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 %
India 16,137 $239,806 52.21%
China 4,513 $131,726 50.78%
Canada 1,530 $418,350 47.03%
South Korea 1,381 $149,179 44.41%
United Kingdom 885 $119,155 51.27%
France 670 $116,989 40.34%
Mexico 554 $66,524 39.51%
Brazil 527 $262,469 38.00%
Philippines 501 $2,725,002 36.70%
Japan 342 $80,284 31.81%

Top Hiring Companies in New York (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Barclays Bank Plc 203 $107,203 89.04%
D E Shaw Co Lp 203 $84,455 89.04%
Beth Israel Medical Center 201 $67,958 88.16%
V Soft Consulting Group Inc 200 $78,931 87.72%
Vitech Systems Group Inc 199 $88,114 87.28%
Mt Bank 198 $104,140 86.84%
Natsoft Corporation 196 $83,247 87.50%
Citadel Americas Services Llc 196 $108,210 87.50%
Cleary Gottlieb Steen Hamilton Llp 192 $117,371 85.71%
Corning Research Development Corporation 191 $94,309 85.27%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Chance Farms Llc 8 $28,941 100.00%
Binley Florist Inc 8 $24,430 100.00%
Vanputte Seed Co Inc 8 $27,932 100.00%
Main Street Farms Llc 8 $33,316 100.00%
Buhrmaster Fruit Produce Inc 8 $30,537 100.00%
Little Lake Farm Llc 8 $21,032 100.00%
Glendale Fruit Farm Llc 8 $29,312 100.00%
Dolan Orchards 8 $23,005 100.00%
Yans Ginseng Farm Inc 8 $28,961 100.00%
Daniel Demarree Fruit Farm Llc 8 $33,826 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Handel Architects 13 $67,000 34.21%
Credit Agricole Corporate Investment Bank 13 $151,049 34.21%
Sprinklr 13 $106,914 34.21%
Allen Overy Llp 13 $130,995 34.21%
Zs Associates Inc 13 $120,314 34.21%
New York Genome Center Inc 13 $74,550 34.21%
Montefiore Information Technology Llc 13 $119,243 34.21%
Cooperatieve Rabobank Ua 13 $164,410 34.21%
Cookfox Architects Dpc 13 $54,198 34.21%
The Korea Daily New York Corp 13 $64,099 34.21%

Top Industries in New York (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Landscape Architectural Services 375 $57,908 91.46%
Other Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers 356 $59,526 88.12%
Soft Drink Manufacturing 352 $97,134 87.34%
Full Service Restaurants 348 $65,246 87.88%
Translation And Interpretation Services 346 $53,214 88.04%
Environmental Consulting Services 341 $70,611 86.77%
Payroll Services 339 $101,182 88.51%
Offices Of Dentists 339 $113,031 88.74%
Grantmaking Foundations 331 $78,609 92.72%
Railroad Rolling Stock Manufacturing 315 $80,974 89.49%
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 $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