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 %
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers 1 $191,360 100.00%
Sports Medicine Physicians 1 $208,000 100.00%
Allergists and Immunologists 1 $230,000 100.00%
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 %
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 %
Maimonides Medical Center 652 $77,968 88.23%
Mpg Operations Llc 648 $111,536 87.80%
Nagarro Inc 626 $88,698 86.11%
Sapient Corporation 626 $99,668 86.46%
Research Foundation Of Cuny 624 $52,811 87.27%
Rbc Capital Markets Llc 613 $111,174 88.33%
Goldman Sachs Bank Usa 610 $100,198 88.53%
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 601 $52,355 88.91%
The Rockefeller University 594 $55,560 90.00%
Csc Holdings Llc 590 $99,203 90.35%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Prolifics Inc 41 $114,776 34.75%
Hsbc Technology Services Usa 41 $107,795 35.65%
Atos It Solutions And Services Inc 40 $106,919 35.40%
Sothebys 40 $85,764 35.71%
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 40 $55,200 35.71%
We Work Management Llc 40 $115,136 36.04%
Publishers Clearing House Llc 39 $100,398 36.11%
Flatiron Health 38 $96,831 36.19%
New York Global Consultants Inc 38 $101,391 36.54%
Squarespace 37 $122,429 35.92%

Top Industries in New York (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Hay Farming 1 $75,733 100.00%
Office Supplies And Stationery Retailers 1 $96,949 100.00%
Iron And Steel Forging 1 $62,504 100.00%
Creamery Butter Manufacturing 1 $45,802 100.00%
All Other Miscellaneous General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing 1 $93,850 100.00%
Waste Collection 1 $47,341 100.00%
Industrial Valve Manufacturing 1 $148,346 100.00%
Mineral Wool Manufacturing 1 $56,389 100.00%
Iron Ore Mining 1 $91,062 100.00%
Coal Mining 1 $44,616 100.00%
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