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 %
Risk Management Specialists 704 $97,057 89.68%
Multimedia Artists and Animators 691 $61,540 88.70%
Medical and Health Services Managers 686 $92,061 88.40%
Instructional Coordinators 685 $48,807 88.50%
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 669 $57,059 89.92%
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 660 $57,852 88.95%
Physicists 641 $77,313 86.62%
Designers, All Other 636 $42,398 86.77%
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 600 $62,810 88.37%
Computer Network Architects 569 $98,208 85.82%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 65 $51,343 67.01%
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 61 $60,495 62.89%
Home Health Aides 61 $23,587 66.30%
Biochemists and Biophysicists 59 $59,502 64.13%
Speech-Language Pathologists 58 $4,108,236 64.44%
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 58 $51,928 65.17%
Accountants 57 $75,281 64.04%
Medical and Health Services Managers 55 $99,092 61.80%
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 54 $86,779 60.67%
Cooks, Private Household 54 $28,715 61.36%
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 %
Iceland 4 $99,195 44.44%
Kosovo 4 $78,619 50.00%
Nicaragua 4 $105,191 57.14%
Bermuda 3 $77,612 42.86%
Botswana 3 $103,889 42.86%
Latvia 3 $56,229 42.86%
Burkina Faso 3 $114,670 42.86%
Suriname 3 $44,311 42.86%
Republic Of Congo 3 $57,713 50.00%
Malta 3 $138,750 50.00%

Top Hiring Companies in New York (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Global Atlantic Financial Company 100 $100,670 87.72%
Deutsche Bank Ag 100 $83,573 87.72%
Cyient Inc 100 $65,827 87.72%
Amneal Pharmaceuticals Of New York 100 $63,243 88.50%
Vedicsoft 100 $58,735 88.50%
Nyc Hhc Harlem Hospital Center 99 $60,685 87.61%
Access Therapies Inc 99 $60,397 87.61%
Bytedance Inc 99 $113,097 87.61%
American International Group Inc 98 $84,285 87.50%
Interfysio Llc 98 $65,513 87.50%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Vida Shoes International Inc 7 $57,601 38.89%
316 West 49th Restaurant Corp 7 $37,407 38.89%
L3 Advertising Inc 7 $51,385 38.89%
The Options Group Inc 7 $78,095 38.89%
Pasona N A Inc 7 $61,538 38.89%
Mercury And Earthllc 6 $67,621 33.33%
Mf Global Holdings Usa Inc 6 $104,790 33.33%
De Novo Imports Inc 6 $58,583 33.33%
Lpa Systems 6 $67,870 33.33%
Milbank Tweed Hadley Mccloy Llp 6 $158,149 33.33%

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