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 %
Information Technology Project Managers	961	$91,072	94.49%
Web Developers	908	$65,125	92.37%
Information Security Analysts	902	$91,184	92.70%
Business Intelligence Analysts	892	$79,821	91.96%
Civil Engineers	845	$71,789	87.66%
Economists	805	$82,160	84.74%
Computer and Information Research Scientists	801	$100,358	85.94%
Bioinformatics Scientists	796	$79,158	85.68%
Internists, General	780	$147,110	86.67%
Biological Technicians	771	$43,961	87.91%

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Biomedical Engineers	60	$90,612	93.75%
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	59	$36,513	92.19%
Engineers, All Other	56	$105,449	90.32%
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	53	$27,259	89.83%
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	52	$75,016	91.23%
Compliance Officers	52	$77,709	92.86%
Architectural and Engineering Managers	50	$133,736	89.29%
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary	48	$69,277	85.71%
Natural Sciences Managers	47	$157,664	85.45%
Computer Network Architects	47	$113,150	85.45%

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 %
Moldova	3	$95,999	50.00%
Palestine	3	$67,246	60.00%
Turkmenistan	2	$40,862	40.00%
Sudan	2	$120,879	40.00%
Burkina Faso	2	$106,351	40.00%
Macau	2	$61,818	40.00%
Cambodia	2	$89,107	40.00%
Latvia	2	$87,433	40.00%
Estonia	2	$68,399	40.00%
Senegal	2	$98,412	50.00%

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 %
Custom Computer Programming Services	61,325	$79,790	91.45%
Computer Systems Design Services	13,939	$88,566	89.85%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools	9,714	$60,590	70.79%
General Medical And Surgical Hospitals	7,739	$66,355	79.18%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services	6,686	$86,519	87.77%
Other Computer Related Services	4,693	$80,712	86.17%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services	4,095	$85,584	92.79%
Administrative Management And General Management Consulting Services	3,697	$91,718	92.94%
Research And Development In The Physical Engineering And Life Sciences	3,514	$95,641	90.73%
Engineering Services	3,393	$81,431	88.27%

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%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools	1,514	$65,771	14.39%
Administrative Management And General Management Consulting Services	621	$108,349	31.28%
Offices Of Physicians Except Mental Health Specialists	580	$128,660	38.31%
Semiconductor And Other Electronic Component Manufacturing	579	$96,467	57.04%
General Medical And Surgical Hospitals	545	$106,502	57.13%
Electronic Computer Manufacturing	382	$99,687	61.51%
Other Scientific And Technical Consulting Services	226	$87,022	38.31%
Direct Health And Medical Insurance Carriers	225	$100,216	38.79%
Janitorial Services	212	$29,758	36.61%
Marketing Consulting Services	202	$94,473	36.79%

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.