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 %
Pakistan 96 $95,782 46.83%
Taiwan 95 $81,829 47.03%
Russia 92 $91,481 46.94%
Sri Lanka 75 $94,850 46.58%
Vietnam 73 $75,668 45.63%
Italy 72 $84,403 45.57%
Israel 69 $96,385 45.10%
Germany 64 $98,164 42.67%
Ireland 61 $99,188 41.22%
Colombia 60 $67,744 40.54%

Top Hiring Companies in Massachusetts (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Beacon Hill Staffing Group Llc 23 $106,132 92.00%
Alpha Dental Center Pc 23 $115,639 92.00%
Tulip Interfaces Inc 23 $80,809 92.00%
Genesis Eldercare Rehabilitation Services Llc 22 $70,215 88.00%
Hillcrest Dental Care Inc 22 $91,921 88.00%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Massachusetts Inc 22 $102,165 88.00%
Resource Logistics Inc 22 $80,298 88.00%
Solid Biosciences Inc 22 $93,668 88.00%
Mellanox Technologies 22 $94,360 88.00%
Allegro Microsystems Llc 22 $103,693 88.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
First Act Inc 1 $127,005 25.00%
City Of Chicopee 1 $40,740 25.00%
Dick Robinson Media Inc 1 $66,373 25.00%
Lung Sung Inc 1 $29,411 25.00%
Hallmark Health Medical Associates 1 $125,486 25.00%
Whittier Street Health Center 1 $118,352 25.00%
Bomas Machine Specialties Inc 1 $39,541 25.00%
Janet Wozniak Md 1 $17,472 25.00%
Sac Capital Advisors Lp 1 $50,461 25.00%
Akorri Networks 1 $84,302 25.00%

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