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 %
Environmental Engineering Technicians 14 $40,401 87.50%
Drafters, All Other 13 $37,696 81.25%
Foresters 13 $61,056 81.25%
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 13 $65,285 86.67%
Urologists 13 $132,611 86.67%
Acupuncturists 13 $54,194 86.67%
Bioinformatics Technicians 12 $47,978 80.00%
Nurse Anesthetists 12 $161,994 80.00%
Biochemical Engineers 12 $68,839 85.71%
Appraisers, Real Estate 11 $63,676 78.57%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Fabric Menders, Except Garment 3 $31,110 15.79%
Therapists, All Other 3 $62,455 15.79%
Vocational Education Teachers, Postsecondary 3 $79,442 15.79%
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 3 $56,597 15.79%
Concierges 3 $43,853 15.79%
Craft Artists 3 $52,021 15.79%
Loan Interviewers and Clerks 3 $36,872 15.79%
Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers 3 $66,227 15.79%
Epidemiologists 3 $57,408 15.79%
Dishwashers 3 $21,438 15.79%
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 %
Suriname 3 $44,311 50.00%
Bermuda 3 $77,612 50.00%
Gambia 3 $68,151 50.00%
Botswana 3 $103,889 50.00%
Burkina Faso 3 $114,670 50.00%
Republic Of Congo 3 $57,713 60.00%
Belize 3 $78,096 60.00%
Cote D'ivoire 3 $56,333 60.00%
Rwanda 2 $116,127 40.00%
Iraq 2 $107,494 40.00%

Top Hiring Companies in New York (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Syntel Inc 533 $79,001 86.81%
Standard Poors Financial Services Llc 524 $111,264 86.61%
Jefferies Llc 520 $111,130 87.10%
Avani Technology Solutions Inc 518 $63,561 86.91%
International Business Machines Corporation 512 $109,488 88.12%
Syntel Consulting Inc 512 $74,694 89.35%
Lt Technology Services Limited 508 $67,266 88.81%
Bank Of China 507 $66,786 88.95%
Rochester General Hospital 497 $97,636 87.35%
Alliancebernstein Lp 494 $100,711 87.43%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Russells Tree Shrub Farm Llc 16 $27,654 100.00%
Maple Ridge Fruit Farm Llc 16 $31,301 100.00%
Oliver Paine Greenhouses 16 $26,943 100.00%
George W Saulpaugh Son Inc 15 $23,706 100.00%
Fowler Bros Inc 15 $21,597 100.00%
Tree Crisp Orchards Llc 15 $28,848 100.00%
Peters Lakeaire 15 $32,338 100.00%
Sergeant Farms 15 $32,161 100.00%
Milk Pail Llc 15 $26,783 100.00%
Toussaint Farms Llc 15 $30,788 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Actimize Inc 36 $109,276 37.50%
Coach Inc 35 $104,318 36.46%
Ove Arup Partners Pc 35 $79,000 37.63%
White Case Llp 35 $139,415 37.63%
Csra State And Local Solutions Llc 35 $88,899 37.63%
Crystal Window Door Systems Ltd 34 $61,217 36.56%
Citadel Enterprise Americas Llc 34 $111,968 36.96%
Exoduspoint Capital Management Lp 34 $126,781 36.96%
Fractal Analytics 34 $110,197 37.36%
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton Garrison Llp 33 $143,550 36.67%

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