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 %
Software Developers, Systems Software 7,730 $100,316 91.19%
Lawyers 6,845 $126,285 86.09%
Physical Therapists 5,085 $68,660 88.51%
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 4,911 $60,581 88.61%
Statisticians 4,373 $88,766 89.41%
Civil Engineers 4,338 $73,861 89.35%
Computer and Information Systems Managers 4,068 $147,262 88.96%
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 3,944 $63,203 88.91%
Graphic Designers 3,678 $52,355 85.73%
Database Administrators 3,320 $76,599 89.42%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Computer and Information Systems Managers 493 $154,664 149.39%
Marketing Managers 455 $153,898 151.16%
Civil Engineers 435 $82,589 150.00%
Financial Managers 400 $165,487 144.93%
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 334 $73,068 124.16%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 318 $94,036 123.74%
Internists, General 259 $105,726 101.57%
Financial Specialists, All Other 257 $93,014 105.76%
Sales Engineers 238 $112,461 101.28%
Graphic Designers 237 $50,332 101.72%
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 %
Pakistan 215 $91,290 42.07%
Spain 194 $145,018 47.78%
Ukraine 167 $94,054 47.31%
Nepal 161 $70,828 48.94%
Colombia 160 $89,807 49.38%
Singapore 139 $106,328 50.55%
Argentina 131 $107,094 48.52%
Greece 114 $87,956 42.54%
Bangladesh 102 $78,417 44.74%
Vietnam 93 $81,719 41.33%

Top Hiring Companies in New York (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Tech Mahindra Americasinc 738 $75,879 94.25%
Synechron Inc 735 $91,115 95.21%
Spotify Usa Inc 727 $111,817 95.28%
Slk America Inc 720 $70,418 94.99%
St Lukes Roosevelt Hospital Center 714 $71,561 94.82%
Hsbc Bank Usa Na 689 $98,612 91.74%
Mastercard International Incorporated 675 $111,120 90.00%
Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center 674 $76,190 90.23%
Microsoft Corporation 669 $98,823 90.41%
Hexaware Technologies Inc 657 $70,147 88.78%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
J Crew 46 $105,806 36.22%
Nomura Holding America Inc 44 $113,521 34.92%
Gcom Software Llc 43 $82,913 34.40%
Cubist Systematic Strategies Llc 43 $108,737 34.68%
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company 42 $92,043 34.15%
Aetna Resources Llc 42 $87,449 34.43%
Evercore Partners Services East Llc 42 $158,183 35.00%
Lazard Freres Co Llc 41 $122,770 34.45%
Hudson River Trading Llc 41 $95,045 34.75%
Eureka Infotech Inc 41 $89,328 34.75%

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