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 %
Architectural and Civil Drafters 1,822 $46,964 89.62%
Interior Designers 1,811 $50,148 89.30%
Financial Managers 1,683 $155,634 87.38%
Cost Estimators 1,645 $62,119 86.95%
Financial Quantitative Analysts 1,574 $98,531 85.27%
Biochemists and Biophysicists 1,514 $54,865 82.82%
General and Operations Managers 1,493 $115,281 85.71%
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 1,490 $84,890 88.53%
Information Technology Project Managers 1,490 $91,648 88.96%
Industrial Engineers 1,482 $77,107 93.68%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Public Relations Specialists 145 $56,111 81.01%
Architectural and Civil Drafters 143 $49,871 82.66%
Actuaries 143 $130,582 84.12%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 141 $139,712 83.43%
Architectural and Engineering Managers 137 $126,985 82.53%
Credit Analysts 131 $108,503 80.37%
Childcare Workers 131 $25,140 81.37%
Industrial Engineers 128 $82,789 79.50%
Information Security Analysts 128 $124,940 80.50%
Economists 121 $96,610 85.21%
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 %
Nigeria 92 $94,321 41.07%
Iran 91 $75,361 46.43%
Guatemala 82 $1,239,477 42.05%
Malaysia 79 $142,105 40.93%
South Africa 77 $106,591 40.10%
Peru 75 $66,843 39.27%
Venezuela 75 $90,356 40.98%
Bulgaria 72 $86,314 40.00%
Romania 71 $88,731 42.51%
Netherlands 67 $120,652 40.61%

Top Hiring Companies in New York (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Maimonides Medical Center 652 $77,968 88.23%
Mpg Operations Llc 648 $111,536 87.80%
Nagarro Inc 626 $88,698 86.11%
Sapient Corporation 626 $99,668 86.46%
Research Foundation Of Cuny 624 $52,811 87.27%
Rbc Capital Markets Llc 613 $111,174 88.33%
Goldman Sachs Bank Usa 610 $100,198 88.53%
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 601 $52,355 88.91%
The Rockefeller University 594 $55,560 90.00%
Csc Holdings Llc 590 $99,203 90.35%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Prolifics Inc 41 $114,776 34.75%
Hsbc Technology Services Usa 41 $107,795 35.65%
Atos It Solutions And Services Inc 40 $106,919 35.40%
Sothebys 40 $85,764 35.71%
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 40 $55,200 35.71%
We Work Management Llc 40 $115,136 36.04%
Publishers Clearing House Llc 39 $100,398 36.11%
Flatiron Health 38 $96,831 36.19%
New York Global Consultants Inc 38 $101,391 36.54%
Squarespace 37 $122,429 35.92%

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