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 %
Commercial and Industrial Designers 561 $46,275 89.47%
Information Technology Project Managers 524 $86,330 94.41%
Family and General Practitioners 479 $140,688 92.29%
Statisticians 423 $73,352 89.05%
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 421 $80,078 88.82%
Information Security Analysts 399 $86,930 85.99%
Financial Analysts 389 $66,554 93.51%
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 349 $44,721 87.91%
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 345 $51,507 91.51%
Biomedical Engineers 329 $73,822 87.97%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
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 %
Burma (myanmar) 13 $27,763 44.83%
Egypt 12 $79,621 41.38%
Iran 12 $48,706 42.86%
Ghana 12 $15,940,574 44.44%
Costa Rica 11 $101,756 40.74%
Ukraine 11 $59,806 45.83%
Ethiopia 11 $54,560 45.83%
Malaysia 11 $84,951 47.83%
Russia 11 $82,113 50.00%
Thailand 11 $64,873 50.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Minnesota (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
V Soft Consulting Group Inc 142 $74,563 92.21%
Ncs Pearson Inc 142 $87,009 92.81%
Sagitec Solutions Llc 141 $79,854 93.38%
Vastek Inc 139 $82,882 92.67%
Logic Information Systems Inc 138 $78,953 92.00%
Patni Americas Inc 136 $59,427 90.67%
Polaris Industries Inc 135 $87,847 91.22%
International Business Machines Corporation 130 $92,128 89.66%
Select Source International 130 $143,813 90.91%
Kpmg Llp 129 $73,307 91.49%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Siemens Plm Software Inc 8 $79,148 34.78%
Techdigital Corporation 8 $95,891 34.78%
Software Analysts Corporation 8 $93,467 36.36%
Target Corporate Services 7 $102,491 31.82%
Tetra Pak Processing Equipment Inc 7 $79,016 31.82%
Ideas 7 $102,321 31.82%
Healthland Inc 7 $85,898 33.33%
Datacard Group 7 $88,492 35.00%
Datasite Llc 7 $109,598 35.00%
Schwartz Farms Inc 7 $45,971 35.00%

Top Industries in Minnesota (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Other Crop Farming 276 $30,763 100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Combination Farming 226 $30,679 100.00%
Crop Harvesting Primarily By Machine 156 $28,638 100.00%
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders 148 $32,539 100.00%
Nursery And Tree Production 104 $29,282 100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming 95 $31,300 100.00%
Support Activities For Crop Production 80 $32,788 100.00%
All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming 74 $27,209 100.00%
Apiculture 68 $29,753 100.00%
Apple Orchards 55 $28,335 100.00%

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.

State Avg Wage