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 %
Software Developers, Applications 50,032 $95,150 90.63%
Computer Systems Analysts 34,988 $77,378 92.94%
Computer Programmers 20,805 $63,502 89.51%
Computer Occupations, All Other 17,158 $71,601 92.13%
Financial Analysts 15,789 $100,203 89.23%
Accountants and Auditors 15,722 $73,467 92.96%
Management Analysts 14,873 $88,732 93.05%
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 10,568 $61,227 87.50%
Operations Research Analysts 9,225 $85,748 90.76%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 8,064 $85,741 89.71%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Developers, Applications 7,049 $357,118 66.59%
Computer Systems Analysts 4,359 $150,430 148.11%
Computer Occupations, All Other 3,463 $108,040 150.70%
Accountants and Auditors 1,339 $92,927 58.45%
Management Analysts 1,086 $111,113 55.15%
Financial Analysts 991 $116,759 122.19%
Software Developers, Systems Software 842 $108,909 149.29%
Lawyers 618 $402,886 121.89%
Statisticians 607 $75,005 169.08%
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 582 $61,589 165.81%
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 %
Netherlands 68 $119,430 40.72%
Chile 67 $105,775 40.61%
Hong Kong 67 $93,247 41.88%
Thailand 66 $67,623 42.31%
Lebanon 64 $105,866 41.83%
Jamaica 63 $64,885 43.45%
Dominican Republic 61 $80,047 42.96%
New Zealand 56 $111,664 42.11%
Trinidad And Tobago 56 $57,680 42.75%
El Salvador 55 $49,948 42.31%

Top Hiring Companies in New York (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Goldman Sachs Services Llc 1,555 $107,619 86.01%
New York University 1,531 $73,432 85.72%
Virtusa Corporation 1,531 $78,360 85.91%
Amazon Web Services Inc 1,409 $111,070 79.16%
Headstrong Services Llc 1,387 $84,290 78.36%
State University Of New York At Buffalo 1,320 $48,251 83.39%
Google Inc 1,308 $93,461 88.62%
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc 1,306 $100,873 89.09%
Merrill Lynch 1,300 $98,404 89.16%
Weill Cornell Medical College 1,280 $60,744 90.14%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Wertman Farm 23 $28,482 100.00%
G G Farms Inc 23 $27,978 100.00%
Pettit Farms Llc 23 $29,182 100.00%
Fino Farms Llc 23 $29,579 100.00%
Apple Acres Llc 23 $28,217 100.00%
Kast Farms Inc 23 $28,834 100.00%
Childstock Farms Inc 23 $26,413 100.00%
Wilklow Orchards Llc 23 $26,462 100.00%
Brightly Farms Llc 23 $29,414 100.00%
Bowman Orchards Llc 23 $27,299 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Jane Street Group Llc 73 $97,793 33.95%
Nyse Market De Inc 72 $110,826 35.12%
The Blackstone Group 68 $123,862 34.69%
Tanisha Systems Inc 67 $113,809 34.54%
Incandescent Technologies Inc 67 $129,372 34.54%
Bnp Paribas Securities Corp 67 $132,358 35.83%
Swiss Re America Holding Corporation 66 $106,164 36.67%
Moodys Shared Services Inc 65 $117,210 37.57%
Entech Engineering Pc 64 $80,286 37.21%
Aecom Technical Services Inc 64 $81,511 37.43%

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 $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