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 %
Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers 1,427 $82,728 91.07%
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 1,401 $84,708 91.09%
Electrical Engineers 1,357 $92,158 90.17%
Dentists, General 1,283 $115,617 86.51%
Chemists 1,192 $76,842 83.77%
Rehabilitation Counselors 1,151 $33,274 91.06%
Molecular and Cellular Biologists 1,106 $72,807 89.85%
Industrial Engineers 1,082 $87,809 88.33%
Biomedical Engineers 1,020 $85,419 84.86%
Engineers, All Other 1,011 $78,969 86.41%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 104 $64,240 140.54%
Industrial Engineers 98 $93,479 132.43%
Economists 91 $81,349 124.66%
Financial Managers 77 $129,374 108.45%
Civil Engineers 71 $82,295 104.41%
Chemists 71 $84,070 104.41%
Information Security Analysts 68 $101,370 101.49%
Actuaries 62 $104,772 93.94%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 60 $131,647 90.91%
Operations Research Analysts 60 $68,655 92.31%
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 %
Kenya 27 $60,815 48.21%
Poland 23 $77,291 47.92%
Costa Rica 23 $95,182 47.92%
El Salvador 22 $68,546 45.83%
Jordan 21 $90,756 45.65%
Singapore 20 $95,731 43.48%
Syria 19 $106,499 46.34%
Ghana 18 $70,338 43.90%
Indonesia 17 $86,297 42.50%
Peru 17 $87,965 45.95%

Top Hiring Companies in Massachusetts (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Amazoncom Services Llc 1,480 $94,866 92.38%
Ibm Corporation 1,342 $88,838 86.52%
Akamai Technologies Inc 1,288 $100,845 83.20%
Dotcom Team Llc 1,222 $74,078 83.87%
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology 1,188 $53,716 83.02%
Dana Farber Cancer Institute 1,051 $53,501 78.43%
Ventois Inc 1,050 $72,836 82.68%
Ibm India Private Limited 1,017 $77,026 80.27%
Capgemini America Inc 1,000 $91,909 94.16%
Trustees Of Boston University 899 $65,278 86.03%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Dw Matrix Inc 59 $96,933 26.82%
Intel Federal Inc 57 $100,583 26.03%
Boston Higashi School Inc 57 $35,933 26.51%
Beacon Hill Staffing Group Llc 54 $115,977 25.59%
Kpmg Llp 53 $85,871 25.85%
Abridge Info Systems Inc 53 $90,574 29.12%
Solution It 53 $119,524 29.78%
Netbrain Technologies Inc 53 $94,329 30.11%
Aspen Technology Inc 52 $93,329 31.71%
Starpoint Solutions Llc 51 $82,503 31.29%

Top Industries in Massachusetts (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming 430 $26,030 100.00%
All Other Crop Farming 370 $32,380 100.00%
Other Crop Farming 134 $31,247 100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming 23 $32,144 100.00%
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming 14 $25,962 100.00%
Greenhouse Nursery And Floriculture Production 12 $30,706 100.00%
Crop Production 9 $30,971 100.00%
Fruit And Tree Nut Farming 7 $30,237 100.00%
Apple Orchards 4 $31,626 100.00%
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders 3 $35,256 100.00%

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.

State Avg Wage