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
543,401 85.00% $86,022 H-1B
52,941 8.28% $188,274 PERM
36,362 5.69% $105,481 E-3 Australian
6,603 1.03% $28,798 H-2A

As of May 2023, New York has seen a total of 639,307 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in New York is the H-1B visa with 543,401 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 85.00% of New York's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 52,941 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 8.28% of New York's total visas.

Top Occupations in New York (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Actuaries 1,422 $104,458 89.43%
Rehabilitation Counselors 1,403 $33,606 88.69%
Computer and Information Research Scientists 1,384 $110,520 87.54%
Business Operations Specialists, All Other 1,378 $57,554 93.81%
Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers 1,374 $76,814 93.66%
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other 1,352 $65,850 93.56%
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 1,313 $56,484 90.93%
Credit Analysts 1,295 $89,473 90.37%
Commercial and Industrial Designers 1,238 $58,073 87.31%
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 1,223 $77,614 89.01%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Information Security Analysts 129 $125,164 87.16%
Interior Designers 125 $53,258 88.03%
Economists 125 $97,451 88.03%
Cooks, Restaurant 117 $31,397 82.98%
Multimedia Artists and Animators 117 $66,806 82.98%
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 115 $55,079 82.73%
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 115 $44,145 84.56%
Occupational Therapists 107 $14,927,247 78.68%
Physical Therapist Assistants 104 $49,903 77.04%
Sales Managers 103 $151,355 78.03%
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 6,497 in 2025.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Cambodia 1 $21,674 50.00%
Mozambique 1 $55,723 50.00%
Togo 1 $82,597 50.00%
Oman 1 $78,520 50.00%
Gabon 1 $85,197 50.00%
Sierra Leone 1 $87,547 50.00%
Eritrea 1 $73,164 100.00%
Malawi 1 $66,664 100.00%
Swaziland 1 $86,653 100.00%

Top Hiring Companies in New York (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Ernst Young Us Llp 15,216 $90,185 98.22%
Infosys Limited 7,162 $77,905 99.07%
Tata Consultancy Services Limited 6,946 $69,134 96.47%
Jpmorgan Chase Co 6,506 $109,522 93.13%
Google Llc 5,622 $111,098 95.82%
Deloitte Consulting Llp 5,359 $88,819 98.17%
Bloomberg Lp 5,047 $111,671 97.70%
Goldman Sachs Co Llc 4,815 $106,321 98.01%
Capgemini America Inc 4,081 $90,104 94.18%
Morgan Stanley Services Group Inc 3,713 $110,168 93.53%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Torrey Farms Inc 62 $26,975 100.00%
Forrence Orchards Inc 49 $27,308 100.00%
Lakeside Orchards Inc 46 $28,414 100.00%
Wafler Farms Inc 46 $28,275 100.00%
Porpiglia Farms Inc 45 $27,354 100.00%
Fowler Brothers Inc 44 $30,290 100.00%
Norman Keil Nurseries Inc 40 $32,239 100.00%
Northern Orchard Co Inc 40 $27,025 100.00%
Everett Orchards Ltd 38 $24,101 100.00%
Rulfs Orchard Llc 37 $27,767 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Tata Consultancy Services Limited 9,995 $129,393 100.00%
Ernst Young Us Llp 1,552 $122,908 52.34%
Facebook Inc 737 $101,675 26.95%
Amazoncom Services Llc 697 $103,738 35.29%
Morgan Stanley Services Group Inc 644 $117,452 40.89%
New York City Department Of Education 629 $48,362 40.53%
Morgan Stanley Co Llc 612 $118,501 44.87%
Globalfoundries Us Inc 536 $89,124 62.84%
Synechron 443 $117,552 54.56%
Deloitte Consulting Llp 415 $108,758 55.33%

Top Industries in New York (All Years)

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 $86,022. The state with the highest average wage of H1-B workers for all states is CA with an average wage of $104,510.

State Avg Wage