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 %
Procurement Clerks 4 $35,781 80.00%
Private Detectives and Investigators 4 $38,589 80.00%
Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers 4 $41,106 80.00%
Nuclear Engineers 4 $49,586 80.00%
Electro-Mechanical Technicians 4 $41,324 80.00%
Directors- Stage, Motion Pictures, Television, and Radio 4 $48,813 80.00%
Music Therapists 4 $54,808 80.00%
Radiologic Technologists 4 $43,420 80.00%
Real Estate Brokers 4 $79,243 80.00%
Geographic Information Systems Technicians 4 $69,571 80.00%
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 36,155 in 2023.

Top Countries with Workers in New York From PERM Program (All Years)

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Grenada 7 $58,419 43.75%
Montenegro 6 $103,284 37.50%
Tajikistan 6 $76,333 40.00%
Barbados 6 $95,247 40.00%
St Lucia 6 $71,004 42.86%
Uganda 6 $89,116 46.15%
Estonia 6 $89,365 46.15%
Zambia 5 $78,899 38.46%
Bosnia And Herzegovina 5 $89,066 41.67%
Tanzania 5 $109,648 41.67%

Top Hiring Companies in New York (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Via Transportation Inc 93 $92,139 87.74%
Kaleida Health 93 $83,105 87.74%
Mindspark Interactive Network Inc 93 $84,044 87.74%
Capgemini Us Llc 93 $97,077 88.57%
Lakshmi Pt Consultants Pc 92 $73,838 87.62%
The Gap Inc 92 $87,741 87.62%
Unity Health System 92 $52,767 87.62%
Mulberry Management Corporation 92 $114,517 88.46%
Prime Leaders Health Services Inc 92 $60,880 88.46%
Kevin Kerveng Tung Pc 92 $45,296 88.46%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Dentsu Mcgarry Bowen Llc 6 $135,783 35.29%
Hansen Technologies North America Inc 6 $86,958 35.29%
Km Corp 6 $35,974 35.29%
Getty Images Us Inc 6 $96,231 35.29%
Ppf Beauty Inc 6 $51,463 35.29%
Caudalie Usa Inc 6 $83,675 35.29%
Fidessa Corporation 6 $100,000 35.29%
Home Home Corp 6 $52,815 35.29%
Pupilo Agency Inc 6 $33,034 35.29%
Pwc Strategy Us Inc 6 $141,717 35.29%

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