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 %
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 %
Oracle Financial Services Software Inc 116 $95,771 89.92%
Zocdoc Inc 115 $112,060 89.15%
Paribas North America 115 $118,101 89.15%
Bard College 114 $65,807 88.37%
Marketaxess Corporation 114 $102,453 89.06%
Citadel Information Services Inc 114 $61,798 89.06%
Friedman Llp 114 $75,830 89.06%
Adobe Systems Incorporated 114 $99,351 89.76%
Citadel Americas Services Llc 114 $104,802 89.76%
The Nielsen Company Us Llc 113 $80,870 88.98%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
The Boys Llc Dba Supplyhousecom 7 $88,195 33.33%
Moelis Company Group Lp 7 $230,012 33.33%
Haymarket Media Media 7 $93,217 33.33%
Media Planning Group Usa Llc 7 $101,789 33.33%
Transfinder Corporation 7 $49,462 33.33%
Gts Securities Llc 7 $108,320 33.33%
Long Island Electric Utility Servco Llc 7 $122,711 35.00%
Trebbianno Llc 7 $113,092 35.00%
Xaxis 7 $116,157 35.00%
Cbre Inc 7 $110,620 35.00%

Top Industries in New York (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Fruit And Vegetable Retailers 3 $34,362 75.00%
Logging 3 $29,869 100.00%
Orange Groves 3 $26,412 100.00%
Merchant Wholesalers Nondurable Goods 3 $32,053 100.00%
Other Grain Farming 3 $31,796 100.00%
Corn Farming 3 $30,209 100.00%
Beverage And Tobacco Product Manufacturing 2 $32,573 66.67%
Prefabricated Metal Building And Component Manufacturing 2 $29,723 100.00%
Other Crushed And Broken Stone Mining And Quarrying 1 $23,421 50.00%
Animal Production And Aquaculture 1 $29,723 50.00%

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