in New York (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Business Intelligence Systems Inc 14 $58,695 87.50%
Trinity Consulting Inc 14 $62,351 87.50%
Stonecastle Cash Management Llc 14 $79,808 87.50%
Yny Jewels Inc 14 $66,337 87.50%
Time Usa Llc 14 $94,117 87.50%
Maya Oversea Foods Inc 14 $54,655 87.50%
Chd Home Textiles Llc 14 $56,472 87.50%
Eqt Partners Inc 14 $117,618 87.50%
Kuramo Capital Management Llc 14 $93,654 87.50%
247 Media Inc 14 $76,954 87.50%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Gale International Llc 1 $109,595 33.33%
Dc Group Dba Unique Setting Of New York 1 $39,998 33.33%
Bottino Corp Dba Bottino Bar Restaurant 1 $17,846 33.33%
Zina Matza 1 $18,824 33.33%
Paul Kotcher 1 $30,493 33.33%
Hei Hotels Resortsalgonquin Hotel 1 $0 33.33%
Click 3x Llc Dba C3x Partnership Llc 1 $46,946 33.33%
Texline Inc 1 $57,928 33.33%
Chinese Theatre Works 1 $40,477 33.33%
Miller Tabak Roberts Securities Llc 1 $85,842 33.33%

Top Industries in New York (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 98,495 $78,853 91.49%
Computer Systems Design Services 25,735 $91,512 88.37%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 23,927 $60,562 84.63%
Offices Of Certified Public Accountants 17,768 $87,003 95.70%
General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 17,070 $85,476 92.90%
Administrative Management And General Management Consulting Services 13,030 $94,648 94.65%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 10,408 $89,192 88.44%
Offices Of Lawyers 9,458 $111,482 85.41%
Commercial Banking 9,377 $100,032 90.99%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services 7,825 $88,284 90.05%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Apple Orchards 1,886 $30,351 100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming 696 $32,749 100.00%
Fruit And Tree Nut Farming 541 $32,484 100.00%
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming 288 $28,231 100.00%
Nursery And Tree Production 171 $30,288 100.00%
Greenhouse Nursery And Floriculture Production 160 $29,782 100.00%
All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming 142 $27,351 100.00%
Crop Production 139 $32,082 100.00%
Noncitrus Fruit And Tree Nut Farming 123 $31,543 100.00%
All Other Crop Farming 122 $32,754 100.00%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 19,070 $114,748 100.00%
Computer Systems Design Services 4,093 $95,495 100.00%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 3,890 $97,316 100.00%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 2,968 $59,062 100.00%
Administrative Management And General Management Consulting Services 2,575 $116,449 100.00%
Offices Of Certified Public Accountants 2,166 $110,937 100.00%
Commercial Banking 1,792 $114,618 100.00%
Engineering Services 1,608 $85,343 100.00%
Offices Of Lawyers 1,557 $219,317 100.00%
Offices Of Other Holding Companies 1,477 $118,161 100.00%

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 $86,022. The state with the highest average wage of H1-B workers for all states is CA with an average wage of $104,510.

State Avg Wage