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 %
Computer and Information Research Scientists 1,394 $110,451 88.17%
Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers 1,379 $76,901 90.66%
Business Operations Specialists, All Other 1,316 $56,782 89.71%
Actuaries 1,304 $102,454 89.81%
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other 1,240 $64,767 92.61%
Information Security Analysts 1,202 $101,439 89.84%
Credit Analysts 1,202 $87,672 91.13%
Commercial and Industrial Designers 1,169 $56,747 91.33%
Budget Analysts 1,133 $59,611 89.35%
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 1,124 $76,999 89.14%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 121 $151,160 87.68%
Interior Designers 118 $53,322 86.76%
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 114 $26,465 84.44%
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 113 $54,826 84.96%
Multimedia Artists and Animators 112 $66,155 88.19%
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 107 $43,566 84.92%
Occupational Therapists 107 $14,927,247 85.60%
Cooks, Restaurant 106 $31,166 84.80%
Physical Therapist Assistants 100 $50,395 80.00%
Sales Managers 98 $149,791 80.33%
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 %
Hcl America Inc 1,885 $72,589 92.67%
Ibm India Private Limited 1,828 $67,728 90.58%
Barclays Services Corp 1,827 $100,931 94.96%
Grandison Management Inc 1,700 $63,907 88.68%
Brookhaven National Laboratory 1,694 $75,097 90.88%
Facebook Inc 1,656 $124,659 91.59%
Cornell University 1,651 $62,205 93.28%
Virtusa Corporation 1,498 $77,981 86.19%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc 1,489 $100,382 86.67%
Montefiore Medical Center 1,469 $80,004 85.91%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Rochester Institute Of Technology 81 $57,736 30.00%
Mount Sinai Medical Center 80 $87,977 30.30%
Sportime Clubs Llc 80 $30,478 30.53%
Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai 78 $102,908 30.35%
Performance Resources Ny Inc 77 $92,807 30.08%
Palantir Technologies 77 $97,628 30.56%
Amazoncom Services Inc 77 $103,381 31.82%
Murex North America Inc 75 $99,691 34.56%
Aig Pc Global Services Inc 73 $90,918 33.80%
Nyse Market De Inc 68 $109,309 31.63%

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