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 %
New Zealand 2 $75,276 50.00%
Senegal 2 $89,877 50.00%
United States Of America 1 $84,302 25.00%
Oman 1 $208,000 25.00%
Cote D'ivoire 1 $45,198 25.00%
Belarus 1 $39,229 33.33%
Botswana 1 $151,008 33.33%
Belize 1 $63,565 33.33%
Saudi Arabia 1 $62,733 33.33%
South Sudan 1 $12 33.33%

Top Hiring Companies in Minnesota (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Intellectt Inc 186 $86,456 80.87%
Cargill Incorporated 184 $97,796 82.14%
Open Access Technology International Inc 184 $67,113 85.58%
Persistent Systems Inc 182 $66,205 85.45%
Octahedron Llc 182 $72,417 86.67%
Ecolab Usa Inc 177 $98,672 86.34%
Fujitsu America Inc 175 $81,937 85.37%
Veritas Technologies Llc 174 $90,474 86.57%
Kpit Infosystems Inc 173 $56,695 90.58%
West Publishing Corporation 164 $89,554 86.77%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Mclean Robertson Racing 12 $23,213 35.29%
Apple Tree Dental 10 $117,780 32.26%
Cotiviti Inc 10 $65,651 32.26%
Southview Design Inc 10 $64,106 33.33%
Macalester College 10 $44,066 33.33%
Andersen Corporation 10 $112,992 33.33%
Itprofound Inc 9 $106,727 30.00%
Evs Inc 9 $74,041 31.03%
Rev Solutions Inc 9 $96,221 31.03%
M A Mortenson Company 9 $112,163 31.03%

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