State comparison

Georgia vs New York

H-1B filing geography compared side-by-side. Volume, national share, top sponsoring employers and most-filed occupations. Built from the same DOL LCA data that drives every page on H1B Report.

Summary

Georgia and New York are both significant H-1B sponsorship states, but New York leads substantially in filing volume. New York has filed 779,382 H-1B petitions all-time, more than 2.5 times Georgia's 310,027 filings. This reflects New York's larger population, major metropolitan centers (especially New York City), and concentration of multinational corporations, financial services, and tech employers.

Georgia's 310K filings place it among the top H-1B states nationwide, driven by Atlanta's growing tech and business services sector, along with manufacturing and logistics hubs. The gap between the two states underscores how visa sponsorship correlates with regional economic scale and industry mix. New York's dominance in finance, media, and consulting translates to higher overall H-1B petition volume, while Georgia's filings reflect a more diversified economic base.

Georgia vs New York H-1B
H-1B filings comparison
Georgia H-1B sponsorship
New York H-1B petitions
state H-1B volume

State A

Georgia

GARank #8

State B

New York

NYRank #3

Key metrics

National share is each state’s portion of total US H-1B filings.

Metric	Georgia	New York
Total filings	310,027	779,382▲
National share %	3.32%	8.35%▲
Rank nationally	#8	#3▲
Top sponsor	CAPGEMINI AMERICA INC	Ernst & Young U.S. LLP
Top sponsor share	3.9%	2.5%
Top occupation	Software Developers	Software Developers

Filings by fiscal year

Year-over-year H-1B demand in each state.

Georgia

Time series
Period	Value
FY2010	9,498
FY2011	10,833
FY2012	12,734
FY2013	13,995
FY2014	17,729
FY2015	23,027
FY2016	24,861
FY2017	22,521
FY2018	23,311
FY2019	2,838
FY2020	19,614
FY2021	28,133
FY2022	23,441
FY2023	24,874
FY2024	22,646
FY2025	22,310
FY2026	7,662

New York

Time series
Period	Value
FY2010	41,791
FY2011	41,780
FY2012	44,516
FY2013	42,575
FY2014	48,882
FY2015	55,025
FY2016	58,674
FY2017	54,974
FY2018	58,296
FY2019	6,707
FY2020	46,888
FY2021	67,785
FY2022	47,736
FY2023	50,649
FY2024	45,271
FY2025	50,305
FY2026	17,528

Top 5 sponsors — Georgia

1CAPGEMINI AMERICA INC7,3003.9%
2INFOSYS LIMITED6,5913.5%
3TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED5,8113.1%
4COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORP3,9622.1%
5Tech Mahindra (Americas) Inc.3,8812.0%

Top 5 sponsors — New York

1Ernst & Young U.S. LLP11,3512.5%
2JPMorgan Chase & Co.7,2081.6%
3GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC6,4911.4%
4INFOSYS LIMITED6,2531.4%
5TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED5,4901.2%

Top 5 occupations — Georgia

115-1252Software Developers102,821
215-1211Computer Systems Analysts35,024
315-1299Computer Occupations, All Other23,856
415-1251Computer Programmers15,192
515-1253Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers14,418

Top 5 occupations — New York

115-1252Software Developers127,566
213-2051Financial and Investment Analysts53,542
315-1211Computer Systems Analysts43,076
415-2051Data Scientists37,071
515-1299Computer Occupations, All Other34,721

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