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 %
Chefs and Head Cooks 74 $48,276 85.06%
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists 74 $51,282 86.05%
Clinical Research Coordinators 74 $91,189 87.06%
Compliance Managers 73 $141,477 86.90%
Training and Development Managers 72 $118,937 85.71%
Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other 72 $59,346 86.75%
Education Administrators, All Other 71 $65,819 86.59%
Recreation Workers 70 $29,413 86.42%
Education Administrators, Elementary and Secondary School 70 $98,424 86.42%
Recreational Therapists 70 $40,017 87.50%
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 6,497 in 2025.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Turkmenistan 5 $41,492 38.46%
Zambia 5 $78,899 38.46%
St Vincent 5 $67,068 38.46%
Mongolia 5 $72,675 41.67%
Kuwait 5 $171,833 41.67%
Dominica 5 $70,435 41.67%
Kosovo 5 $73,790 45.45%
Iceland 5 $110,061 45.45%
Paraguay 4 $61,824 40.00%
Libya 4 $97,697 40.00%

Top Hiring Companies in New York (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Renowned Corp 281 $62,701 90.65%
Doordash Inc 279 $137,860 90.58%
Goldman Sachs Amp Co Llc 279 $98,006 90.58%
General Electric Company 275 $102,515 89.87%
Bnp Paribas 274 $106,200 90.13%
Slalom Llc 273 $109,026 89.80%
Argus Information And Advisory Services Llc 273 $78,603 90.70%
Skidmore Owings Merrill Llp 272 $67,320 90.37%
Netrovert Software Inc 272 $86,781 91.89%
Kforce Inc 268 $90,133 90.85%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Duncan Family Farms Llc 10 $33,875 100.00%
Burgers Farm 10 $28,985 100.00%
The Forest Farmers Llc 10 $34,734 100.00%
Deer Run Farms Llc 10 $29,214 100.00%
Tassone Farms 10 $23,564 100.00%
River View Farms Llc 10 $33,005 100.00%
Pearl Creek Management Inc 10 $31,171 100.00%
Mw Farms Inc 10 $34,054 100.00%
Thomas S Roe 10 $30,168 100.00%
Simpelaar Fruit Farms Llc 10 $33,005 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Full Gospel New York Church 18 $50,289 31.58%
State University Of New York At Cortland 18 $40,064 31.58%
Ivy Enterprises Inc 18 $60,410 31.58%
Henningson Durham Richardson Pc 18 $85,659 31.58%
Clifford Chance Us Llp 18 $153,446 32.14%
Jump Operations 18 $106,381 32.14%
Envogue International Llc 18 $78,321 32.73%
Gilsanz Murray Steficek Llp Engineers And Architec 18 $73,816 32.73%
Commerzbank Ag Ny Branch 18 $115,037 32.73%
Pivotal Software Inc 18 $115,309 32.73%

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