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 %
Library Technicians 9 $42,319 75.00%
Instructional Designers and Technologists 9 $60,130 81.82%
Hydrologists 9 $52,526 81.82%
Mathematical Technicians 9 $55,240 81.82%
Industrial Safety and Health Engineers 9 $74,900 90.00%
Water/Wastewater Engineers 9 $86,777 90.00%
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 8 $157,889 80.00%
Financial Clerks, All Other 8 $35,113 80.00%
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 8 $32,627 80.00%
Audio and Video Equipment Technicians 8 $41,323 80.00%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Retail Salespersons 2 $30,056 11.76%
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other 2 $53,643 11.76%
Nurse Practitioners 2 $109,190 11.76%
Industrial Engineering Technicians 2 $59,728 11.76%
Segmental Pavers 2 $36,546 11.76%
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 2 $18,512 11.76%
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs 2 $48,547 11.76%
Chemical Technicians 2 $42,526 11.76%
Pipelayers 2 $37,606 11.76%
Environmental Engineering Technicians 2 $57,398 11.76%
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 %
Grenada 7 $58,419 43.75%
Montenegro 6 $103,284 37.50%
Tajikistan 6 $76,333 40.00%
Barbados 6 $95,247 40.00%
St Lucia 6 $71,004 42.86%
Uganda 6 $89,116 46.15%
Estonia 6 $89,365 46.15%
Zambia 5 $78,899 38.46%
Bosnia And Herzegovina 5 $89,066 41.67%
Tanzania 5 $109,648 41.67%

Top Hiring Companies in New York (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Orion Systems Integrators Llc 102 $89,609 87.93%
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company 101 $103,009 87.07%
Ness Usa Inc 101 $84,958 87.07%
Arrow Electronics Inc 101 $100,552 87.83%
Alstom Transportation Inc 101 $76,192 87.83%
The Brooklyn Hospital Center 101 $76,878 87.83%
Kk Mehta Cpa Associates Pllc 101 $63,498 87.83%
Lead It Corporation 101 $65,501 88.60%
Morgan Stanley Bank Na 101 $95,416 88.60%
Pfizer Inc 100 $89,442 87.72%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Newedge Usa Llc 7 $139,574 36.84%
Tender Touch Rehab Services Llc 7 $72,069 36.84%
Uva Wine Bar 7 $41,817 36.84%
Interactive Data Managed Solutions Llc 7 $93,169 36.84%
Afs Intercultural Programs 7 $93,315 36.84%
Rabobank Nederland 7 $139,265 36.84%
General Electric Company 7 $94,052 36.84%
Advanced Care Staffing 7 $77,225 36.84%
Tlh Construction Corp 7 $59,773 36.84%
Zoni Language Center Inc 7 $44,453 38.89%

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