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 %
Producers and Directors 253 $60,259 87.24%
Credit Counselors 250 $40,662 87.41%
Natural Sciences Managers 247 $112,496 86.36%
Dentists, General 245 $112,635 85.96%
Hospitalists 244 $149,632 85.92%
Legal Support Workers, All Other 243 $46,377 86.17%
Survey Researchers 242 $52,368 87.68%
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers 241 $116,981 87.64%
Human Resources Managers 240 $127,377 87.59%
Industrial Production Managers 239 $99,277 88.19%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Purchasing Managers 31 $112,500 60.78%
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 30 $46,827 58.82%
Food Service Managers 29 $77,234 56.86%
Insurance Underwriters 29 $85,407 58.00%
File Clerks 29 $30,416 58.00%
Treasurers and Controllers 29 $128,639 58.00%
Technical Writers 28 $68,123 57.14%
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers 28 $413,388 57.14%
Biological Scientists, All Other 28 $60,870 58.33%
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners 28 $57,443 58.33%
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 %
Dominica 5 $70,435 41.67%
Kuwait 5 $171,833 41.67%
St Vincent 5 $67,068 41.67%
Mongolia 4 $82,826 36.36%
Bahamas 4 $89,128 36.36%
Turkmenistan 4 $38,075 36.36%
Libya 4 $97,697 40.00%
Kyrgyzstan 4 $80,227 40.00%
Iceland 4 $99,195 40.00%
Kosovo 4 $78,619 44.44%

Top Hiring Companies in New York (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Ernst Young Us Llp 13,403 $87,683 98.43%
Infosys Limited 7,024 $77,328 99.46%
Tata Consultancy Services Limited 6,633 $68,070 99.43%
Jpmorgan Chase Co 6,045 $106,501 91.08%
Deloitte Consulting Llp 5,221 $87,642 98.14%
Bloomberg Lp 4,663 $109,272 97.59%
Google Llc 4,511 $107,734 95.15%
Goldman Sachs Co Llc 4,150 $104,061 97.72%
Capgemini America Inc 3,924 $88,803 94.24%
Morgan Stanley Services Group Inc 3,339 $108,031 93.77%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Tata Consultancy Services Limited 8,529 $126,935 100.00%
Ernst Young Us Llp 1,462 $122,345 54.94%
Facebook Inc 729 $101,767 28.85%
New York City Department Of Education 626 $48,299 34.62%
Morgan Stanley Co Llc 586 $117,550 40.08%
Morgan Stanley Services Group Inc 584 $116,226 41.60%
Globalfoundries Us Inc 525 $89,055 40.45%
Amazoncom Services Llc 522 $98,508 61.20%
Deloitte Consulting Llp 383 $108,904 47.17%
Synechron 357 $110,812 48.70%

Top Industries in New York (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Building Equipment Contractors 67 $59,371 88.16%
Limited Service Restaurants 67 $82,512 89.33%
Computer Training 67 $83,912 89.33%
Footwear Manufacturing 66 $84,216 88.00%
All Other Legal Services 66 $79,093 89.19%
Residential Intellectual And Developmental Disability Mental Health And Substance Abuse Facilities 66 $34,893 89.19%
Cut And Sew Apparel Contractors 65 $68,595 89.04%
Other Specialty Trade Contractors 65 $67,200 89.04%
Other Legal Services 64 $78,936 87.67%
Landscaping Services 64 $63,286 90.14%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

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