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Worcester, Massachusetts

City · Massachusetts, United States

Applications on record
10,310
FY2025
427
FY2026 to 30 June
320
Share of U.S. total
0.09%
Median offered wage (LCA)
$89,502
Median wage$89,502certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

All Department of Labor work visa applications with a worksite in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Applications by fiscal year — Worcester, Massachusetts

413825FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
413825FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008452
FY2009404
FY2010533
FY2011536
FY2012582
FY2013528
FY2014751
FY2015825
FY2016811
FY2017821
FY2018570
FY2019632
FY2020395
FY2021411
FY2022468
FY2023383
FY2024461
FY2025427
FY2026*320
Fiscal yearH-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*128732
FY2025335272
FY2024238970
FY2023233051
FY2022439965
FY2021232782
FY2020233954
FY2019157655
FY2018048288
FY2017174179
FY2016073972
FY2015073392
FY2014069754
FY2013047949
FY2012051270
FY2011046472
FY2010045281
FY2009036341
FY2008041537
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Largest sponsoring employers

Employers with the most applications for jobs in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Applications by employer
  1. Avco Consulting Inc3,530
  2. University of Massachusetts Medical School2,119
  3. Umass Memorial Medical Group, Inc.382
  4. Worcester Polytechnic Institute324
  5. Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp203
  6. Clark University198
  7. Umass Memorial Medical Center, Inc.179
  8. NTT Data, Inc.156
  9. Abbvie Inc.145
  10. Abbvie Bioresearch Center Inc.144
  11. College of the Holy Cross117
  12. The Hanover Insurance Company96
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Occupations and routes

SOC 2018 occupation and visa programme of the applications.

Occupations
  1. Software Developers2,686
  2. Biological Scientists, All Other934
  3. Computer Occupations, All Other555
  4. Computer Programmers517
  5. Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists460
  6. Computer Systems Analysts448
  7. Physicians, All Other415
  8. General Internal Medicine Physicians204
  9. Network and Computer Systems Administrators146
  10. Biological Technicians134
Visa routes
  1. H-1B8,568
  2. PERM labour certification1,216
  3. E-3 (Australia)29
  4. H-2B non-agricultural workers18
  5. H-1B1 (Singapore)17
  6. H-1B1 (Chile)10
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $89,502; middle half $70,000 to $120,000 · median prevailing wage $76,326 (marker) · 978 applications.

$60k$90k$120k$150k$180k
$60k$90k$120k$150k$180k
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Among cities in Massachusetts

Worcester, Massachusetts ranks #8 of 278 cities in Massachusetts by work visa applications on record, with 2.31% of the applications for worksites in the state's cities that have their own page.

Rank in Massachusetts
8 of 278
Share of Massachusetts's city applications
2.31%
Share of U.S. total
0.09%
Cities in Massachusetts with the most applications
  1. Boston, MA127,719
  2. Cambridge, MA49,213
  3. Waltham, MA20,980
  4. Burlington, MA14,764
  5. Natick, MA10,469
  6. Westborough, MA10,380
  7. Framingham, MA10,376
  8. Worcester, MA10,310
  9. Quincy, MA9,999
  10. Marlborough, MA8,564
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Job titles with their own pages

Titles with at least 30 labor condition applications here since FY2022.

  • Assistant Professor
  • Business Analyst
  • Instructor
  • Post Doctoral Associate
  • Postdoctoral Associate
  • Resident Physician
  • Senior Research Scientist
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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