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
251,530 90.49% $85,215 H-1B
21,761 7.83% $124,662 PERM
2,879 1.04% $98,182 E-3 Australian
1,798 0.65% $27,267 H-2A

As of May 2023, Massachusetts has seen a total of 277,968 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Massachusetts is the H-1B visa with 251,530 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 90.49% of Massachusetts's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 21,761 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 7.83% of Massachusetts's total visas.

Top Occupations in Massachusetts (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Investment Fund Managers 8 $124,740 80.00%
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary 8 $56,260 80.00%
Audiologists 8 $63,001 80.00%
Civil Engineering Technicians 8 $51,110 80.00%
Personal Financial Advisors 8 $59,436 80.00%
Web Administrators 8 $67,262 80.00%
Historians 8 $50,118 80.00%
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 8 $54,493 88.89%
Marriage and Family Therapists 7 $40,691 77.78%
Artists and Related Workers, All Other 7 $47,760 77.78%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
File Clerks 1 $29,723 8.33%
Driver/Sales Workers 1 $23,650 8.33%
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians 1 $70,762 8.33%
Automotive Engineers 1 $74,963 8.33%
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other 1 $75,421 8.33%
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 1 $34,715 8.33%
Glaziers 1 $47,507 8.33%
Athletic Trainers 1 $50,570 8.33%
Cooks, All Other 1 $28,454 8.33%
Residential Advisors 1 $31,470 9.09%
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 3,321 in 2025.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
India 7,977 $166,569 47.75%
China 1,561 $88,675 49.97%
Brazil 645 $48,050 46.71%
Canada 440 $104,775 45.41%
South Korea 170 $64,997 41.46%
United Kingdom 157 $1,232,094 42.20%
Mexico 144 $85,586 43.90%
Turkey 128 $77,137 47.23%
Nepal 117 $78,217 45.00%
Pakistan 110 $94,591 46.41%

Top Hiring Companies in Massachusetts (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Kool Smiles Mac Pc 28 $108,976 87.50%
Aztec Technologies Inc 28 $76,985 87.50%
Elevatebio Base Camp Inc 28 $117,080 87.50%
Superior Office Solutions Inc 28 $72,270 87.50%
Mainstreamtek Corporation 28 $79,124 87.50%
Sana Biotechnology Inc 28 $103,731 87.50%
Schneider Electric It Corporation 28 $123,233 87.50%
Mediamath Inc 28 $86,693 87.50%
Quintiles Inc 28 $81,635 90.32%
Galatea Associates Llc 28 $88,393 90.32%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Bay State Pie Co Inc 2 $39,031 40.00%
J2 Interactive Llc 2 $106,663 40.00%
Harvard Bioscience Inc 2 $88,743 40.00%
Ming Seafood Restaurant Inc 2 $35,756 40.00%
Dc Beane And Associates Construction Companyllc 2 $59,062 40.00%
Skillsoft Corporation 2 $78,125 40.00%
Gtt Llc 2 $111,260 40.00%
Tivo Corporation 2 $123,658 40.00%
Worldpay Ecommerce Llc 2 $98,031 40.00%
Master Lee Us Taekwondo Inc 2 $26,967 40.00%

Top Industries in Massachusetts (All Years)

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 $85,215. 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