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
102,495 91.98% $78,213 H-1B
5,771 5.18% $367,019 PERM
2,563 2.30% $31,037 H-2A
605 0.54% $89,798 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Minnesota has seen a total of 111,434 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Minnesota is the H-1B visa with 102,495 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 91.98% of Minnesota's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 5,771 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 5.18% of Minnesota's total visas.

Top Occupations in Minnesota (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Commercial and Industrial Designers 576 $46,992 89.58%
Information Technology Project Managers 524 $86,330 94.41%
Family and General Practitioners 479 $140,688 92.29%
Statisticians 447 $73,982 88.87%
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 441 $81,020 89.09%
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 436 $46,393 88.26%
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 423 $52,148 85.98%
Financial Analysts 418 $67,427 94.36%
Information Security Analysts 397 $86,968 93.19%
Biomedical Engineers 375 $76,409 90.14%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Agricultural Equipment Operators 37 $44,558 94.87%
Family and General Practitioners 36 $129,515 100.00%
Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food 32 $21,445 94.12%
Civil Engineers 32 $70,343 94.12%
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 31 $56,245 96.88%
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 30 $27,686 103.45%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 30 $82,627 107.14%
Home Health Aides 30 $26,190 107.14%
Biomedical Engineers 27 $93,270 100.00%
Information Security Analysts 25 $90,932 100.00%
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 1,110 in 2025.

Top Countries with Workers in Minnesota From PERM Program (All Years)

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
India 2,189 $580,291 48.00%
Mexico 251 $53,381 51.43%
China 217 $72,320 54.52%
Philippines 187 $1,236,840 52.68%
Canada 108 $102,133 38.71%
Nepal 105 $65,294 42.86%
Brazil 67 $46,591 36.41%
South Korea 61 $68,442 44.53%
Pakistan 49 $3,413,578 36.84%
South Africa 32 $54,671 34.41%

Top Hiring Companies in Minnesota (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Covant Solutions Inc 38 $71,700 90.48%
Lsi Corporation 38 $83,443 90.48%
Healtheast Medical Research Institute 37 $172,605 88.10%
Deloitte Amp Touche Llp 37 $56,441 88.10%
Resource Point Llc 37 $61,081 88.10%
Proficient Business Systems Inc 37 $81,544 88.10%
Pointwest Technologies Corp 37 $66,650 88.10%
I3 Infotek Inc 37 $85,111 90.24%
Minnesota State University Moorhead 36 $83,767 87.80%
Infosys Technologies Limited 36 $57,638 87.80%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Mitch Stanley Farms 3 $35,506 100.00%
Asrj Enterprise Llc 3 $35,506 100.00%
Barb Yaggie Farms 3 $27,879 100.00%
T D Rolf Farms Inc 3 $23,816 100.00%
Everglades Harvesting And Hauling Inc 3 $24,255 100.00%
Fitzgerald Organics Llc 3 $36,871 100.00%
Foundation Feeders Inc 3 $28,427 100.00%
Todd And Debra Stanley Farms Inc 3 $35,506 100.00%
J J Bachand Farms Inc 2 $30,066 100.00%
Minn Kota Ag Products 2 $37,274 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Cnh Industrial America Llc 2 $72,582 33.33%
Saraleen Food Inc 2 $60,050 33.33%
Taylor Technology Services Inc 2 $84,199 33.33%
Fredrikson Byron Pa 2 $139,267 33.33%
Carlson Dairy Llp 2 $20,342 33.33%
Claims Services Group 2 $69,576 33.33%
Upsher Smith Laboratories Llc 2 $100,964 40.00%
Minnehaha Academy 2 $50,457 40.00%
Sullivan Cotter And Associates 2 $71,115 40.00%
Pal Management Inc 2 $64,324 40.00%

Top Industries in Minnesota (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Nursing Care Facilities Skilled Nursing Facilities 36 $54,649 85.71%
Motor Vehicle Body Manufacturing 36 $83,858 87.80%
Testing Laboratories And Services 36 $69,882 87.80%
Professional Employer Organizations 35 $79,173 85.37%
All Other Food Manufacturing 35 $100,214 87.50%
Grantmaking Foundations 35 $75,218 87.50%
Plastics Product Manufacturing 34 $77,314 85.00%
Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation 33 $121,106 82.50%
Junior Colleges 33 $60,923 82.50%
Other Insurance Related Activities 32 $97,044 82.05%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

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 $78,213. The state with the highest average wage of H1-B workers for all states is CA with an average wage of $104,510.

State Avg Wage