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 %
Order Clerks 1 $30,534 50.00%
Transportation Workers, All Other 1 $30,597 50.00%
Food Batchmakers 1 $30,618 50.00%
Broadcast Technicians 1 $31,450 50.00%
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs 1 $31,595 50.00%
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 1 $32,094 50.00%
Pharmacy Technicians 1 $33,446 50.00%
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 1 $34,736 50.00%
Receptionists and Information Clerks 1 $35,027 50.00%
Bakers 1 $35,027 50.00%
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 %
Yemen 2 $75,015 40.00%
Antigua And Barbuda 2 $112,705 50.00%
Gambia 2 $59,628 50.00%
Ivory Coast 2 $100,381 50.00%
Rwanda 2 $116,127 50.00%
Saint Vincent And The Grenadines 2 $100,995 50.00%
Guinea-bissau 2 $67,330 66.67%
Palestine 2 $73,081 66.67%
Afghanistan 2 $60,086 66.67%
Niger 1 $149,926 33.33%

Top Hiring Companies in New York (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Ernst Young Us Llp 13,403 $87,683 98.43%
Infosys Limited 7,024 $77,328 99.46%
Tata Consultancy Services Limited 6,633 $68,070 99.43%
Jpmorgan Chase Co 6,045 $106,501 91.08%
Deloitte Consulting Llp 5,221 $87,642 98.14%
Bloomberg Lp 4,663 $109,272 97.59%
Google Llc 4,511 $107,734 95.15%
Goldman Sachs Co Llc 4,150 $104,061 97.72%
Capgemini America Inc 3,924 $88,803 94.24%
Morgan Stanley Services Group Inc 3,339 $108,031 93.77%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Tata Consultancy Services Limited 8,529 $126,935 100.00%
Ernst Young Us Llp 1,462 $122,345 54.94%
Facebook Inc 729 $101,767 28.85%
New York City Department Of Education 626 $48,299 34.62%
Morgan Stanley Co Llc 586 $117,550 40.08%
Morgan Stanley Services Group Inc 584 $116,226 41.60%
Globalfoundries Us Inc 525 $89,055 40.45%
Amazoncom Services Llc 522 $98,508 61.20%
Deloitte Consulting Llp 383 $108,904 47.17%
Synechron 357 $110,812 48.70%

Top Industries in New York (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Telecommunications 1 $121,202 100.00%
Commercial And Industrial Machinery And Equipment Rental And Leasing 1 $42,286 100.00%
Plastics Bottle Manufacturing 1 $61,547 100.00%
Ship And Boat Building 1 $73,174 100.00%
Specialized Freight Trucking 1 $17,181 100.00%
Plastics Bag And Pouch Manufacturing 1 $88,026 100.00%
All Other Grain Farming 1 $72,717 100.00%
Luggage And Leather Goods Retailers 1 $117,042 100.00%
Automotive Equipment Rental And Leasing 1 $48,110 100.00%
Cement Manufacturing 1 $55,390 100.00%
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.

State Avg Wage