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 %
Materials Engineers 305 $82,760 83.56%
Public Relations Specialists 301 $50,186 83.15%
Life Scientists, All Other 289 $53,059 81.87%
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 278 $59,768 79.20%
Physicists 268 $68,262 77.23%
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 267 $70,254 77.62%
Social Science Research Assistants 266 $43,363 81.10%
Instructional Coordinators 253 $48,604 86.64%
Landscape Architects 253 $59,073 89.08%
Computer Hardware Engineers 247 $99,757 86.97%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Training and Development Specialists 23 $68,734 60.53%
Multimedia Artists and Animators 23 $64,786 62.16%
Family and General Practitioners 22 $126,774 59.46%
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 22 $31,549 59.46%
Personal Care Aides 21 $28,801 56.76%
Computer and Information Research Scientists 21 $87,419 58.33%
Commercial and Industrial Designers 20 $72,482 57.14%
Psychiatrists 20 $138,476 57.14%
Mental Health Counselors 19 $38,384 55.88%
Bakers 19 $32,096 55.88%
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 %
Mauritius 2 $82,524 66.67%
Suriname 1 $72,530 33.33%
Botswana 1 $187,200 33.33%
Guinea 1 $45,094 50.00%
United Arab Emirates 1 $67,662 50.00%
Yemen 1 $208,000 50.00%
Kuwait 1 $221,894 50.00%
Kyrgyzstan 1 $69,389 50.00%
Luxembourg 1 $68,058 50.00%
Brunei 1 $151,258 50.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Massachusetts (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Tufts University 496 $65,364 90.35%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 488 $104,281 89.05%
Ptc Inc 483 $90,186 89.28%
Pricewaterhousecoopers Advisory Services Llc 476 $95,077 93.89%
Cisco Systems Inc 457 $103,822 92.14%
University Of Massachusetts Amherst 451 $69,202 92.23%
Homesite Group Inc 435 $90,660 89.14%
Boston College 424 $69,315 88.15%
John Hancock Life Insurance Company Usa 414 $94,535 86.97%
Santander Bank Na 409 $92,995 88.72%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Draftkings Inc 26 $95,968 27.37%
Casa Systems Inc 25 $109,313 26.60%
Westernacher Partner Consulting Inc 25 $108,811 26.88%
Cengage Learning Inc 25 $114,228 27.17%
Eze Castle Software Llc An Eze Software Group Com 25 $99,133 27.17%
Expicient Inc 24 $117,599 26.67%
The President And Trustees Of Williams College 24 $57,621 26.97%
Dynatrace Llc 23 $96,621 26.14%
Vassit Services Us 23 $91,541 26.14%
Progress Software Corporation 23 $91,095 26.14%

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