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 %

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Home Economics Teachers, Postsecondary	2	$44,898	12.50%
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	2	$34,684	13.33%
Nuclear Engineers	2	$83,939	13.33%
Computer-Controlled Machine Tool Operators, Metal and Plastic	2	$36,639	13.33%
Printing Press Operators	2	$22,818	13.33%
Environmental Engineering Technicians	2	$57,398	13.33%
Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary	2	$39,415	13.33%
Storage and Distribution Managers	2	$75,462	13.33%
Pipelayers	2	$37,606	13.33%
Elevator Installers and Repairers	2	$66,435	13.33%

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 %
Ernst Young Us Llp	13,403	$87,683	98.43%
Infosys Limited	7,024	$77,328	99.46%
Tata Consultancy Services Limited	6,633	$68,070	99.43%
Jpmorgan Chase Co	6,045	$106,501	91.08%
Deloitte Consulting Llp	5,221	$87,642	98.14%
Bloomberg Lp	4,663	$109,272	97.59%
Google Llc	4,511	$107,734	95.15%
Goldman Sachs Co Llc	4,150	$104,061	97.72%
Capgemini America Inc	3,924	$88,803	94.24%
Morgan Stanley Services Group Inc	3,339	$108,031	93.77%

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Tata Consultancy Services Limited	8,529	$126,935	100.00%
Ernst Young Us Llp	1,462	$122,345	54.94%
Facebook Inc	729	$101,767	28.85%
New York City Department Of Education	626	$48,299	34.62%
Morgan Stanley Co Llc	586	$117,550	40.08%
Morgan Stanley Services Group Inc	584	$116,226	41.60%
Globalfoundries Us Inc	525	$89,055	40.45%
Amazoncom Services Llc	522	$98,508	61.20%
Deloitte Consulting Llp	383	$108,904	47.17%
Synechron	357	$110,812	48.70%

Top Industries in New York (All Years)

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Direct Health And Medical Insurance Carriers	1,136	$105,662	87.18%
Other Scientific And Technical Consulting Services	1,082	$77,509	87.19%
Interior Design Services	1,040	$52,828	86.09%
Agents And Managers For Artists Athletes Entertainers And Other Public Figures	1,014	$53,574	85.50%
Graphic Design Services	993	$55,545	84.65%
Hotels Except Casino Hotels And Motels	941	$65,564	81.05%
Credit Bureaus	910	$102,777	82.58%
Other Management Consulting Services	887	$82,261	85.37%
Research And Development In The Social Sciences And Humanities	876	$73,249	86.22%
Other Activities Related To Real Estate	864	$85,679	85.04%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Sporting And Recreational Goods And Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	6	$21,943	100.00%
Beverage Manufacturing	6	$32,167	100.00%
Support Activities For Agriculture And Forestry	6	$34,091	100.00%
Scenic And Sightseeing Transportation Land	5	$31,400	100.00%
Commercial And Institutional Building Construction	5	$33,904	100.00%
All Other Grain Farming	4	$31,819	100.00%
Sheep Farming	4	$31,060	100.00%
Sheep And Goat Farming	4	$31,320	100.00%
Other Support Activities For Road Transportation	4	$33,914	100.00%
Poultry And Egg Production	4	$31,278	100.00%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing	53	$98,648	17.61%
Food Service Contractors	53	$76,652	17.73%
Fruit And Vegetable Retailers	52	$31,440	17.63%
Grantmaking Foundations	52	$82,274	20.55%
Employment Placement Agencies	51	$62,365	20.82%
Nonresidential Building Construction	51	$63,364	22.37%
Piece Goods Notions And Other Dry Goods Merchant Wholesalers	51	$69,038	23.61%
Electric Power Generation Transmission And Distribution	49	$83,753	22.90%
Veterinary Services	47	$68,744	22.27%
Deep Sea Freight Transportation	46	$71,910	22.01%

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.