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%
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 %
Exlservicecom Llc 125 $89,594 89.29%
Albert Einstein College Of Medicine Inc 124 $46,886 88.57%
Sv It Inc 124 $65,424 88.57%
Prosoft It Services Inc 124 $50,650 88.57%
Arcadis Us Inc 124 $74,923 88.57%
Ltimindtree Limited 123 $95,853 88.49%
Theradynamics Rehab Management Llc 123 $79,007 88.49%
Kla Tencor Corporation 123 $87,066 88.49%
Cisco Systems Inc 123 $111,676 88.49%
Csc Covansys Corporation 123 $65,547 89.13%

Top Industries in New York (All Years)

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