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 %
Validation Engineers	135	$80,327	87.10%
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	134	$38,137	87.01%
Statistical Assistants	134	$49,002	87.58%
Film and Video Editors	132	$50,242	86.84%
Sociologists	129	$58,992	84.87%
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	128	$75,610	85.33%
Social Workers, All Other	122	$50,107	83.56%
Museum Technicians and Conservators	120	$55,159	82.19%
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	120	$61,213	84.51%
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers	117	$63,916	82.39%

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Customer Service Representatives	19	$42,359	52.78%
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	19	$63,612	54.29%
Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food	18	$18,654	51.43%
Exercise Physiologists	18	$49,235	51.43%
Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary	18	$52,052	51.43%
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	17	$89,360	48.57%
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	17	$69,008	48.57%
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	17	$29,520	48.57%
Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters	17	$33,248	50.00%
Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary	16	$56,066	47.06%

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 %
Syntel Inc	533	$79,001	86.81%
Standard Poors Financial Services Llc	524	$111,264	86.61%
Jefferies Llc	520	$111,130	87.10%
Avani Technology Solutions Inc	518	$63,561	86.91%
International Business Machines Corporation	512	$109,488	88.12%
Syntel Consulting Inc	512	$74,694	89.35%
Lt Technology Services Limited	508	$67,266	88.81%
Bank Of China	507	$66,786	88.95%
Rochester General Hospital	497	$97,636	87.35%
Alliancebernstein Lp	494	$100,711	87.43%

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Russells Tree Shrub Farm Llc	16	$27,654	100.00%
Maple Ridge Fruit Farm Llc	16	$31,301	100.00%
Oliver Paine Greenhouses	16	$26,943	100.00%
George W Saulpaugh Son Inc	15	$23,706	100.00%
Fowler Bros Inc	15	$21,597	100.00%
Tree Crisp Orchards Llc	15	$28,848	100.00%
Peters Lakeaire	15	$32,338	100.00%
Sergeant Farms	15	$32,161	100.00%
Milk Pail Llc	15	$26,783	100.00%
Toussaint Farms Llc	15	$30,788	100.00%

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Actimize Inc	36	$109,276	37.50%
Coach Inc	35	$104,318	36.46%
Ove Arup Partners Pc	35	$79,000	37.63%
White Case Llp	35	$139,415	37.63%
Csra State And Local Solutions Llc	35	$88,899	37.63%
Crystal Window Door Systems Ltd	34	$61,217	36.56%
Citadel Enterprise Americas Llc	34	$111,968	36.96%
Exoduspoint Capital Management Lp	34	$126,781	36.96%
Fractal Analytics	34	$110,197	37.36%
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton Garrison Llp	33	$143,550	36.67%

Top Industries in New York (All Years)

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Piece Goods Notions And Other Dry Goods Merchant Wholesalers	259	$52,694	86.33%
Lessors Of Nonresidential Buildings Except Miniwarehouses	253	$88,823	85.19%
Residential Intellectual And Developmental Disability Facilities	251	$36,794	85.08%
Wholesale Trade Agents And Brokers	251	$66,437	85.96%
Language Schools	249	$47,806	87.37%
Wine And Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Merchant Wholesalers	247	$75,819	87.28%
Hmo Medical Centers	236	$81,761	84.29%
Electric Power Generation	235	$85,666	91.80%
Administration Of Education Programs	224	$70,152	87.84%
Other Electronic Component Manufacturing	219	$81,226	85.88%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Hmo Medical Centers	62	$78,402	93.94%
Medical Dental And Hospital Equipment And Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	61	$85,831	93.85%
Securities And Commodity Contracts Intermediation And Brokerage	60	$99,805	92.31%
Specialized Design Services	59	$66,825	93.65%
Employment Placement Agencies	59	$60,923	93.65%
Industrial Design Services	59	$70,210	95.16%
Scientific Research And Development Services	58	$86,831	93.55%
Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation	57	$104,262	91.94%
Translation And Interpretation Services	56	$61,424	91.80%
Commercial Bakeries	56	$37,821	91.80%

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.