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.
Employer Search tool is moved to it's own page: "H1B Visa Data Search Tool"

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 %
Teacher Assistants 5 $27,829 71.43%
Real Estate Brokers 5 $92,623 71.43%
Critical Care Nurses 5 $77,992 83.33%
Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Motion Picture 5 $33,904 83.33%
Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other 5 $30,572 83.33%
Neuropsychologists and Clinical Neuropsychologists 5 $63,923 83.33%
Transportation Inspectors 5 $56,277 83.33%
Proofreaders and Copy Markers 5 $37,319 83.33%
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers 5 $60,175 83.33%
Fuel Cell Engineers 5 $74,131 83.33%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
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 %
Bhutan 4 $61,774 40.00%
Bahrain 4 $82,373 50.00%
Nicaragua 4 $105,191 50.00%
Paraguay 4 $61,824 50.00%
Latvia 3 $56,229 42.86%
Namibia 3 $61,011 42.86%
Yugoslavia 3 $64,799 42.86%
Benin 3 $72,751 42.86%
Suriname 3 $44,311 42.86%
Bermuda 3 $77,612 50.00%

Top Hiring Companies in New York (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Nathan Littauer Hospital Nursing Home 14 $45,334 87.50%
The Institute For New Economic Thinking Inc 14 $84,451 87.50%
Kugler Ning Lighting Design Inc 14 $47,647 87.50%
Allure Gems Llc 14 $78,678 87.50%
Smart Design Llc 14 $69,310 87.50%
Z3 Technologies Inc 14 $55,667 87.50%
Tom Ford Retail Llc 14 $118,689 87.50%
Pomala Systems Inc 14 $55,711 87.50%
Alm Media Llc 14 $59,701 87.50%
Priserve Consulting Inc 14 $63,823 87.50%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
New York Meat Corp 1 $37,627 33.33%
Millionaire Group Inc 1 $28,267 33.33%
Our Cleaner Inc 1 $24,627 33.33%
Lab Med Consulting 1 $49,650 33.33%
Oriental Collection Ltd 1 $48,901 33.33%
John Brendan Molly 1 $17,451 33.33%
Lufrano Building Inc 1 $42,286 33.33%
Americans For Unfpa 1 $41,018 33.33%
Nucleus Imaging Inc 1 $70,304 33.33%
Daniel And Brett Sundheim 1 $18,824 33.33%

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