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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Florida Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
218,102 87.39% $72,918 H-1B
23,967 9.60% $1,173,985 PERM
4,546 1.82% $26,850 H-2A
2,946 1.18% $94,083 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Florida has seen a total of 249,561 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Florida is the H-1B visa with 218,102 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 87.39% of Florida's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 23,967 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 9.60% of Florida's total visas.

Top Occupations in Florida (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Pharmacists 188 $100,026 85.45%
Financial Quantitative Analysts 185 $61,924 87.26%
Computer and Information Research Scientists 185 $88,795 88.52%
Coaches and Scouts 180 $35,380 87.80%
Landscape Architects 179 $55,134 88.18%
Managers, All Other 174 $75,681 86.57%
Aerospace Engineers 170 $75,170 84.58%
Soil and Plant Scientists 166 $45,009 83.00%
Data Warehousing Specialists 166 $72,997 88.30%
Database Architects 162 $80,392 86.63%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Instructional Coordinators 40 $42,939 76.92%
Procurement Clerks 39 $39,743 75.00%
Treasurers and Controllers 38 $72,048 74.51%
Stonemasons 38 $46,395 74.51%
Training and Development Specialists 37 $51,011 74.00%
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 37 $64,480 74.00%
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary 36 $63,838 73.47%
Chemists 36 $57,834 73.47%
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers 35 $51,521 72.92%
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 35 $47,794 74.47%
Florida Employees Over Time
Florida has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 11,661 employees were hired. Florida peaked in 2018 with 19,501 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 2,820 in 2025.

Top Countries with Workers in Florida From PERM Program (All Years)

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
India 4,442 $4,828,874 46.59%
Venezuela 1,578 $58,794 40.66%
Brazil 1,437 $150,395 40.74%
Philippines 1,393 $816,849 51.42%
Colombia 849 $45,559 44.24%
Mexico 441 $392,363 44.01%
Canada 421 $715,591 42.44%
China 409 $2,666,782 45.24%
Argentina 366 $67,747 44.36%
Italy 284 $98,948 42.64%

Top Hiring Companies in Florida (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Bauer Foundation Corp 10 $74,173 83.33%
Applied Foundation Testing Llc 10 $72,692 83.33%
Philips North America Llc 10 $80,638 83.33%
It Topspot Llc 10 $63,064 83.33%
Avventis Inc 10 $68,952 83.33%
Vings Technologies Limited 10 $62,739 83.33%
Altran Enterprises Usa Inc 10 $52,187 83.33%
Langan Engineering And Environmental Services Inc 10 $57,728 83.33%
Embraer Executive Aircraft Inc 10 $89,848 83.33%
Iprocedures Llc 10 $76,739 83.33%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
El Paisa Food Corp 1 $50,752 33.33%
Cebb Engineering Testing Co 1 $50,461 33.33%
Lee And Cho Inc Dba Lees Alterations 1 $35,235 33.33%
Innovative Petroleum Products Llc 1 $38,126 33.33%
Gencom Asset Management Co Lp 1 $99,549 33.33%
Nova Consulting Inc 1 $50,586 33.33%
Chevron Corporation 1 $35,251 33.33%
Prioria Robotics Inc 1 $63,128 33.33%
Kensington Usa Reinsurance Corporation 1 $43,576 33.33%
Baf Worldwide 1 $50,066 33.33%

Top Industries in Florida (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Child Care Services 97 $41,842 88.18%
Employment Placement Agencies 95 $71,477 87.16%
Professional Employer Organizations 93 $115,252 86.11%
Consumer Lending 93 $82,817 86.11%
Sales Financing 93 $79,417 86.92%
Translation And Interpretation Services 93 $43,140 87.74%
All Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing 92 $81,537 86.79%
Satellite Telecommunications 91 $81,742 89.22%
Advertising Public Relations And Related Services 90 $61,745 88.24%
Plumbing Heating And Air Conditioning Contractors 89 $62,155 88.12%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

Florida Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in Florida to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in Florida over all years is $72,918. 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