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 %
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists 120 $61,213 84.51%
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products 120 $74,306 84.51%
Sociologists 118 $57,719 84.89%
Social Workers, All Other 118 $49,997 85.51%
Statistical Assistants 117 $47,746 85.40%
Museum Technicians and Conservators 113 $53,651 84.33%
Search Marketing Strategists 113 $72,624 84.33%
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 111 $97,568 83.46%
Psychologists, All Other 109 $53,917 87.90%
Energy Engineers 109 $81,966 90.08%
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 36,155 in 2023.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Egypt 64 $84,490 39.02%
Hong Kong 64 $91,738 41.56%
Chile 59 $100,047 38.31%
Thailand 58 $66,140 40.85%
Lebanon 58 $106,991 42.96%
Trinidad And Tobago 56 $57,680 42.75%
Jamaica 55 $66,609 42.31%
New Zealand 52 $108,606 40.00%
El Salvador 51 $51,468 42.15%
Dominican Republic 51 $82,212 43.97%

Top Hiring Companies in New York (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Pride Technologies Llc 44 $112,152 88.00%
Department Of Veterans Affairs 44 $54,172 88.00%
Analysis Design Application Co Ltd 44 $72,601 88.00%
Coty Inc 44 $93,059 88.00%
Bell Info Solutions Llc 44 $76,504 88.00%
Summit Mortgage Bankers Inc 44 $63,071 88.00%
Masterex Technologies Inc 44 $60,386 88.00%
A 1 Technology Inc 44 $71,611 88.00%
St Josephs Hospital Health Center 44 $165,969 88.00%
Cicc Us Securities Inc 44 $71,056 88.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Aig Technologies Inc 3 $89,010 37.50%
Professional Interior Contracting 3 $53,567 37.50%
Fzad Architecture Design Pc 3 $50,461 37.50%
Ruifu Auto Usa Inc 3 $67,134 37.50%
Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design 3 $55,044 37.50%
Braj Aggarwal Cpa Pc 3 $59,204 37.50%
Jcc Construction Corp 3 $56,944 37.50%
Tom Bush Stables Inc 3 $20,613 37.50%
Primensa Advisory Inc 3 $75,192 37.50%
Universal Medical Record Services Corp 3 $38,813 37.50%

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