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 %
Financial Managers 1,958 $161,975 90.40%
Interior Designers 1,934 $50,929 90.25%
Architectural and Civil Drafters 1,892 $47,735 89.12%
Business Intelligence Analysts 1,831 $80,343 89.32%
Cost Estimators 1,737 $63,096 85.65%
General and Operations Managers 1,641 $116,619 84.24%
Biochemists and Biophysicists 1,641 $56,504 85.87%
Industrial Engineers 1,622 $78,578 86.05%
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 1,545 $85,479 83.69%
Information Technology Project Managers 1,484 $91,590 92.92%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Public Relations Specialists 155 $56,980 85.16%
Actuaries 151 $131,221 84.36%
Architectural and Civil Drafters 147 $50,374 84.00%
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 141 $27,192 81.50%
Architectural and Engineering Managers 141 $128,285 81.50%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 141 $139,712 82.46%
Childcare Workers 139 $25,591 82.25%
Credit Analysts 132 $108,865 79.52%
Industrial Engineers 132 $83,108 81.48%
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 131 $148,677 82.39%
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 %
India 16,137 $239,806 52.21%
China 4,513 $131,726 50.78%
Canada 1,530 $418,350 47.03%
South Korea 1,381 $149,179 44.41%
United Kingdom 885 $119,155 51.27%
France 670 $116,989 40.34%
Mexico 554 $66,524 39.51%
Brazil 527 $262,469 38.00%
Philippines 501 $2,725,002 36.70%
Japan 342 $80,284 31.81%

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 %
Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers 25 $36,373 100.00%
Floriculture Production 23 $32,566 100.00%
Poultry Hatcheries 23 $32,510 100.00%
Food Crops Grown Under Cover 23 $31,889 100.00%
Landscaping Services 22 $32,140 100.00%
Apiculture 21 $31,723 100.00%
Agriculture Forestry Fishing And Hunting 20 $30,987 100.00%
Other Noncitrus Fruit Farming 19 $26,251 100.00%
Support Activities For Crop Production 17 $32,788 100.00%
Chicken Egg Production 17 $28,953 100.00%

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