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 %
Actuaries 1,422 $104,458 89.43%
Rehabilitation Counselors 1,403 $33,606 88.69%
Computer and Information Research Scientists 1,384 $110,520 87.54%
Business Operations Specialists, All Other 1,378 $57,554 93.81%
Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers 1,374 $76,814 93.66%
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other 1,352 $65,850 93.56%
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 1,313 $56,484 90.93%
Credit Analysts 1,295 $89,473 90.37%
Commercial and Industrial Designers 1,238 $58,073 87.31%
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 1,223 $77,614 89.01%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Information Security Analysts 129 $125,164 87.16%
Economists 125 $97,451 88.03%
Interior Designers 125 $53,258 88.03%
Cooks, Restaurant 117 $31,397 82.98%
Multimedia Artists and Animators 117 $66,806 82.98%
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 115 $55,079 82.73%
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 115 $44,145 84.56%
Occupational Therapists 107 $14,927,247 78.68%
Physical Therapist Assistants 104 $49,903 77.04%
Sales Managers 103 $151,355 78.03%
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 %
Research Foundation For The State University Of New York 126 $60,337 88.73%
Csc Covansys Corporation 126 $66,507 89.36%
Ahrc Nyc 126 $37,285 90.00%
Alstom Transportation Inc 126 $78,986 90.00%
Citadel Enterprise Americas Services Llc 125 $120,614 89.29%
Sap America Inc 124 $102,111 88.57%
Albert Einstein College Of Medicine Inc 124 $46,886 89.21%
Prosoft It Services Inc 124 $50,650 89.21%
Fractal Analytics Inc 124 $99,347 89.21%
Niit Technologies Limited 123 $65,267 88.49%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Sky Partners Llc 4 $36,582 100.00%
Kutiks Nucs Queens 4 $34,356 100.00%
Lamoreaux Landing Wine Cellars Llc 4 $36,322 100.00%
Red Jacket Orchards Inc 4 $26,452 100.00%
Pazienza Enterprises Llc Dba The Bloomin Haus 4 $22,204 100.00%
T S Crop Service Inc 4 $41,818 100.00%
Zeze Choice Flowers Inc 4 $34,008 100.00%
J Van Duser Farms Inc 4 $36,140 100.00%
Patt Bros Llc 4 $25,283 100.00%
Domenick Bulfamante And Sons Inc 4 $31,819 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Future Wok Inc 8 $30,566 36.36%
Envisage Information Systems 8 $75,975 36.36%
Intertek Testing Services Na Inc 8 $76,944 36.36%
Li Champions Taekwondo Inc 8 $33,678 36.36%
Hirani Engineering And Land Sur Pc 8 $74,792 36.36%
Harvard Management Associates Inc 8 $62,242 36.36%
Tiger Pacific Capital Lp 8 $146,310 36.36%
Dimension Data North America 8 $111,519 36.36%
Municipal Testing Lab Inc 8 $62,096 36.36%
Acr Capital Llc 8 $114,554 36.36%

Top Industries in New York (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing 34 $74,712 89.47%
Plastics Product Manufacturing 33 $67,196 86.84%
Drinking Places Alcoholic Beverages 33 $60,840 86.84%
Photography Studios Portrait 33 $46,863 86.84%
Performing Arts Companies 33 $60,650 89.19%
Books Printing 33 $73,629 89.19%
Newspaper Publishers 32 $80,605 86.49%
Other Building Finishing Contractors 32 $69,988 86.49%
Beverage Manufacturing 32 $85,487 86.49%
Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing 32 $68,191 86.49%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

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