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 %
Teachers and Instructors, All Other 128 $39,299 90.78%
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 123 $47,805 87.86%
Validation Engineers 123 $87,855 89.78%
Dentists, General 118 $136,946 86.13%
Data Warehousing Specialists 115 $80,244 88.46%
Psychiatrists 115 $164,352 92.00%
Animal Scientists 114 $48,408 94.21%
Materials Scientists 106 $80,074 88.33%
Physicists 105 $72,503 87.50%
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 96 $48,520 81.36%
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 %
Bangladesh 26 $45,006 39.39%
United Kingdom 26 $89,963 46.43%
Nigeria 25 $77,704 45.45%
Zimbabwe 21 $61,689 47.73%
Vietnam 21 $40,721 47.73%
Taiwan 20 $64,205 52.63%
Colombia 17 $61,156 53.13%
Sri Lanka 16 $60,805 50.00%
Turkey 14 $81,234 46.67%
Venezuela 14 $79,056 46.67%

Top Hiring Companies in Minnesota (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Perficient Inc 126 $81,073 90.00%
Digital River Inc 125 $90,617 89.29%
Analysts International Corporation 122 $87,725 91.04%
Syntel Inc 122 $78,503 93.13%
Virtual Matrix Corporation 117 $60,475 92.13%
Chs Inc 116 $95,509 91.34%
Larsen Toubro Technology Services Ltd 116 $41,681 92.06%
Deloitte Tax Llp 115 $59,634 92.00%
Mphasis Corporation 113 $68,064 91.13%
System Soft Technologies Llc 112 $66,684 93.33%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Olsen Custom Farms Llc 7 $37,119 36.84%
Mhf Of Freeborn County Inc 7 $27,031 36.84%
Rockwell Automation Inc 7 $85,209 36.84%
Park Nicollet Health Services 7 $88,555 36.84%
Supervalu Inc 6 $96,318 31.58%
Aetna Life Insurance Company 6 $96,810 33.33%
Ibm Corporation 6 $73,091 33.33%
Fis Management Services Llc 6 $99,275 33.33%
Worldtransload And Logistics Llc 6 $94,647 33.33%
Pine River Capital Management Lp 6 $111,349 33.33%

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