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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Massachusetts Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas	% of all Visas	Average Wage	Visa Type
231,185	90.36%	$83,357	H-1B
20,337	7.95%	$126,710	PERM
2,660	1.04%	$96,062	E-3 Australian
1,653	0.65%	$26,420	H-2A

As of May 2023, Massachusetts has seen a total of 255,835 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Massachusetts is the H-1B visa with 231,185 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 90.36% of Massachusetts's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 20,337 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 7.95% of Massachusetts's total visas.

Top Occupations in Massachusetts (All Years)

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Writers and Authors	22	$45,771	88.00%
Surveyors	22	$48,566	88.00%
Chefs and Head Cooks	21	$54,106	84.00%
Chemical Technicians	21	$43,785	87.50%
Producers and Directors	21	$51,381	87.50%
Mechanical Drafters	21	$48,898	87.50%
Social Workers, All Other	20	$33,526	83.33%
Fundraisers	20	$48,053	83.33%
Chiropractors	20	$78,503	86.96%
Recreational Therapists	19	$39,463	82.61%

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Physical Therapists	2	$75,712	14.29%
Financial Quantitative Analysts	2	$96,554	14.29%
Surveyors	2	$37,253	14.29%
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers	2	$59,780	14.29%
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	2	$44,127	14.29%
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand	2	$29,016	14.29%
Travel Agents	2	$50,773	14.29%
Helpers--Carpenters	2	$25,231	14.29%
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	2	$58,687	14.29%
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	2	$43,743	14.29%

Massachusetts Employees Over Time

Massachusetts has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 11,636 employees were hired. Massachusetts peaked in 2018 with 21,834 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 18,259 in 2023.

Top Countries with Workers in Massachusetts From PERM Program (All Years)

Country	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Burkina Faso	2	$106,351	50.00%
Macau	2	$61,818	50.00%
Cambodia	2	$89,107	50.00%
Latvia	2	$87,433	50.00%
Estonia	2	$68,399	50.00%
Senegal	2	$98,412	66.67%
Montenegro	2	$69,649	66.67%
Malawi	2	$68,212	66.67%
Tanzania	2	$59,474	66.67%
Iceland	2	$65,805	66.67%

Top Hiring Companies in Massachusetts (All Years)

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
The Mathworks Inc	4,738	$90,198	94.50%
Wipro Limited	4,682	$77,094	96.84%
Ernst Young Us Llp	3,015	$78,403	98.30%
Infosys Limited	2,961	$74,751	98.70%
Wayfair Llc	2,675	$98,197	90.01%
Deloitte Consulting Llp	2,593	$84,504	95.44%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Us Corp	2,564	$88,993	96.75%
Avco Consulting Inc	2,465	$68,322	93.58%
Tata Consultancy Services Limited	2,136	$74,488	84.96%
Emc Corporation	2,019	$91,057	81.25%

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Emc Corporation	618	$98,023	49.68%
Oracle America Inc	342	$98,390	30.29%
Amazoncom Services Llc	297	$94,207	28.13%
Google Llc	219	$100,901	23.65%
Hyannis Air Service Inc	211	$36,722	26.38%
Novartis Institutes For Biomedical Research Inc	182	$73,349	29.45%
The Boston Consulting Group	139	$122,567	27.04%
Baystate Medical Practices Inc	133	$142,489	27.59%
Amadeus North America Inc	127	$97,393	27.43%
National Medical Care An Fmc Company	102	$105,124	26.91%

Top Industries in Massachusetts (All Years)

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Other Building Finishing Contractors	5	$60,615	100.00%
Independent Artists Writers And Performers	5	$56,391	100.00%
Other Plastics Product Manufacturing	5	$91,250	100.00%
Grain And Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers	5	$116,330	100.00%
All Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing	5	$122,978	100.00%
Manufactured Home Mobile Home Manufacturing	5	$84,469	100.00%
Other Community Housing Services	5	$45,797	100.00%
Paint And Wallpaper Retailers	5	$61,492	100.00%
Frozen Specialty Food Manufacturing	5	$57,516	100.00%
Plastics Packaging Materials And Unlaminated Film And Sheet Manufacturing	5	$63,157	100.00%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Massachusetts Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in Massachusetts to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in Massachusetts over all years is $83,357. The state with the highest average wage of H1-B workers for all states is CA with an average wage of $100,819.