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 %
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other 38 $43,849 82.61%
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary 38 $50,877 82.61%
Insurance Sales Agents 38 $64,744 82.61%
Producers 37 $66,119 82.22%
Agricultural Engineers 37 $64,294 84.09%
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School 37 $61,006 84.09%
Securities and Commodities Traders 37 $123,550 84.09%
Photonics Engineers 37 $81,576 86.05%
Transportation Planners 37 $82,852 86.05%
Manufacturing Engineers 36 $74,899 83.72%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Insurance Sales Agents 7 $61,960 29.17%
Education Administrators, All Other 7 $69,454 29.17%
Microbiologists 7 $47,391 29.17%
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 7 $88,305 29.17%
Orderlies 7 $30,323 29.17%
Judicial Law Clerks 7 $63,143 29.17%
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 7 $43,514 29.17%
Agricultural Equipment Operators 7 $30,424 29.17%
Tax Preparers 7 $49,997 29.17%
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 7 $63,443 29.17%
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 %
Yemen 2 $75,015 40.00%
Ivory Coast 2 $100,381 40.00%
Saint Vincent And The Grenadines 2 $100,995 50.00%
Liechtenstein 2 $171,926 50.00%
Luxembourg 2 $79,072 50.00%
Mali 2 $103,397 50.00%
Palestine 2 $73,081 50.00%
United Arab Emirates 2 $94,536 50.00%
Afghanistan 2 $60,086 66.67%
Guinea-bissau 2 $67,330 66.67%

Top Hiring Companies in New York (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Vst Consulting Inc 111 $62,836 88.80%
Axioma Inc 110 $87,633 88.71%
Kaleida Health 110 $81,054 88.71%
M2 Resources Inc 110 $75,830 88.71%
Speridian Technologies Llc 110 $57,903 89.43%
Staten Island University Hospital 110 $64,149 89.43%
Universal Medical Records Information Network Corp 109 $54,947 88.62%
Mizuho Securities Usa Llc 109 $128,947 88.62%
Sublime Wireless Inc 108 $70,917 87.80%
Ariston Tek Inc 108 $61,059 88.52%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Evolutionary Organic 3 $20,932 100.00%
Lewis J Myruski Iii 3 $23,150 100.00%
Kinderhook Creek Farm 3 $23,123 100.00%
Smr Dyer Farms Llc 3 $34,951 100.00%
Main Street Farms 3 $26,666 100.00%
Stantons Feura Farm 3 $21,091 100.00%
Beckens Fruit Farm Incorporated 3 $25,404 100.00%
Windmilll Farms 3 $36,435 100.00%
Locust Grove Farm 3 $22,416 100.00%
Trade Winds Farm Tac Llc 3 $22,117 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Gravitas Technology Services Llc 7 $112,282 35.00%
Noom Inc 7 $104,722 35.00%
Brookhaven Science Associates Llc 7 $96,182 35.00%
Flow Traders Us Llc 7 $130,092 35.00%
Media Planning Group Usa Llc 7 $101,789 36.84%
Xaxis 7 $116,157 36.84%
Advance Magazine Publishers Inc Dba Condooo Nast 7 $95,202 36.84%
Long Island Electric Utility Servco Llc 7 $122,711 36.84%
Trebbianno Llc 7 $113,092 36.84%
Transfinder Corporation 7 $49,462 36.84%

Top Industries in New York (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 98,495 $78,853 91.49%
Computer Systems Design Services 25,735 $91,512 88.37%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 23,927 $60,562 84.63%
Offices Of Certified Public Accountants 17,768 $87,003 95.70%
General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 17,070 $85,476 92.90%
Administrative Management And General Management Consulting Services 13,030 $94,648 94.65%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 10,408 $89,192 88.44%
Offices Of Lawyers 9,458 $111,482 85.41%
Commercial Banking 9,377 $100,032 90.99%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services 7,825 $88,284 90.05%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Apple Orchards 1,886 $30,351 100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming 696 $32,749 100.00%
Fruit And Tree Nut Farming 541 $32,484 100.00%
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming 288 $28,231 100.00%
Nursery And Tree Production 171 $30,288 100.00%
Greenhouse Nursery And Floriculture Production 160 $29,782 100.00%
All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming 142 $27,351 100.00%
Crop Production 139 $32,082 100.00%
Noncitrus Fruit And Tree Nut Farming 123 $31,543 100.00%
All Other Crop Farming 122 $32,754 100.00%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 19,070 $114,748 100.00%
Computer Systems Design Services 4,093 $95,495 100.00%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 3,890 $97,316 100.00%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 2,968 $59,062 100.00%
Administrative Management And General Management Consulting Services 2,575 $116,449 100.00%
Offices Of Certified Public Accountants 2,166 $110,937 100.00%
Commercial Banking 1,792 $114,618 100.00%
Engineering Services 1,608 $85,343 100.00%
Offices Of Lawyers 1,557 $219,317 100.00%
Offices Of Other Holding Companies 1,477 $118,161 100.00%

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