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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 %
Marketing Managers	763	$120,066	88.52%
Sales Engineers	711	$98,857	85.66%
Chemical Engineers	679	$88,405	85.30%
Business Teachers, Postsecondary	649	$70,545	84.29%
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	545	$62,402	80.74%
Actuaries	535	$89,514	83.20%
Compliance Officers	535	$72,108	85.19%
Physical Therapists	534	$69,928	87.40%
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	530	$86,965	90.91%
Validation Engineers	474	$90,085	89.43%

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Computer Network Architects	47	$113,150	85.45%
Cooks, Restaurant	43	$32,894	79.63%
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	41	$41,580	77.36%
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	40	$65,565	76.92%
Rehabilitation Counselors	40	$31,754	78.43%
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	40	$27,940	78.43%
General and Operations Managers	39	$107,719	78.00%
Biological Scientists, All Other	38	$61,551	79.17%
Managers, All Other	37	$142,937	80.43%
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	36	$52,721	80.00%

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 %
Australia	53	$105,210	37.59%
Spain	53	$89,269	38.69%
Iran	49	$84,033	41.88%
Jamaica	49	$42,388	44.55%
Japan	46	$90,513	42.59%
Ukraine	45	$93,645	42.06%
Philippines	41	$84,248	38.68%
Egypt	41	$73,435	40.20%
Venezuela	40	$91,781	44.94%
Bangladesh	40	$70,696	45.45%

Top Hiring Companies in Massachusetts (All Years)

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Qualcomm Technologies Inc	279	$105,046	89.14%
Ust Global Inc	276	$68,806	88.46%
Tufts Medical Center	276	$49,530	88.46%
Intralinks Inc	275	$102,864	88.42%
Genzyme Corporation	274	$93,618	90.13%
Vmware Inc	273	$104,356	90.40%
Nuance Communications Inc	273	$103,025	91.30%
Fidelity Brokerage Services Llc	273	$101,156	91.92%
Hubspot Inc	270	$109,292	91.53%
Amazon Robotics Llc	268	$81,006	91.47%

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Mount Holyoke College	16	$51,871	27.59%
Sanofi Us Services Inc	16	$106,808	28.07%
Philips Lighting North America Corporation	16	$103,702	28.07%
Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc	16	$96,736	28.07%
Partner Solutions General Contracting Corp	16	$26,541	28.07%
Wolters Kluwer United States Inc	15	$110,971	26.79%
5 Stars Restaurant Group Inc	15	$33,763	26.79%
Softpak Financial Systems Inc	15	$96,595	26.79%
Perceptive Informatics Inc Dba Parexel Informatics	15	$90,282	27.27%
Genzyme Therapeutic Products Limited Partnership	15	$83,955	27.78%

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.