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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Georgia Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
241,326 90.10% $79,589 H-1B
21,270 7.94% $134,505 PERM
3,595 1.34% $25,486 H-2A
1,664 0.62% $95,353 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Georgia has seen a total of 267,855 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Georgia is the H-1B visa with 241,326 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 90.10% of Georgia's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 21,270 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 7.94% of Georgia's total visas.

Top Occupations in Georgia (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Developers, Applications 46,363 $84,322 91.59%
Computer Systems Analysts 34,353 $67,701 93.36%
Computer Programmers 20,163 $64,210 89.04%
Computer Occupations, All Other 12,702 $76,001 93.64%
Software Developers, Systems Software 6,195 $89,646 90.80%
Computer and Information Systems Managers 3,879 $129,751 94.59%
Management Analysts 3,793 $79,282 93.19%
Database Administrators 3,330 $75,211 90.83%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 3,109 $69,554 90.61%
Operations Research Analysts 3,045 $65,644 94.01%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Developers, Applications 4,116 $286,984 112.74%
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 3,102 $21,144 156.90%
Computer Systems Analysts 1,189 $88,014 96.75%
Computer Occupations, All Other 710 $99,373 74.19%
Computer and Information Systems Managers 482 $117,927 60.48%
Software Developers, Systems Software 430 $647,134 57.95%
Packers and Packagers, Hand 359 $19,654 50.56%
Cooks, Restaurant 268 $21,955 43.44%
Accountants and Auditors 257 $70,799 56.86%
Helpers--Production Workers 246 $20,272 55.28%
Georgia Employees Over Time
Georgia has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 8,707 employees were hired. Georgia peaked in 2016 with 21,146 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 3,857 in 2025.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Colombia 151 $39,583 35.53%
Bangladesh 137 $38,022 34.16%
Cambodia 125 $21,330 37.43%
El Salvador 114 $28,388 37.75%
Nigeria 106 $49,191 42.06%
Jamaica 103 $49,399 47.69%
Philippines 98 $3,786,624 50.00%
Germany 87 $82,129 44.85%
United Kingdom 79 $88,414 46.75%
South Africa 60 $76,448 44.44%

Top Hiring Companies in Georgia (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Home Depot Usa Inc 421 $87,778 88.82%
Amazon Web Services Inc 419 $101,056 88.58%
Honeywell International Inc 414 $111,982 87.71%
Kforce Inc 412 $96,219 87.66%
Suntrust Banks Inc 411 $82,354 87.63%
Mckinsey Company Inc United States 394 $88,998 84.37%
Syntel Inc 393 $71,108 90.55%
Georgia State University 389 $47,051 90.26%
Onetrust Llc 389 $93,303 92.62%
S2 It Group Llc 385 $70,676 92.77%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Lionheart Construction Llc 9 $25,385 100.00%
Paloma Harvesting Inc 9 $22,685 100.00%
Grebel Pecan Services Inc 9 $24,740 100.00%
Juan Vega 9 $26,291 100.00%
Picked Fresh Produce Inc 9 $26,465 100.00%
Harvestco Llc 9 $25,944 100.00%
Rambo 1 Llc 9 $28,591 100.00%
M A Produce Llc 9 $28,478 100.00%
Red Harvesting Inc 9 $25,574 100.00%
Double J Harvesting Inc 9 $30,527 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Solutions Group Inc 29 $89,103 28.43%
Spry Info Solutions Inc 29 $103,651 28.43%
Southern Gunite Lp 29 $29,877 28.71%
Tifton Aluminum Extrusion 29 $20,717 28.71%
Cobb International Farmers Market 28 $17,020 28.00%
Keshav Consulting Solutionsllc 28 $85,467 28.28%
Blackrock Financial Management 28 $100,363 28.28%
Rivi Consulting Group Llc 27 $94,587 27.84%
Deloitte Tax Llp 27 $68,486 28.13%
Delta Information Systems Inc 27 $97,713 28.13%

Top Industries in Georgia (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Rv Recreational Vehicle Parks And Recreational Camps 1 $45,219 100.00%
Animal Slaughtering And Processing 1 $55,474 100.00%
Community Housing Services 1 $38,459 100.00%
Logging 1 $64,854 100.00%
Technical And Trade Schools 1 $51,875 100.00%
Land Subdivision 1 $86,070 100.00%
Building Equipment Contractors 1 $97,989 100.00%
Reconstituted Wood Product Manufacturing 1 $51,626 100.00%
Tire Manufacturing 1 $76,690 100.00%
American Indian And Alaska Native Tribal Governments 1 $76,336 100.00%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

Georgia Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in Georgia to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in Georgia over all years is $79,589. 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