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 %
Belize 3 $78,096 50.00%
Benin 3 $72,751 50.00%
Macau 3 $96,415 50.00%
Namibia 3 $61,011 50.00%
Yugoslavia 3 $64,799 50.00%
Bermuda 3 $77,612 60.00%
Botswana 3 $103,889 60.00%
Iraq 2 $107,494 40.00%
Liechtenstein 2 $171,926 40.00%
Yemen 2 $75,015 40.00%

Top Hiring Companies in New York (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Men Women Ny Model Management Inc 47 $54,197 90.38%
Universal Technologies Llc 47 $82,862 90.38%
Beyer Blinder Belle Architects And Planners Llp 47 $63,638 90.38%
Isite Technologies Inc 47 $84,262 90.38%
Aplomb Technologies Inc 47 $72,940 90.38%
Keio Academy Of New York 47 $71,860 90.38%
Dy Consulting Engineers Pc 47 $73,591 90.38%
Rk Pharma Inc 47 $78,182 90.38%
Wsp Usa Buildings Inc 47 $76,209 90.38%
D Bug Inc 47 $78,147 90.38%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Euromoney Usa Llc 3 $45,968 33.33%
Liveramp Inc 3 $117,083 33.33%
Attune Insurance Services Llc 3 $119,607 37.50%
Sequel Holdings Lp Dba Sequel Stallions New York Llc 3 $34,757 37.50%
Princeton It Services Inc 3 $101,525 37.50%
Iex Group Inc 3 $78,472 37.50%
South Col Engineering Pc 3 $86,653 37.50%
Abg Hr Llc 3 $144,747 37.50%
Vidmob Inc 3 $88,317 37.50%
Cheetah Digital Inc 3 $103,376 37.50%

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