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 %
India 7,319 $170,490 48.21%
China 1,409 $87,704 50.61%
Brazil 493 $50,889 44.58%
Canada 405 $104,004 45.35%
South Korea 154 $64,344 41.40%
United Kingdom 148 $1,302,788 42.29%
Mexico 128 $83,474 43.10%
Turkey 112 $79,258 46.09%
Nepal 102 $80,122 46.36%
France 97 $101,545 44.50%

Top Hiring Companies in Massachusetts (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Amadeus North America Inc 398 $91,004 86.90%
Amazon Web Services Inc 396 $99,889 91.24%
Analysis Group Inc 396 $86,598 91.45%
Baystate Medical Practices Inc 395 $154,532 91.44%
Liberty Mutual Group Inc 390 $92,938 90.70%
Horizon International Trading Inc 380 $68,775 89.41%
Hexaware Technologies Inc 380 $76,557 89.83%
Bose Corporation 378 $99,005 90.00%
International Business Machines Corporation 377 $98,025 92.40%
Chewy Inc 376 $116,652 92.61%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Vicor Corporation 23 $92,798 26.74%
Air Worldwide Corporation 22 $74,978 26.19%
Bjs Wholesale Club 22 $91,371 26.19%
Takeda Pharmaceuticals Usa Inc 22 $124,773 26.19%
Brown Brothers Harriman Co 22 $103,731 26.51%
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care 22 $99,289 26.83%
Cambridge Health Alliance 21 $118,143 25.61%
Spi Management Services Llc 21 $86,220 25.93%
Broad Institute 21 $94,420 26.58%
Optum Services Inc 21 $99,945 26.92%

Top Industries in Massachusetts (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Nursery And Floriculture Production 2 $35,006 100.00%
Mushroom Production 1 $32,573 100.00%
Nursery And Tree Production 1 $24,419 100.00%
Poultry Processing 1 $32,573 100.00%
Apiculture 1 $27,560 100.00%

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