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 %
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 %
Centracare Health Sauk Centre 4 $42,682 100.00%
Mclaughlin Gormley King Company 4 $55,687 100.00%
Hammel Green And Abrahamson Inc 4 $51,126 100.00%
Data Panel Acquisition Corporation 4 $61,389 100.00%
Bethel University 4 $49,118 100.00%
Aeration Industries International Llc 4 $55,609 100.00%
Param Consulting Services Inc 4 $55,396 100.00%
Pilgrims Pride Corporation 4 $63,503 100.00%
Plant Flanged Equipment Llc 4 $45,755 100.00%
Mille Lacs Isanti Sherburne Counties Isd 477 4 $51,252 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

Top Industries in Minnesota (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
All Other Crop Farming 52 $31,010 100.00%
Other Grain Farming 46 $31,544 100.00%
Fruit And Tree Nut Farming 40 $28,432 100.00%
Nursery And Floriculture Production 36 $31,867 100.00%
Cattle Feedlots 35 $30,274 100.00%
Crop Production 32 $32,693 100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Farming 30 $32,226 100.00%
Potato Farming 27 $30,668 100.00%
Agriculture Forestry Fishing And Hunting 22 $32,075 81.48%
Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers 18 $23,889 81.82%

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