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Louisiana Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
18,737 60.71% $65,369 H-1B
9,777 31.68% $22,052 H-2A
1,954 6.33% $293,597 PERM
396 1.28% $79,698 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Louisiana has seen a total of 30,864 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Louisiana is the H-1B visa with 18,737 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 60.71% of Louisiana's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the H-2A visa with 9,777 H-2A visas on record over all years accounting for 31.68% of Louisiana's total visas.

Top Occupations in Louisiana (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Developers, Applications 1,592 $69,604 89.34%
Computer Systems Analysts 1,017 $54,897 92.04%
Computer Programmers 939 $53,676 90.38%
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 549 $62,370 73.89%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 453 $144,501 94.97%
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 430 $40,743 92.08%
Computer Occupations, All Other 372 $57,155 92.08%
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 333 $43,356 86.95%
Mechanical Engineers 326 $76,357 86.93%
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 288 $46,198 80.45%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Louisiana Employees Over Time
Louisiana has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 1,182 employees were hired. Louisiana peaked in 2015 with 2,095 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 1,326 in 2023.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
India 259 $1,688,366 42.81%
Mexico 207 $34,626 38.91%
China 101 $39,891 57.71%
Vietnam 83 $18,826 54.97%
Cambodia 79 $17,763 62.20%
Nepal 71 $40,144 57.26%
South Korea 55 $29,395 52.38%
Iran 37 $25,757 39.78%
Brazil 34 $41,022 44.16%
Philippines 28 $51,046 38.89%

Top Hiring Companies in Louisiana (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Ibm India Private Limited 985 $51,322 80.54%
Comtec Consultants Inc 713 $62,429 92.96%
Ochsner Clinic Foundation 427 $72,126 74.91%
Cgi Technologies And Solutions Inc 420 $61,751 73.94%
Lsu Health Sciences Center 414 $52,733 95.17%
Ibm Corporation 390 $71,342 91.33%
Louisiana State University And A M College 324 $44,949 76.96%
Infosytech Solutions Inc 302 $47,399 90.69%
Administrators Of The Tulane Educational Fund 273 $56,688 90.10%
Dxc Technology Services Llc 266 $81,782 91.41%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Corporate Green Llc 186 $4,898,455 100.00%
Louisiana Pride Catfish Inc 169 $17,590 100.00%
Louisiana State University And A M College 142 $50,510 100.00%
Ferrara Fire Apparatus Inc 60 $21,022 46.51%
Ochsner Clinic Foundation 57 $2,117,110 53.77%
Kergan Brothers Inc 35 $18,096 35.35%
The Administrators Of The Tulane Educational Fund 25 $52,284 29.41%
Apogee Medical Group Louisiana Inc 25 $166,897 31.65%
St Francis Medical Group Llc 24 $130,124 34.29%
Calcasieu Parish School System 23 $40,485 38.33%

Top Industries in Louisiana (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 3,577 $61,338 89.72%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 3,034 $50,222 80.26%
Elementary And Secondary Schools 1,221 $42,440 87.34%
Engineering Services 1,171 $71,176 87.58%
Offices Of Physicians Except Mental Health Specialists 794 $145,783 90.74%
Computer Systems Design Services 778 $61,148 95.11%
General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 656 $83,652 94.52%
Other Computer Related Services 238 $64,519 82.93%
Offices Of Certified Public Accountants 184 $54,070 90.20%
Support Activities For Oil And Gas Operations 133 $65,255 76.44%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Sugarcane Farming 833 $22,723 47.20%
Nursery And Tree Production 255 $23,015 30.61%
Oilseed And Grain Combination Farming 169 $24,593 63.06%
All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming 129 $19,636 50.59%
Apiculture 98 $22,864 57.99%
Soybean Farming 77 $22,063 59.69%
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders 72 $23,653 58.06%
Crop Harvesting Primarily By Machine 57 $23,199 57.00%
Other Aquaculture 48 $22,435 48.98%
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming 39 $21,551 50.65%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 666 $51,323 100.00%
Landscaping Services 434 $2,114,362 100.00%
Elementary And Secondary Schools 336 $48,850 100.00%
Custom Computer Programming Services 217 $73,889 100.00%
Offices Of Physicians Except Mental Health Specialists 178 $612,020 82.03%
Heavy Duty Truck Manufacturing 60 $21,022 29.27%
Sugarcane Farming 38 $31,549 21.35%
Computer Systems Design Services 28 $63,615 25.00%
Rice Farming 21 $31,674 24.42%
Nursery And Tree Production 20 $19,503 33.33%

Louisiana Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in Louisiana to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in Louisiana over all years is $65,369. 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