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 %
Bicycle Repairers 1 $48,422 100.00%
Production Workers, All Other 1 $35,360 100.00%
Court Clerks 1 $36,566 100.00%
Craft Artists 1 $24,918 100.00%
Freight and Cargo Inspectors 1 $51,579 100.00%
First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand 1 $35,547 100.00%
Counter and Rental Clerks 1 $23,816 100.00%
Tile and Marble Setters 1 $29,474 100.00%
Security Management Specialists 1 $49,566 100.00%
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters 1 $44,491 100.00%
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 6,497 in 2025.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Bhutan 4 $61,774 40.00%
Bahrain 4 $82,373 50.00%
Nicaragua 4 $105,191 50.00%
Paraguay 4 $61,824 50.00%
Latvia 3 $56,229 42.86%
Namibia 3 $61,011 42.86%
Yugoslavia 3 $64,799 42.86%
Benin 3 $72,751 42.86%
Suriname 3 $44,311 42.86%
Bermuda 3 $77,612 50.00%

Top Hiring Companies in New York (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
New York Presbyterian Hospital 15 $93,454 88.24%
Sparta Consulting Inc 15 $75,012 88.24%
Ikon It Solutions Inc 15 $72,295 88.24%
Isr Info Way Inc 15 $83,097 88.24%
Gourmet Guru Inc 15 $52,895 88.24%
Verizon Business Network Services Inc 15 $80,570 88.24%
Artnet 15 $57,739 88.24%
Pei Cobb Freed And Partners Architects Llp 15 $60,747 88.24%
Korean Community Services Of Metropolitan New York Inc 15 $53,815 88.24%
Silent Models Usa Llc 15 $63,429 88.24%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Oxford Marks Associates Inc 1 $25,334 33.33%
Burton Gold 1 $31,470 33.33%
Fry Inc 1 $80,475 33.33%
Tangram International Exhibitions 1 $46,155 33.33%
The Red Onion Restaurant Bar 1 $27,955 33.33%
Michael And Jennifer Price 1 $25,563 33.33%
Scarano Architect Pllc 1 $68,390 33.33%
Adrianna Papell Llc 1 $98,030 33.33%
Hbi Incorporated 1 $86,882 33.33%
C C Affordable Management Llc 1 $122,221 33.33%

Top Industries in New York (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 98,495 $78,853 91.49%
Computer Systems Design Services 25,735 $91,512 88.37%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 23,927 $60,562 84.63%
Offices Of Certified Public Accountants 17,768 $87,003 95.70%
General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 17,070 $85,476 92.90%
Administrative Management And General Management Consulting Services 13,030 $94,648 94.65%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 10,408 $89,192 88.44%
Offices Of Lawyers 9,458 $111,482 85.41%
Commercial Banking 9,377 $100,032 90.99%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services 7,825 $88,284 90.05%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Apple Orchards 1,886 $30,351 100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming 696 $32,749 100.00%
Fruit And Tree Nut Farming 541 $32,484 100.00%
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming 288 $28,231 100.00%
Nursery And Tree Production 171 $30,288 100.00%
Greenhouse Nursery And Floriculture Production 160 $29,782 100.00%
All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming 142 $27,351 100.00%
Crop Production 139 $32,082 100.00%
Noncitrus Fruit And Tree Nut Farming 123 $31,543 100.00%
All Other Crop Farming 122 $32,754 100.00%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 19,070 $114,748 100.00%
Computer Systems Design Services 4,093 $95,495 100.00%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 3,890 $97,316 100.00%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 2,968 $59,062 100.00%
Administrative Management And General Management Consulting Services 2,575 $116,449 100.00%
Offices Of Certified Public Accountants 2,166 $110,937 100.00%
Commercial Banking 1,792 $114,618 100.00%
Engineering Services 1,608 $85,343 100.00%
Offices Of Lawyers 1,557 $219,317 100.00%
Offices Of Other Holding Companies 1,477 $118,161 100.00%

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 $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