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 %
Residential Advisors 24 $32,581 82.76%
Agricultural and Food Science Technicians 24 $36,522 82.76%
Marriage and Family Therapists 24 $43,637 85.71%
Climate Change Analysts 24 $67,830 85.71%
Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate 23 $52,389 85.19%
Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary 23 $62,780 85.19%
Neurologists 23 $176,413 88.46%
Photographers 22 $32,502 84.62%
Construction and Building Inspectors 22 $50,081 84.62%
Animal Scientists 22 $59,888 88.00%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School 5 $65,485 23.81%
Plasterers and Stucco Masons 5 $50,802 23.81%
Nannies 5 $26,820 23.81%
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers 5 $50,053 23.81%
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 5 $33,917 23.81%
Animal Breeders 5 $32,086 23.81%
Statistical Assistants 5 $39,454 23.81%
Furniture Finishers 5 $38,630 23.81%
Sociologists 5 $63,095 23.81%
Surveying and Mapping Technicians 5 $52,212 23.81%
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 %
Dominica 5 $70,435 41.67%
Kuwait 5 $171,833 41.67%
St Vincent 5 $67,068 41.67%
Mongolia 4 $82,826 36.36%
Bahamas 4 $89,128 36.36%
Turkmenistan 4 $38,075 36.36%
Libya 4 $97,697 40.00%
Kyrgyzstan 4 $80,227 40.00%
Iceland 4 $99,195 40.00%
Kosovo 4 $78,619 44.44%

Top Hiring Companies in New York (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Gilsanz Murray Steficek Llp Engineers And Architects 47 $66,400 88.68%
Leacheng Intl Inc 47 $56,425 88.68%
Oneil Langan Architects Pc 47 $51,012 88.68%
Lucid Technologiesllc 47 $68,964 88.68%
Eyork Consulting Inc 47 $57,341 88.68%
Open Society Foundations 47 $74,507 88.68%
Kirshenbaum Bond Senecal Partners 47 $75,804 88.68%
Horizon Media Inc 47 $89,399 88.68%
Time Inc 47 $89,952 90.38%
Hamilton College 47 $52,305 90.38%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Mellanox Technologies 3 $89,093 33.33%
Great Holding Management Inc 3 $52,375 33.33%
Niagara Transformer Corporation 3 $67,426 33.33%
Golden Seahorse Llc 3 $69,611 33.33%
Startapp Inc 3 $164,015 33.33%
Casper Sleep Inc 3 $95,617 33.33%
Empire Control Abatement Inc 3 $103,944 33.33%
Quantbot Technologies Lp 3 $96,748 33.33%
Candlestick Capital Management Lp 3 $71,705 33.33%
Guarantr Inc 3 $105,761 33.33%

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