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 %
First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other 1 $64,542 100.00%
Intelligence Analysts 1 $65,312 100.00%
Critical Care Nurses 1 $66,997 100.00%
Solar Photovoltaic Installers 1 $68,869 100.00%
Boilermakers 1 $87,318 100.00%
Nurse Midwives 1 $88,192 100.00%
Licensing Examiners and Inspectors 1 $98,322 100.00%
Wind Energy Engineers 1 $110,240 100.00%
Informatics Nurse Specialists 1 $114,067 100.00%
Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists 1 $114,795 100.00%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
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 %
Dominica 5 $70,435 41.67%
Kuwait 5 $171,833 41.67%
St Vincent 5 $67,068 41.67%
Mongolia 4 $82,826 36.36%
Bahamas 4 $89,128 36.36%
Turkmenistan 4 $38,075 36.36%
Libya 4 $97,697 40.00%
Kyrgyzstan 4 $80,227 40.00%
Iceland 4 $99,195 40.00%
Kosovo 4 $78,619 44.44%

Top Hiring Companies in New York (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
University Settlement Society Of New York 56 $57,129 88.89%
Quality Control Laboratories Llc 56 $51,735 88.89%
Enableit Llc 56 $77,079 88.89%
Ann Taylor Inc 56 $89,982 88.89%
Cbs Interactive Inc 56 $87,842 88.89%
Oak Hill Advisors Lp 56 $109,633 88.89%
Guy Carpenter Company Llc 56 $85,394 88.89%
Ksk Construction Group Llc 56 $72,296 90.32%
Alphaprimetech Inc 56 $75,528 90.32%
Infusiondev Llc 56 $84,879 90.32%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Consumer Reports Inc 4 $100,806 40.00%
Pelham Country Club 4 $40,211 40.00%
Carl Zeiss Inc 4 $122,973 40.00%
Bswinc 4 $60,159 40.00%
Jafri Oriental Rugs Ltd 4 $30,950 40.00%
Architectural Atlantic Stairs Ny Inc 4 $46,920 40.00%
Third Point Llc 4 $116,132 40.00%
Komodo Health Inc 4 $132,085 40.00%
Beenverified Inc 4 $93,943 40.00%
Lactalis American Group 4 $82,717 40.00%

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