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 %
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 %
Microsoft Corporation 821 $94,148 79.55%
Novartis Institutes For Biomedical Research Inc 817 $80,839 86.46%
Oracle America Inc 814 $103,194 86.97%
Analog Devices Inc 805 $87,268 90.45%
Virtusa Corporation 795 $80,937 91.91%
Northeastern University 753 $65,350 88.07%
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc 713 $58,165 83.78%
Wellington Management Company Llp 701 $102,000 83.25%
Google Llc 678 $106,015 86.70%
Mckinsey Company Inc United States 674 $89,243 88.57%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
New England It Associates Inc 51 $100,064 31.48%
Xchanging Solutions Usa Inc 47 $198,313 29.94%
Amazon Corporate Llc 47 $95,137 29.94%
Broadcom Corporation 46 $104,143 29.87%
Adroit Software Inc 46 $101,013 30.07%
Kayak Software Corporation 45 $90,419 29.80%
Iso New England 44 $87,828 29.53%
Sun Life Financial Us Services Company 44 $89,320 30.34%
Resourcesoft Inc 44 $84,875 30.77%
Devereux Foundation 43 $33,230 30.50%

Top Industries in Massachusetts (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Political Organizations 1 $103,501 100.00%
Support Activities For Road Transportation 1 $50,960 100.00%
School And Employee Bus Transportation 1 $67,829 100.00%
Mayonnaise Dressing And Other Prepared Sauce Manufacturing 1 $144,893 100.00%
Consumer Goods Rental 1 $63,066 100.00%
Scheduled Air Transportation 1 $101,026 100.00%
Offices Of Podiatrists 1 $124,509 100.00%
Temporary Shelters 1 $62,546 100.00%
Hog And Pig Farming 1 $40,726 100.00%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
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