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Nebraska Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
20,885 82.32% $74,077 H-1B
2,243 8.84% $131,136 PERM
2,115 8.34% $32,879 H-2A
129 0.51% $87,004 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Nebraska has seen a total of 25,372 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Nebraska is the H-1B visa with 20,885 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 82.32% of Nebraska's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 2,243 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 8.84% of Nebraska's total visas.

Top Occupations in Nebraska (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Regulatory Affairs Managers 2 $100,579 100.00%
Remote Sensing Technicians 2 $33,966 100.00%
Education, Training, and Library Workers, All Other 2 $28,309 100.00%
Quality Control Systems Managers 2 $109,637 100.00%
Architectural Drafters 2 $35,984 100.00%
Art Directors 2 $75,650 100.00%
Judicial Law Clerks 2 $46,956 100.00%
Designers, All Other 2 $35,495 100.00%
Architectural and Civil Drafters 2 $37,648 100.00%
Geneticists 2 $44,065 100.00%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
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 312 in 2025.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
India 821 $91,260 47.96%
Mexico 74 $36,890 33.33%
Vietnam 62 $27,846 39.24%
Bangladesh 50 $33,591 51.02%
South Africa 44 $34,920 60.27%
China 41 $45,344 56.94%
Nepal 37 $62,050 56.06%
Brazil 35 $43,935 53.85%
Philippines 31 $50,251 49.21%
Zimbabwe 30 $38,090 48.39%

Top Hiring Companies in Nebraska (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Box Butte General Hospital 6 $54,051 85.71%
Ven Soft Llc 6 $86,060 85.71%
Bailey Lauerman Associates Inc 6 $44,640 85.71%
Marriott International Inc 6 $56,465 85.71%
Td Ameritrade Holding Corporation 6 $69,945 85.71%
Sriven Systems Inc 6 $54,177 85.71%
Western Nebraska Community College 6 $47,113 85.71%
Cls Investments Llc 6 $47,157 85.71%
Cheyenne County Hospital Association Inc 6 $45,091 85.71%
The Msr Group Llc 6 $51,910 85.71%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Del Sur Harvesting Llc 2 $26,919 100.00%
William Bebout 2 $37,076 100.00%
Shepperd Feeding Company Inc 2 $31,179 100.00%
Flaming Son Ltd 2 $37,076 100.00%
Ralph Holzfaster 2 $29,120 100.00%
Ross Kurkowski 2 $45,438 100.00%
Central Valley Ag Cooperative Columbus Ne 2 $28,694 100.00%
Gracia Sons Llc 2 $44,356 100.00%
Country Nursery Inc 2 $23,161 100.00%
Brett Ortmeier 2 $37,076 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

Top Industries in Nebraska (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

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 $74,077. The state with the highest average wage of H1-B workers for all states is CA with an average wage of $104,510.

State Avg Wage
All visa, employer, attorney, and salary data was obtained from the OFLC website.
All NAICS data was obtained from the NAICS website.    All SOC data was obtained from the O*Net database.