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 %
Medical and Health Services Managers 760 $94,583 86.76%
Physicists 752 $79,201 87.54%
Multimedia Artists and Animators 720 $62,561 86.85%
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 717 $57,737 87.44%
Instructional Coordinators 717 $49,510 88.19%
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 717 $63,522 88.63%
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 706 $58,062 89.14%
Exercise Physiologists 702 $53,497 90.23%
Risk Management Specialists 694 $97,089 91.20%
Designers, All Other 656 $43,198 89.50%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Helpers--Production Workers 68 $26,376 66.67%
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 65 $60,909 65.00%
Home Health Aides 62 $23,747 62.00%
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 60 $87,476 63.16%
Biochemists and Biophysicists 59 $59,502 62.77%
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 59 $51,896 63.44%
Medical and Health Services Managers 58 $100,078 63.04%
Speech-Language Pathologists 58 $4,108,236 63.04%
Accountants 57 $75,281 63.33%
Cooks, Private Household 55 $28,858 61.80%
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 %
Saudi Arabia 12 $114,696 48.00%
Bolivia 12 $72,124 50.00%
Azerbaijan 11 $71,159 47.83%
Norway 11 $124,089 47.83%
Serbia And Montenegro 10 $64,372 45.45%
Cameroon 10 $86,054 47.62%
Mauritius 9 $80,296 45.00%
Armenia 8 $94,635 42.11%
Kyrgyzstan 7 $83,762 38.89%
Senegal 7 $83,362 41.18%

Top Hiring Companies in New York (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
New England It Associates Inc 54 $73,044 88.52%
Tech Matrix Inc 54 $67,231 88.52%
Honeywell International Inc 54 $93,887 88.52%
Itg Software Solutions Inc 54 $101,999 88.52%
Healthpro Nursing Solutions Llc 54 $74,123 88.52%
Flow Traders Us Llc 54 $89,301 88.52%
American Business Institute Corp 54 $57,527 88.52%
Jun Wang Associates Pc 54 $63,171 88.52%
Wachtell Lipton Rosen Katz 54 $141,181 88.52%
Syscom Usa Inc 54 $53,592 88.52%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Symbiontio Inc 4 $101,946 40.00%
Pelham Country Club 4 $40,211 40.00%
Consumer Reports Inc 4 $100,806 40.00%
Carl Zeiss Inc 4 $122,973 40.00%
J J Campus Inc 4 $35,766 40.00%
Mooregroup Corporation 4 $80,221 40.00%
Bp Mechanical Corp 4 $93,496 40.00%
Source Construction Inc 4 $85,795 40.00%
Ifm Investors Us Llc 4 $226,283 40.00%
New York And Presbyterian Hospital 4 $99,663 40.00%

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