DOL OFLC, MA

Massachusetts State Summary VISA CATEGORY TOTAL APPLICATIONS PROCESSED TOTAL APPLICATIONS CERTIFIED TOTAL POSITIONS REQUESTED TOTAL POSITIONS CERTIFIED % OF TOTAL CERTIFIED APPLICATIONS % OF TOTAL CERTIFIED POSITIONS AVERAGE WAGE OFFER/ AEWR PERM H-1B H-2B H-2A 4217 24,520 416 121 3979 22,214 344 117 3278 46,022 5,319 445 3979 42,118 4,480 437 3.43% 3.83% 5.80% 1.17% 3.43% 3.51% 3.76% 0.31% $88,847.01 $82,813.10 $13.84 $11.74 Top Three Cities PERMANENT LABOR (BY POSITIONS CERTIFIED) H-1B (BY POSITIONS CERTIFIED ) City Name Positions Certified Average Wage Offer City Name Positions Certified Boston Cambridge Woburn 703 435 324 703 435 324 Boston Cambridge Waltham 15,515 2,883 1,753 Average Wage Offer $82,471 $85,586 $84,828 H-2B (BY POSITIONS CERTIFIED ) H-2A (BY POSITIONS CERTIFIED ) City Name Positions Certified Average Wage Offer Nantucket Provincetown Chatham 858 452 368 $14.57 $13.48 $12.03 City Name Positions Certified AEWR Groton Lunenburg Sterling 36 29 26 $11.74 $11.74 $11.74 Top Five Occupations/Agricultural Commodities PERMANENT LABOR Occupation Positions Certified Average Wage Offer H-1B Occupation Software Developers, Applications 1560 $116,283.15 Computer Systems Analysts Computer Systems Analysts Software Developers, Systems Software Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Computer and Information Systems Managers 384 285 114 114 $99,606.43 $108,512.40 $139,406.39 $97,081.16 Software Developers, Applications Computer Occupations, All Other Computer Programmers Accountants And Auditors Positions Certified Average Wage Offer 9,004 6,114 3,785 3,334 2,631 $79,380.18 $91,510.72 $80,494.33 $69,422.02 $65,386.51 H-2B Occupation Positions Certified Average Wage Offer Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners Waiters and Waitresses Amusement and Recreation Attendants Cooks, Restaurant Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, 684 478 398 394 271 $13.14 $12.45 $9.65 $14.59 $15.74 H-2A Occupation Fruits and Vegetables Apples Nursery and Greenhouse Workers General Farmworker Tobacco Positions Certified AEWR 173 114 73 23 17 $11.74 $11.74 $11.74 $11.74 $11.74 74 • APPENDIX A: STATE EMPLOYMENT-BASED IMMIGRATION PROFILES