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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Minnesota Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas	% of all Visas	Average Wage	Visa Type
95,542	92.35%	$76,975	H-1B
5,315	5.14%	$390,756	PERM
2,055	1.99%	$28,936	H-2A
544	0.53%	$86,285	E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Minnesota has seen a total of 103,456 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Minnesota is the H-1B visa with 95,542 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 92.35% of Minnesota's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 5,315 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 5.14% of Minnesota's total visas.

Top Occupations in Minnesota (All Years)

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Natural Sciences Managers	38	$91,249	86.36%
Sales Managers	38	$98,102	86.36%
Public Relations Specialists	37	$45,145	84.09%
Chief Executives	36	$196,687	85.71%
Mathematicians	35	$56,830	85.37%
Environmental Engineers	35	$59,181	85.37%
Managers, All Other	35	$94,741	87.50%
Technical Writers	33	$54,906	82.50%
Physics Teachers, Postsecondary	33	$54,551	82.50%
Computer Network Support Specialists	32	$53,952	84.21%

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Managers, All Other	5	$153,367	55.56%
History Teachers, Postsecondary	5	$50,616	55.56%
Instructional Coordinators	4	$49,880	44.44%
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	4	$35,526	44.44%
Multimedia Artists and Animators	4	$45,620	50.00%
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	4	$64,855	50.00%
Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary	4	$54,245	50.00%
Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary	4	$49,477	50.00%
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary	4	$60,075	50.00%
Chief Executives	4	$228,759	50.00%

Minnesota Employees Over Time

Minnesota has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 4,846 employees were hired. Minnesota peaked in 2018 with 9,407 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 6,096 in 2023.

Top Countries with Workers in Minnesota From PERM Program (All Years)

Country	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Japan	7	$71,760	43.75%
Jordan	7	$65,599	50.00%
Indonesia	6	$58,603	46.15%
Ecuador	6	$72,708	46.15%
Poland	6	$88,778	46.15%
Netherlands	5	$122,691	38.46%
Zambia	5	$36,130	38.46%
Lebanon	5	$129,245	41.67%
El Salvador	5	$60,070	41.67%
Syria	5	$140,808	45.45%

Top Hiring Companies in Minnesota (All Years)

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Tata Consultancy Services Limited	6,293	$63,410	99.42%
Infosys Limited	4,077	$69,516	99.54%
Mayo Clinic	3,551	$72,818	96.02%
Accenture Llp	3,000	$77,305	98.17%
Wipro Limited	2,668	$68,337	91.94%
University Of Minnesota	2,578	$50,372	89.76%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Us Corp	2,342	$88,337	97.79%
Target Enterprise Inc	1,626	$107,327	91.45%
Optum Services Inc	1,427	$101,800	97.01%
Deloitte Consulting Llp	1,180	$78,417	84.95%

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Optum Services Inc	430	$92,633	67.82%
Best Buy Co Inc	201	$111,098	46.74%
Presbyterian Homes And Services	159	$30,782	40.56%
Ameriprise Financial Inc	141	$106,122	38.52%
Group Health Plan Inc	115	$1,729,654	37.22%
Turkey Valley Farms Inc	95	$23,939	38.00%
Oracle America Inc	69	$90,305	32.39%
General Mills Inc	55	$120,907	27.36%
Titan Data Group Inc	53	$104,549	31.36%
Veritas Technologies Llc	50	$85,026	29.94%

Top Industries in Minnesota (All Years)

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Human Resources Consulting Services	121	$83,424	89.63%
Grain And Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers	120	$98,810	90.91%
Offices Of Lawyers	113	$74,967	91.13%
Commercial And Institutional Building Construction	98	$78,339	86.73%
Medical Dental And Hospital Equipment And Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	96	$90,565	85.71%
Computer And Computer Peripheral Equipment And Software Merchant Wholesalers	95	$87,029	87.16%
Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing	90	$91,423	83.33%
Direct Property And Casualty Insurance Carriers	90	$88,362	86.54%
Dairy Cattle And Milk Production	89	$44,487	87.25%
Semiconductor And Other Electronic Component Manufacturing	89	$89,760	89.00%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers	3	$33,426	75.00%
Postharvest Crop Activities Except Cotton Ginning	3	$31,970	100.00%
Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers	3	$24,045	100.00%
Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers	2	$31,294	66.67%
Oilseed Except Soybean Farming	2	$25,761	100.00%
Animal Production And Aquaculture	2	$30,618	100.00%
Fur Bearing Animal And Rabbit Production	2	$25,761	100.00%
Services To Buildings And Dwellings	2	$34,018	100.00%
Sugar Beet Farming	2	$26,842	100.00%
Merchant Wholesalers Nondurable Goods	2	$33,010	100.00%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Other Management Consulting Services	11	$80,078	28.21%
Other Accounting Services	11	$81,687	28.95%
All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing	11	$89,301	32.35%
Child Care Services	11	$36,893	33.33%
Specialty Except Psychiatric And Substance Abuse Hospitals	10	$142,470	32.26%
Junior Colleges	9	$54,970	31.03%
Plastics Product Manufacturing	9	$79,783	32.14%
Research And Development In The Physical Engineering And Life Sciences	9	$85,569	34.62%
Radio And Television Broadcasting And Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing	9	$80,736	34.62%
Human Resources Consulting Services	9	$81,455	36.00%

Minnesota Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in Minnesota to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in Minnesota over all years is $76,975. The state with the highest average wage of H1-B workers for all states is CA with an average wage of $100,819.