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 %
Cost Estimators	21	$55,041	91.30%
Multimedia Artists and Animators	20	$42,000	86.96%
Social and Community Service Managers	20	$55,755	86.96%
Obstetricians and Gynecologists	20	$137,548	86.96%
Budget Analysts	20	$64,974	90.91%
Supply Chain Managers	20	$114,489	90.91%
Special Education Teachers, All Other	19	$47,341	86.36%
Pharmacists	18	$99,758	81.82%
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary	18	$57,044	85.71%
Transportation Engineers	18	$69,730	90.00%

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Biological Technicians	2	$50,191	33.33%
Materials Scientists	2	$104,551	33.33%
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	2	$27,539	33.33%
Training and Development Managers	2	$87,890	33.33%
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	2	$35,984	33.33%
Personal Care Aides	2	$23,962	33.33%
Sound Engineering Technicians	2	$57,304	33.33%
Education Administrators, Elementary and Secondary School	2	$98,785	33.33%
Soil and Plant Scientists	2	$71,864	33.33%
Electronics Engineering Technicians	2	$61,776	33.33%

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 %
India	1,904	$651,300	48.25%
Mexico	228	$53,676	50.44%
China	201	$70,750	55.68%
Philippines	181	$1,275,254	56.74%
Canada	102	$102,652	44.35%
Nepal	93	$68,188	40.61%
Brazil	62	$44,098	33.70%
South Korea	53	$67,951	44.54%
Pakistan	43	$3,881,288	41.35%
South Africa	28	$55,490	39.44%

Top Hiring Companies in Minnesota (All Years)

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Fis Management Services Llc	41	$88,217	93.18%
Coolsoft Llc	40	$77,360	90.91%
Soo Line Railroad Company	40	$95,266	90.91%
Lt Technology Services Ltd	40	$45,205	90.91%
Strategic Resources International Inc	40	$69,204	90.91%
Fair Isaac Corporation	40	$96,637	90.91%
Technosoft Corporation	40	$72,408	93.02%
Usm Business Systems Inc	39	$68,454	90.70%
Advantage Technical Resourcing Inc	39	$82,901	90.70%
Logic Planet Inc	38	$70,234	88.37%

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Saraleen Food Inc	2	$60,050	33.33%
Sundlee Pork Inc	2	$44,616	33.33%
Agiliti Health Inc	2	$117,011	33.33%
St Cloud Hospital	2	$126,246	33.33%
Evernorth Enterprise Services Inc	2	$112,486	33.33%
Superior Brokerage Services Inc	2	$96,294	33.33%
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company	2	$107,516	33.33%
Enable Data Inc	2	$93,974	33.33%
Deluxe	2	$73,903	33.33%
Granicus Llc	2	$152,412	33.33%

Top Industries in Minnesota (All Years)

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
All Other Schools And Instruction	5	$30,406	83.33%
Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	5	$96,825	83.33%
Metal Tank Heavy Gauge Manufacturing	5	$63,070	83.33%
Phosphatic Fertilizer Manufacturing	5	$151,740	83.33%
Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing	5	$88,125	83.33%
Support Activities For Crop Production	5	$62,879	83.33%
Mining Machinery And Equipment Manufacturing	5	$60,869	83.33%
Pesticide And Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing	5	$58,227	83.33%
Telemarketing Bureaus And Other Contact Centers	5	$83,570	83.33%
Other General Government Support	5	$51,946	83.33%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

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.