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 %
Compliance Officers 94 $65,008 84.68%
Soil and Plant Scientists 89 $46,513 86.41%
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 88 $63,556 87.13%
Financial Managers 85 $115,125 85.00%
Computer and Information Research Scientists 84 $96,345 88.42%
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary 80 $55,901 84.21%
Business Operations Specialists, All Other 79 $49,266 85.87%
Lawyers 79 $78,223 88.76%
Microbiologists 78 $44,411 87.64%
Database Architects 78 $85,877 89.66%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Operations Research Analysts 12 $113,297 100.00%
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 12 $104,316 100.00%
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers 12 $51,153 100.00%
Cooks, Restaurant 11 $32,289 91.67%
Computer Network Architects 10 $113,441 83.33%
Compliance Officers 10 $67,800 83.33%
Logisticians 10 $69,796 83.33%
Construction Managers 10 $92,098 83.33%
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 10 $20,030 83.33%
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers 9 $49,157 75.00%
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 %
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 %
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 %
Support Activities For Agriculture And Forestry 6 $32,091 75.00%
Noncitrus Fruit And Tree Nut Farming 6 $32,999 100.00%
Turkey Production 6 $28,811 100.00%
Other Personal Services 5 $34,366 83.33%
Beef Cattle Ranching And Farming Including Feedlots 5 $32,436 100.00%
All Other Grain Farming 5 $25,850 100.00%
Other Animal Production 5 $30,418 100.00%
Hay Farming 4 $32,152 80.00%
Landscaping Services 4 $31,127 100.00%
Cattle Ranching And Farming 4 $28,595 100.00%

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