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 %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Curators 24 $57,202 57.14%
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 23 $44,422 54.76%
Editors 23 $68,810 54.76%
Health Diagnosing and Treating Practitioners, All Other 23 $53,686 54.76%
Landscape Architects 22 $61,784 53.66%
Waiters and Waitresses 22 $25,404 53.66%
Physics Teachers, Postsecondary 22 $51,729 53.66%
Web Developers 22 $78,897 53.66%
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 22 $53,228 55.00%
Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary 21 $60,001 52.50%
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 6,497 in 2025.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Bhutan 4 $61,774 40.00%
Bahrain 4 $82,373 50.00%
Nicaragua 4 $105,191 50.00%
Paraguay 4 $61,824 50.00%
Latvia 3 $56,229 42.86%
Namibia 3 $61,011 42.86%
Yugoslavia 3 $64,799 42.86%
Benin 3 $72,751 42.86%
Suriname 3 $44,311 42.86%
Bermuda 3 $77,612 50.00%

Top Hiring Companies in New York (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Rcm Technologies Inc 136 $68,992 89.47%
Iqvia Inc 135 $89,855 89.40%
Metlife Group Inc 135 $108,181 89.40%
Lyft Inc 135 $122,104 90.00%
Jump Operations Llc 135 $139,925 90.00%
Marketaxess Corporation 135 $105,564 90.00%
Sv It Inc 135 $69,710 90.60%
Nyc Healthcare Staffing Llc 134 $57,570 89.93%
Cantor Fitzgerald Lp 134 $92,092 89.93%
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc 133 $107,528 89.26%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Bonnie Plants Llc 5 $31,458 100.00%
G Family Passaic Llc Time Equities Inc Dba Love Apple Farm 4 $23,089 100.00%
Glendale Fruit Farms Llc 4 $29,203 100.00%
Frankies Produce Farms Inc 4 $33,644 100.00%
A Zimmerman Sons 4 $21,596 100.00%
Hager Hops Company Llc 4 $28,787 100.00%
Keymel Fruit Farm 4 $34,008 100.00%
Klocke Estate Holdings Llc 4 $34,356 100.00%
Frankes Nursery Llc 4 $20,539 100.00%
Tims Pumpkin Patch Llc 4 $34,008 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Ermenegildo Zegna Corporation 9 $72,832 37.50%
Bogopa Enterprise Inc 9 $58,395 37.50%
Alphadyne Asset Management Llc 9 $110,092 37.50%
Oec Logistics Inc Dba Oec Group 9 $86,237 37.50%
Munich Reinsurance America Inc 9 $112,419 37.50%
Crosscountry Consulting 9 $121,835 37.50%
Doran Jones Inc 9 $105,264 37.50%
Mulberry Management Corporation 9 $91,668 37.50%
Bnp Paribas Us Wholesale Holdings Corp 9 $111,284 37.50%
Zipari Inc 9 $126,027 37.50%

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