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 %
Travel Agents 3 $37,398 75.00%
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan 3 $29,529 75.00%
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 3 $27,671 75.00%
Desktop Publishers 3 $31,796 75.00%
Animal Breeders 3 $35,630 75.00%
Real Estate Sales Agents 3 $64,064 75.00%
Video Game Designers 3 $50,107 75.00%
Art Therapists 3 $41,427 75.00%
Energy Auditors 3 $50,731 75.00%
Electronics Engineering Technicians 3 $52,714 75.00%
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 %
Iceland 4 $99,195 44.44%
Kosovo 4 $78,619 50.00%
Nicaragua 4 $105,191 57.14%
Bermuda 3 $77,612 42.86%
Botswana 3 $103,889 42.86%
Latvia 3 $56,229 42.86%
Burkina Faso 3 $114,670 42.86%
Suriname 3 $44,311 42.86%
Republic Of Congo 3 $57,713 50.00%
Malta 3 $138,750 50.00%

Top Hiring Companies in New York (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Sagitec Solutions Llc 131 $97,973 87.92%
Amtex Systems Inc 131 $40,876 88.51%
Capgemini America Inc Legacy Capgemini Financial Services Inc 131 $97,530 88.51%
Citicorp Credit Services Inc 131 $87,451 88.51%
Ait Global Inc 131 $81,450 89.12%
Tapestry Inc 130 $100,783 88.44%
Marsh Usa Inc 130 $90,813 88.44%
Kiss Nail Products Inc 130 $60,512 89.66%
Computer Sciences Corporation 130 $65,057 89.66%
International Rescue Committee Inc 129 $95,702 88.97%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Lera Consulting Structural Engineers Rllp 9 $94,578 37.50%
The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company 9 $107,120 37.50%
Starr Insurance Holdings Inc 9 $113,300 37.50%
American Business Institute Corp 9 $85,375 37.50%
Chanel Inc 9 $133,649 37.50%
Sarah Lawrence College 9 $51,432 37.50%
Linklaters 9 $140,994 37.50%
Sematech Inc 9 $86,297 39.13%
Van Eck Associates Corporation 9 $134,911 39.13%
24x7esi Inc 9 $87,852 39.13%

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