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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Nebraska Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
19,220 83.61% $72,732 H-1B
2,068 9.00% $135,460 PERM
1,597 6.95% $31,035 H-2A
103 0.45% $88,461 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Nebraska has seen a total of 22,988 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Nebraska is the H-1B visa with 19,220 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 83.61% of Nebraska's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 2,068 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 9.00% of Nebraska's total visas.

Top Occupations in Nebraska (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Management Analysts 230 $66,123 95.44%
Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers 218 $77,256 90.83%
Statisticians 157 $53,507 82.63%
Biological Scientists, All Other 156 $47,421 87.15%
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 155 $47,004 93.37%
Biochemists and Biophysicists 134 $43,527 81.21%
Operations Research Analysts 133 $61,143 91.72%
Accountants and Auditors 131 $49,712 90.34%
Computer and Information Systems Managers 116 $105,724 89.92%
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 108 $79,120 89.26%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Developers, Systems Software 36 $92,549 76.60%
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 33 $46,064 89.19%
Agricultural Equipment Operators 27 $35,680 75.00%
Animal Breeders 24 $31,520 75.00%
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 24 $64,534 82.76%
Statisticians 23 $48,092 92.00%
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 20 $56,904 86.96%
Database Administrators 18 $77,502 81.82%
Slaughterers and Meat Packers 18 $24,932 81.82%
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 16 $26,169 84.21%
Nebraska Employees Over Time
Nebraska has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 859 employees were hired. Nebraska peaked in 2018 with 2,132 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 1,448 in 2023.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Ecuador 3 $105,941 50.00%
Honduras 3 $37,003 50.00%
Ethiopia 3 $90,778 60.00%
Indonesia 2 $35,111 40.00%
El Salvador 2 $73,050 40.00%
Ghana 2 $151,851 40.00%
Taiwan 2 $72,915 40.00%
Poland 2 $88,098 40.00%
Greece 2 $106,264 40.00%
Lebanon 2 $85,274 40.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Nebraska (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Kiewit Corporation 158 $89,170 94.61%
Unmc Physicians 148 $148,362 90.80%
Deloitte Consulting Llp 141 $70,638 87.04%
The Physician Network 140 $181,979 92.11%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Us Corporation 137 $63,191 90.73%
Csg Systems Inc 132 $71,916 91.67%
Werner Enterprises Inc 130 $83,222 92.20%
Moodys Analytics Inc 122 $89,767 93.13%
Hexaware Technologies Inc 122 $57,895 95.31%
Tata Consultancy Services Limited 121 $58,574 94.53%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Ineight Inc 17 $100,393 40.48%
La Carreta 16 $21,315 40.00%
First National Of Nebraska Inc 16 $62,763 40.00%
Valmont Industries Inc 15 $89,436 39.47%
Daniels Produce Llc 13 $33,851 35.14%
Hdr Inc 13 $85,826 37.14%
Telvent Dtn Llc 13 $83,008 40.63%
Omaha Public Schools District 001 12 $41,099 37.50%
Everest Brew House Inc 11 $26,635 39.29%
Lancaster County School District 0001 10 $43,837 41.67%

Top Industries in Nebraska (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders 289 $31,274 100.00%
Crop Harvesting Primarily By Machine 264 $30,883 100.00%
Support Activities For Crop Production 171 $34,005 100.00%
Other Crop Farming 161 $32,361 100.00%
Cattle Feedlots 125 $31,628 100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Combination Farming 113 $32,524 100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming 80 $32,668 100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Farming 60 $32,828 100.00%
Potato Farming 57 $31,471 100.00%
Beef Cattle Ranching And Farming Including Feedlots 51 $33,351 100.00%

Nebraska Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in Nebraska to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in Nebraska over all years is $72,732. The state with the highest average wage of H1-B workers for all states is CA with an average wage of $100,819.

State Avg Wage