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 %
Art Directors 558 $92,344 88.01%
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 558 $54,501 89.28%
Occupational Therapists 552 $67,557 90.05%
Exercise Physiologists 529 $52,581 88.02%
Compliance Officers 520 $61,706 87.39%
Architectural and Engineering Managers 519 $134,481 87.52%
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary 517 $72,887 87.93%
Materials Scientists 483 $59,483 87.50%
Training and Development Specialists 470 $55,327 88.85%
Speech-Language Pathologists 470 $64,865 89.02%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Psychiatrists 53 $140,579 60.92%
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 53 $47,660 62.35%
Bakers 51 $29,603 60.71%
Nonfarm Animal Caretakers 51 $24,981 61.45%
Computer Programmers 51 $89,899 62.20%
Compliance Officers 50 $72,122 61.73%
Self-Enrichment Education Teachers 50 $51,940 61.73%
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 49 $27,577 60.49%
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists 49 $33,712 60.49%
Office Clerks, General 48 $29,761 60.76%
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 %
Paychex Of New York Llc 46 $81,804 90.20%
Marcum Llp 46 $89,895 90.20%
Privilege Underwriters Inc 46 $95,034 90.20%
The Cjs Solutions Group Llc Dba The Hci Group 45 $62,605 88.24%
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company 45 $109,532 88.24%
Ice Data Services Inc 45 $120,802 88.24%
Reliance Global Services Inc 45 $63,726 88.24%
Currier Mccabe Associates Inc 45 $82,710 88.24%
Cnet Global Solutions Inc 45 $71,720 88.24%
Incedo Inc 45 $86,745 88.24%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Gary Sciacca Racing Stable 3 $24,419 37.50%
Sintecmedia Inc 3 $86,369 37.50%
Japan Business Systems Technology Dba Jbs Usa Inc 3 $76,350 37.50%
Buffalo Sav Inc 3 $65,035 37.50%
Wavemaker Global 3 $108,163 37.50%
Sio Capital Management Llc 3 $116,605 37.50%
Inc Architecture Design Pllc 3 $50,392 37.50%
Cedar Cares Inc 3 $98,793 37.50%
Realtek Consulting Llc Dba Cubestech 3 $116,667 37.50%
Torishiki Usa Corp 3 $21,590 37.50%

Top Industries in New York (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Building Equipment Contractors 67 $59,371 88.16%
Limited Service Restaurants 67 $82,512 89.33%
Computer Training 67 $83,912 89.33%
Footwear Manufacturing 66 $84,216 88.00%
All Other Legal Services 66 $79,093 89.19%
Residential Intellectual And Developmental Disability Mental Health And Substance Abuse Facilities 66 $34,893 89.19%
Cut And Sew Apparel Contractors 65 $68,595 89.04%
Other Specialty Trade Contractors 65 $67,200 89.04%
Other Legal Services 64 $78,936 87.67%
Landscaping Services 64 $63,286 90.14%
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