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 %
Program Directors 7 $61,996 77.78%
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 7 $105,977 77.78%
Emergency Management Directors 7 $73,165 87.50%
Graduate Teaching Assistants 6 $29,889 75.00%
Computer Operators 6 $39,386 75.00%
Medical Assistants 6 $70,204 75.00%
Environmental Compliance Inspectors 6 $55,622 75.00%
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians 6 $145,288 75.00%
Musicians and Singers 5 $47,678 62.50%
Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other 5 $30,572 62.50%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers 2 $24,211 11.76%
Producers 2 $111,873 11.76%
Chemical Technicians 2 $42,526 11.76%
Radiologic Technologists 2 $65,187 11.76%
Musicians and Singers 2 $37,263 11.76%
Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other 2 $31,980 11.76%
Biostatisticians 2 $71,947 12.50%
Shampooers 2 $19,375 12.50%
Marine Engineers 2 $83,720 12.50%
Dental Hygienists 2 $65,302 12.50%
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 %
Jordan 27 $82,211 36.00%
Kazakhstan 27 $88,281 38.03%
Ghana 27 $82,850 41.54%
Albania 25 $58,854 43.10%
Austria 24 $93,404 41.38%
Croatia 24 $83,127 42.11%
Slovakia 23 $85,064 41.07%
Kenya 23 $84,949 41.07%
Ethiopia 22 $99,432 40.74%
Belarus 22 $81,596 40.74%

Top Hiring Companies in New York (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Towers Watson Delaware Inc 54 $85,618 88.52%
Syscom Usa Inc 54 $53,592 88.52%
Tech Matrix Inc 54 $67,231 88.52%
Itg Software Solutions Inc 54 $101,999 88.52%
Manhattan College 54 $65,584 88.52%
I28 Technologies Corporation 54 $66,311 88.52%
New England It Associates Inc 54 $73,044 88.52%
Paychex North America Inc 54 $91,787 88.52%
Ubs Services Llc 54 $100,155 88.52%
Rsg Media Systems Llc 54 $87,105 88.52%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
48 Bouble Laundromat Inc 4 $25,095 40.00%
Oddo Bhf New York 4 $144,628 40.00%
11 W 32 Inc 4 $29,952 40.00%
Good Day Home Care Inc 4 $23,592 40.00%
Commodore Construction Corp 4 $86,663 40.00%
Cloudita Tech Inc 4 $69,155 40.00%
Insider Inc 4 $86,128 40.00%
Jawood Business Process Solutions Llc 4 $103,641 40.00%
Sundaysky Inc 4 $102,669 40.00%
Hysphere Inc 4 $94,333 40.00%

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