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 %
Environmental Engineering Technicians 14 $40,401 87.50%
Drafters, All Other 13 $37,696 81.25%
Foresters 13 $61,056 81.25%
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 13 $65,285 86.67%
Urologists 13 $132,611 86.67%
Acupuncturists 13 $54,194 86.67%
Bioinformatics Technicians 12 $47,978 80.00%
Nurse Anesthetists 12 $161,994 80.00%
Biochemical Engineers 12 $68,839 85.71%
Appraisers, Real Estate 11 $63,676 78.57%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Sales Agents, Financial Services 3 $91,561 15.79%
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 3 $59,329 15.79%
Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators 3 $34,188 15.79%
Correspondence Clerks 3 $39,146 15.79%
Marine Engineers and Naval Architects 3 $70,901 15.79%
Data Entry Keyers 3 $26,014 15.79%
Computer Operators 3 $46,536 15.79%
Therapists, All Other 3 $62,455 15.79%
Craft Artists 3 $52,021 15.79%
Fabric Menders, Except Garment 3 $31,110 15.79%
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 %
Amazoncom Services Llc 3,488 $106,803 88.21%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Us Corp 3,412 $99,710 92.59%
Wipro Limited 3,261 $69,317 90.23%
Ibm Corporation 3,042 $94,944 84.29%
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 2,939 $71,015 84.21%
Goldman Sachs Co 2,935 $95,193 89.73%
Deloitte Touche Llp 2,816 $74,897 88.75%
Columbia University 2,778 $64,626 87.88%
Citibank Na 2,724 $110,792 88.56%
Pricewaterhousecoopers Llp 2,546 $85,987 86.39%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Pavero Cold Storage 36 $26,165 100.00%
Sandy Knoll Farms Inc 35 $25,571 100.00%
Giroux Orchards Llc 34 $26,366 100.00%
Sullivan Orchards Inc 34 $26,781 100.00%
Mg Hurd Sons 34 $28,606 100.00%
Kalir Enterprises Inc 33 $27,868 100.00%
Amos Zittel Sons Inc 32 $31,311 100.00%
Crist Bros Orchards Inc 31 $33,648 100.00%
Yonder Fruit Farm Inc 31 $28,574 100.00%
Donato Farms Inc 31 $29,810 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Blackrock Financial Management 333 $106,051 45.18%
Kpmg Llp 324 $105,780 44.63%
Amazon Web Services Inc 296 $110,446 42.47%
Merrill Lynch 264 $130,923 40.99%
Rcm Technologies Inc 215 $21,676,558 34.18%
Goldman Sachs Services Llc 187 $122,276 30.56%
Bofa Securities Inc 173 $121,085 32.28%
Mpg Operations Llc 166 $114,669 37.47%
Spotify Usa Inc 159 $114,160 37.77%
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc 153 $82,733 36.69%

Top Industries in New York (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

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