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 %
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 %
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 %
Constellation Pharmaceuticals Inc 36 $100,036 90.00%
United Pharma Technologies Inc 36 $89,860 90.00%
Schneider Electric Buildings Llc 36 $101,016 90.00%
Beigene Usa Inc 36 $103,541 90.00%
Quantum Integrators Group Llc 36 $82,230 90.00%
Invensys Systems Inc 36 $88,649 90.00%
2seventy Bio Inc 36 $105,056 90.00%
Intuit Inc 36 $89,092 90.00%
Spectrosys Solutions Inc 36 $96,489 90.00%
Thomson Reuters Markets Llc 36 $89,145 90.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Convergent Dental Inc 2 $110,064 33.33%
Cw Facility Services Inc Fka Dtz Inc 2 $129,584 33.33%
Agenus Incorporated 2 $76,867 33.33%
Acxiom Corporation 2 $74,100 33.33%
Clarion Healthcare Llc 2 $93,787 33.33%
Administrative Claim Service Inc 2 $63,128 33.33%
Essential Inc 2 $57,044 33.33%
Char Software Inc Dba Localytics 2 $146,162 33.33%
Acadiasoft Inc 2 $78,260 33.33%
Pacific Sunshine Inc 2 $33,936 33.33%

Top Industries in Massachusetts (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

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