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 %
Water Resource Specialists	5	$51,472	83.33%
Counseling Psychologists	5	$75,697	83.33%
Neuropsychologists and Clinical Neuropsychologists	5	$63,923	83.33%
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	5	$60,175	83.33%
Cytogenetic Technologists	5	$75,915	83.33%
Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers	5	$74,106	83.33%
Acute Care Nurses	5	$79,926	83.33%
Proofreaders and Copy Markers	4	$36,411	66.67%
Travel Guides	4	$37,326	66.67%
Musicians, Instrumental	4	$42,130	80.00%

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Glaziers	2	$55,567	12.50%
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	2	$55,068	12.50%
Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers	2	$37,128	12.50%
Craft Artists	2	$46,904	12.50%
Computer Numerically Controlled Machine Tool Programmers, Metal and Plastic	2	$55,640	12.50%
Teacher Assistants	2	$45,080	12.50%
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	2	$70,845	12.50%
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	2	$34,684	12.50%
Nuclear Engineers	2	$83,939	12.50%
Floor Sanders and Finishers	2	$32,708	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 %
Egypt	64	$84,490	39.02%
Hong Kong	64	$91,738	41.56%
Chile	59	$100,047	38.31%
Thailand	58	$66,140	40.85%
Lebanon	58	$106,991	42.96%
Trinidad And Tobago	56	$57,680	42.75%
Jamaica	55	$66,609	42.31%
New Zealand	52	$108,606	40.00%
El Salvador	51	$51,468	42.15%
Dominican Republic	51	$82,212	43.97%

Top Hiring Companies in New York (All Years)

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Birlasoft Inc	409	$66,429	88.34%
Aetna Resources Llc	406	$116,052	87.88%
Deloitte Transactions And Business Analytics Llp	401	$76,017	89.71%
Gcom Software Inc	401	$85,187	90.11%
Moodys Investors Service Inc	395	$100,320	89.77%
Albert Einstein College Of Medicine	394	$54,659	90.16%
Diaspark Inc	390	$66,647	92.42%
State University Of New York At Binghamton	387	$42,080	92.14%
State University Of New York At Stony Brook	384	$45,570	92.75%
Moodys Analytics Inc	372	$101,271	89.86%

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Balyasny Asset Management Lp	27	$103,258	33.75%
Razorfish Llc	27	$99,297	33.75%
Brown Brothers Harriman Co	27	$112,808	33.75%
Axa Equitable Life Insurance Company	26	$110,297	32.91%
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton Garrison Llp	26	$137,839	33.33%
Digitalocean Llc	26	$123,645	33.33%
Tapestry Inc	26	$112,626	33.77%
Tri State Gunite	26	$32,885	33.77%
Ebusinessware Inc	25	$77,650	32.47%
Syscom Usa Inc	25	$73,566	32.47%

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%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Administrative Management And General Management Consulting Services	2,399	$115,551	13.99%
Advertising Agencies	795	$105,078	20.63%
All Other Professional Scientific And Technical Services	693	$99,324	19.62%
Offices Of Physical Occupational And Speech Therapists And Audiologists	602	$775,052	21.00%
Semiconductor And Related Device Manufacturing	582	$89,426	24.26%
Computing Infrastructure Providers Data Processing Web Hosting And Related Services	561	$107,136	27.39%
Marketing Consulting Services	466	$93,218	27.99%
Full Service Restaurants	376	$50,108	24.82%
Other Accounting Services	320	$93,858	22.32%
All Other Financial Investment Activities	305	$114,656	21.68%

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.