Metro area · MN
Minneapolis, MN
H-1B hiring, wages and employer concentration across 213 employers in the Minneapolis, MN metro.
- 213
- Employers
- $127,878
- Median H-1B wage
- 1,776
- H-1B filings
The metro at a glance
Minneapolis, MN, MN aggregates 213 tracked employers at a $127,878 median H-1B wage and 1,776 H-1B filings on record, with hiring concentrated in Professional & Technical Services and Finance & Insurance.
- 213
- employers
- $127,878
- median H-1B wage
- 1,776
- H-1B filings
- 5
- top industries
What the data says about this metro
Metro pages on PlainEmployers gather every employer whose federal filings tie to a single regional labor market, so you can see where H-1B hiring concentrates, which sectors dominate, and how often layoffs are filed in one place. Every figure below comes from the same three public datasets behind individual profiles, the Department of Labor H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury records, and state WARN Act notices, aggregated across the metro. Use these regional numbers as the backdrop against which any single local employer should be read.
Minneapolis, MN, MN aggregates 213 employers at a median disclosed H-1B wage of $127,878, with hiring concentrated in Professional & Technical Services, Finance & Insurance, Manufacturing. The mix is computed from actual DOL/OSHA/WARN filings in this specific metro; see methodology for source documentation.
Headline sponsors: PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS ADVISORY SERVICES LLC, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, and University of Minnesota, together 771 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.
Metro-area figures sum the employer records tied to this region's labor market, based on WARN Act notices and US Department of Labor data. Geographic boundaries are approximate: a filing is attributed to the metro of the affected worksite, so a multi-site employer may appear across several metros, and remote reductions can be hard to localize. Local economic conditions, seasonal patterns, and the presence of one or two very large employers can all skew a metro's totals. Use these numbers to understand the broad shape of activity in the area, not as a precise census, and consult the individual records and the methodology for the underlying detail.
Employer mix in Minneapolis, MN
Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in
- Professional & Technical S…
Professional & Technical Services
82 employers
- Finance & Insurance 17
Finance & Insurance
17 employers
- Manufacturing 15
Manufacturing
15 employers
- Educational Services 13
Educational Services
13 employers
- Healthcare & Social Assist… 9
Healthcare & Social Assistance
9 employers
- Information & Media 6
Information & Media
6 employers
- Other Services 6
Other Services
6 employers
What this shows Professional & Technical Services is the largest tracked sector in Minneapolis, MN, shaping the metro's wage and hiring profile.
Top employers in Minneapolis, MN
| # | Employer | H-1B filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS ADVISORY SERVICES LLC Professional & Technical Services | 341 | $187,546 |
| 2 | U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Finance & Insurance | 282 | $133,766 |
| 3 | University of Minnesota Educational Services | 148 | $164,060 |
| 4 | Target Enterprise, Inc. Retail Trade | 104 | $139,391 |
| 5 | Delta Air Lines, Inc. Transportation & Warehousing | 61 | $143,279 |
| 6 | Stantec Consulting Services Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 50 | $105,449 |
| 7 | RBC Capital Markets LLC Finance & Insurance | 50 | $166,680 |
| 8 | Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Finance & Insurance | 44 | $131,431 |
| 9 | SPOTIFY USA, INC. Information & Media | 37 | $215,708 |
| 10 | DXC Technology Services LLC Professional & Technical Services | 37 | $126,661 |
| 11 | Merkle Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 32 | $125,243 |
| 12 | Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP Professional & Technical Services | 26 | $96,587 |
| 13 | Tata Elxsi Limited Professional & Technical Services | 22 | $102,393 |
| 14 | Concur Technologies, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 22 | $151,030 |
| 15 | M3BI LLC Professional & Technical Services | 21 | $116,724 |
| 16 | Flexera Global Inc Professional & Technical Services | 19 | $252,974 |
| 17 | Happiest Minds Technologies Ltd. Professional & Technical Services | 16 | $96,655 |
| 18 | National Marrow Donor Program Healthcare & Social Assistance | 15 | $139,819 |
| 19 | Eisner Advisory Group LLC Professional & Technical Services | 14 | $130,128 |
| 20 | Prophecy Consulting Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 12 | $111,700 |
| 21 | Yinghua Academy Educational Services | 12 | $47,223 |
| 22 | General Mills, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 11 | $116,263 |
| 23 | Genius Minds LLC Professional & Technical Services | 10 | $88,610 |
| 24 | Tricopp, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 9 | $147,148 |
| 25 | ECCLESIASTES, INC. Professional & Technical Services | 9 | $78,051 |
What this means if you work in Minneapolis, MN
Use Minneapolis, MN's $127,878 median as the local benchmark, H-1B wages are legally tied to each metro's prevailing wage, so the same role pays differently city to city.
- A same-role H-1B offer well below $127,878 is worth questioning, the median here is set by 213 tracked employers.
- PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS ADVISORY SERVICES LLC leads local H-1B sponsorship; compare its pay and safety grade against peers before applying. Compare employers
- Check an employer’s WARN layoff history for job-stability risk in this metro. Largest layoffs
Metro figures aggregate worksites by city; a multi-site employer can appear across several metros, and remote roles are hard to localize.