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 %
India	14,788	$249,399	54.06%
China	4,111	$134,521	52.28%
Canada	1,391	$448,384	44.81%
South Korea	1,286	$154,718	44.34%
United Kingdom	829	$118,600	49.91%
France	627	$115,789	39.14%
Mexico	518	$65,452	37.35%
Brazil	474	$280,583	36.57%
Philippines	466	$2,925,172	36.01%
Japan	325	$73,142	34.80%

Top Hiring Companies in New York (All Years)

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Wipro Limited	3,198	$68,930	90.08%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Us Corp	3,077	$98,891	86.80%
Goldman Sachs Co	2,935	$95,193	86.53%
Ibm Corporation	2,781	$92,106	87.65%
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	2,661	$69,286	84.45%
Deloitte Touche Llp	2,614	$73,151	84.30%
Columbia University	2,541	$62,478	84.14%
Pricewaterhousecoopers Llp	2,488	$85,233	89.88%
Citibank Na	2,474	$107,575	89.83%
Morgan Stanley Co Llc	2,387	$101,579	88.97%

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Kpmg Llp	314	$105,281	43.07%
Blackrock Financial Management	312	$105,387	44.13%
Merrill Lynch	264	$130,923	42.17%
Amazon Web Services Inc	257	$108,410	43.86%
Rcm Technologies Inc	213	$21,880,394	36.47%
Goldman Sachs Services Llc	184	$121,576	35.05%
Interfysio Llc	151	$54,444	28.93%
Bofa Securities Inc	147	$121,768	37.69%
Mpg Operations Llc	144	$114,695	36.92%
Spotify Usa Inc	142	$114,315	37.08%

Top Industries in New York (All Years)

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
All Other Wood Product Manufacturing	2	$46,426	100.00%
General Freight Trucking Long Distance Less Than Truckload	2	$50,523	100.00%
Linen And Uniform Supply	2	$51,491	100.00%
General Freight Trucking	2	$63,523	100.00%
All Other Miscellaneous Retailers	2	$137,572	100.00%
Scenic And Sightseeing Transportation Water	2	$63,055	100.00%
Consumer Goods Rental	2	$105,519	100.00%
Ground Or Treated Mineral And Earth Manufacturing	2	$38,179	100.00%
Gambling Industries	2	$61,225	100.00%
Mechanical Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing	2	$75,515	100.00%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

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.