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 %
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 1 $56,763 100.00%
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators 1 $59,322 100.00%
Tour Guides and Escorts 1 $61,027 100.00%
Massage Therapists 1 $62,400 100.00%
Commercial Pilots 1 $66,830 100.00%
Environmental Compliance Inspectors 1 $68,432 100.00%
Video Game Designers 1 $68,432 100.00%
Archeologists 1 $68,598 100.00%
Nuclear Medicine Technologists 1 $70,299 100.00%
Orthoptists 1 $72,238 100.00%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
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 %
Crispr Therapeutics Inc 77 $96,267 89.53%
Veristat Llc 76 $75,152 88.37%
Xperttech Inc 76 $70,660 89.41%
Broadcom Corporation 76 $107,614 89.41%
The Nielsen Company Us Llc 76 $84,572 89.41%
Vertical Focus Inc 76 $69,366 89.41%
Bullhorn Inc 75 $83,252 88.24%
Vecna Technologies Inc 75 $68,131 88.24%
Pillpack Llc 75 $96,280 89.29%
Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians At Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Ce 75 $97,570 90.36%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Altaeros Energies Inc 4 $93,330 26.67%
Bioanalytix Inc 4 $65,676 26.67%
Riverbend Medical Group Inc 4 $128,804 26.67%
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company 4 $119,553 26.67%
Engineering Intent Corporation 4 $80,532 26.67%
Dimock 4 $68,557 26.67%
New Balance Athletic Shoe Inc 4 $103,492 26.67%
Northeast Retirement Services 4 $91,005 26.67%
Nitto Denko Avecia Inc 4 $85,977 26.67%
Wake Me Up Inc 4 $64,488 26.67%

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