DOL OFLC, MN

Minnesota 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 921 9,859 117 116 866 9,164 95 115 808 19,337 1,770 1,300 866 18,177 1,434 1,296 0.75% 1.58% 1.60% 1.15% 0.75% 1.52% 1.20% 0.93% $82,715.56 $78,720.80 $13.22 $12.02 Top Three Cities PERMANENT LABOR (BY POSITIONS CERTIFIED) City Name Positions Certified Minneapolis Bloomington Eden Prairie 232 61 55 Average Wage Offer $90,193.34 $91,902.49 $95,352.33 H-1B (BY POSITIONS CERTIFIED ) City Name Positions Certified Minneapolis Richfield Eden Prairie 8,005 1,339 1,114 Average Wage Offer $78,466 $78,172 $74,976 H-2B (BY POSITIONS CERTIFIED ) H-2A (BY POSITIONS CERTIFIED ) City Name Positions Certified Average Wage Offer Brownton Randolph Grand Rapids 80 70 60 $15.90 — $12.07 City Name Newport Morris Foley Positions Certified AEWR 181 179 106 $12.02 $12.02 $12.02 Top Five Occupations/Agricultural Commodities PERMANENT LABOR Occupation Positions Certified Average Wage Offer H-1B Occupation Software Developers, Applications 245 Computer Systems Analysts Software Developers, Systems Software Cooks, Fast Food Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 79 41 33 32 $95,608.05 $90,328.23 Computer Systems Analysts Software Developers, Applications $100,423.52 Computer Occupations, All Other $16,842.30 $81,426.60 Computer Programmers Management Analysts Positions Certified Average Wage Offer 5,176 2,604 1,878 1,726 1,025 $77,056.64 $83,457.21 $70,401.13 $67,143.20 $76,668.60 H-2B Occupation Positions Certified Average Wage Offer H-2A Occupation Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers Construction Laborers Amusement and Recreation Attendants Forest and Conservation Workers Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 479 218 106 104 65 $14.01 $8.93 $12.07 $17.41 $9.85 Nursery and Greenhouse Workers Agricultural Equipment Operator General Farmworker Hay and Straw Grains Positions Certified AEWR 277 208 180 155 106 $12.02 $12.02 $12.02 $12.02 $12.02 76 • APPENDIX A: STATE EMPLOYMENT-BASED IMMIGRATION PROFILES