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 %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Concierges 3 $43,853 15.79%
Chemical Technicians 3 $51,050 15.79%
Crane and Tower Operators 3 $100,436 15.79%
Electro-Mechanical Technicians 3 $64,244 15.79%
Loan Interviewers and Clerks 3 $36,872 15.79%
Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers 3 $66,227 16.67%
Dishwashers 3 $21,438 16.67%
Epidemiologists 3 $57,408 16.67%
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers 3 $43,666 16.67%
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers 3 $52,256 16.67%
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 %
Antigua And Barbuda 2 $112,705 66.67%
Burundi 1 $90,522 33.33%
Niger 1 $104,624 33.33%
St Kitts And Nevis 1 $82,410 33.33%
Mauritania 1 $88,150 33.33%
Sudan 1 $137,010 33.33%
Guinea 1 $85,758 33.33%
Cambodia 1 $21,674 33.33%
Mozambique 1 $55,723 50.00%
Togo 1 $82,597 50.00%

Top Hiring Companies in New York (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Barclays Services Corp 1,907 $102,334 88.25%
Grandison Management Inc 1,886 $64,456 87.64%
Cornell University 1,871 $63,692 90.00%
Ibm India Private Limited 1,828 $67,728 91.04%
Brookhaven National Laboratory 1,823 $75,910 91.01%
Credit Suisse Securities Usa Llc 1,793 $94,663 93.19%
Meta Platforms Inc 1,748 $146,901 91.61%
Facebook Inc 1,656 $124,659 88.84%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc 1,642 $102,032 89.38%
Montefiore Medical Center 1,633 $82,500 89.23%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Goold Orchards 26 $23,219 100.00%
Burnap Fruit Farm Llc 26 $27,223 100.00%
Clearview Orchards 26 $27,674 100.00%
Specialty Crop Farm Labor Contractors Llc 26 $32,909 100.00%
Mammoser Farms Inc 25 $28,013 100.00%
Double D Produce 25 $29,192 100.00%
Css Farms Llc 24 $34,119 100.00%
Orchard Dale Fruit Co Llc 24 $32,087 100.00%
John B Martin Sons Farms Inc 23 $30,477 100.00%
Thomas A Robert E Conrow 23 $30,341 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
The Guardian Life Insurance Co Of America 87 $110,640 29.39%
Sportime Clubs Llc 87 $30,901 29.90%
Rochester Institute Of Technology 85 $57,959 30.58%
Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai 84 $102,936 30.88%
Mount Sinai Medical Center 80 $87,977 30.30%
Performance Resources Ny Inc 77 $92,807 29.62%
Amazoncom Services Inc 77 $103,381 30.20%
Murex North America Inc 75 $99,691 32.47%
Aig Pc Global Services Inc 75 $91,103 33.78%
Jefferies Llc 74 $132,749 34.10%

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