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.
Employer Search tool is moved to it's own page: "H1B Visa Data Search Tool"

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 %
Advertising Sales Agents 55 $50,991 83.33%
Clergy 54 $33,432 81.82%
Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary 54 $59,151 83.08%
Historians 53 $45,717 81.54%
Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary 53 $45,493 85.48%
Food Service Managers 53 $54,044 85.48%
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 52 $46,824 86.67%
Counselors, All Other 51 $41,579 87.93%
Supply Chain Managers 50 $110,809 86.21%
Transportation Engineers 50 $75,124 87.72%
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 %
India 14,788 $249,399 54.06%
China 4,111 $134,521 52.28%
Canada 1,391 $448,384 44.81%
South Korea 1,286 $154,718 44.34%
United Kingdom 829 $118,600 49.91%
France 627 $115,789 39.14%
Mexico 518 $65,452 37.35%
Brazil 474 $280,583 36.57%
Philippines 466 $2,925,172 36.01%
Japan 325 $73,142 34.80%

Top Hiring Companies in New York (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
The Bank Of New York Mellon 511 $112,095 87.20%
Uber Technologies Inc 508 $111,799 89.12%
Lt Technology Services Limited 487 $66,626 85.59%
Avani Technology Solutions Inc 485 $61,760 86.61%
Alliancebernstein Lp 484 $99,610 86.89%
Standard Poors Financial Services Llc 482 $107,867 87.64%
Tech Mahindra Americas Inc 480 $78,514 87.91%
Corning Incorporated 470 $89,015 87.36%
Jefferies Llc 467 $108,659 87.29%
Nyu Grossman School Of Medicine 464 $64,719 87.22%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Citadel Enterprise Americas Llc 34 $111,968 36.56%
Ascent Pharmaceuticals Inc 33 $77,583 35.48%
Csra State And Local Solutions Llc 33 $88,004 35.87%
Cisco Systems Inc 33 $118,140 35.87%
Twin Peaks Inc 33 $69,610 36.67%
Pdt Partners Llc 32 $105,897 35.96%
White Case Llp 31 $139,358 34.83%
Amazon Advertising Llc 31 $97,270 35.63%
Excellus Health Plan Inc 30 $76,553 34.88%
Saks Direct Llc Dba Hbc Digital 30 $107,508 34.88%

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