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
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 %
Self-Enrichment Education Teachers	1	$38,730	100.00%
Librarians	1	$52,458	100.00%
Advertising and Promotions Managers	1	$46,696	100.00%
Home Economics Teachers, Postsecondary	1	$57,770	100.00%
Rehabilitation Counselors	1	$21,965	100.00%
Animal Breeders	1	$27,560	100.00%
Ophthalmologists	1	$58,386	100.00%
Environmental Engineering Technicians	1	$43,576	100.00%
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	1	$23,858	100.00%
Special Education Teachers, All Other	1	$58,890	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 %
Uganda	2	$121,597	40.00%
Poland	2	$88,098	40.00%
Indonesia	2	$35,111	40.00%
Chile	2	$103,648	40.00%
Ireland	2	$89,265	40.00%
Ivory Coast	2	$57,242	40.00%
Sri Lanka	2	$94,734	40.00%
Taiwan	2	$72,915	40.00%
Ghana	2	$151,851	40.00%
Kenya	2	$60,825	50.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Nebraska (All Years)

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
The Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital Association	19	$128,608	90.48%
Sandhills Publishing Company	18	$39,105	85.71%
Lancaster County School District 0001	18	$48,042	85.71%
Schuyler Community Schools	18	$43,554	85.71%
Hitachi Consulting Corporation	18	$60,752	85.71%
First Data Merchant Services Llc	18	$89,814	85.71%
Danta Technologies Inc	18	$85,568	90.00%
Ciber Global Llc	17	$78,341	85.00%
Larsen Toubro Limited	17	$41,966	85.00%
Sapphire Software Solutions Inc	17	$69,034	89.47%

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Mahoney Harvesting Trucking	4	$21,226	100.00%
Jim And Lisa Reinick	4	$32,885	100.00%
Jsmm Farms Llc	4	$28,642	100.00%
Horst Harvesting Llc	4	$36,629	100.00%
Bubak Land And Cattle Llc	4	$37,076	100.00%
Tri S Ag	4	$36,629	100.00%
Eco Angus Llc	4	$34,694	100.00%
Dmb Co Llc Dba Baldridge Performance Angus	4	$35,365	100.00%
Central Valley Ag Cooperative Region 3	4	$30,628	100.00%
Ryan Andrew Pekarek	4	$35,365	100.00%

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Gt Exhaust	1	$65,624	25.00%
The Msr Group	1	$62,088	25.00%
Brazilian Consortium Of Stone Inc	1	$55,016	25.00%
Shubham Inc	1	$39,998	33.33%
Banyan Medical Systems Inc	1	$77,522	33.33%
Thomas Betts Power Solutions Llc Dba Jt Packard	1	$60,965	33.33%
Bryan Medical Center	1	$43,680	33.33%
National Research Corporation	1	$55,370	33.33%
Eaton Corporation	1	$77,792	33.33%
Helget Gas Products Inc	1	$76,482	33.33%

Top Industries in Nebraska (All Years)

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services	7,243	$70,788	88.47%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools	2,622	$53,837	87.28%
Computer Systems Design Services	946	$70,970	93.11%
General Medical And Surgical Hospitals	756	$88,517	86.50%
Financial Transactions Processing Reserve And Clearinghouse Activities	448	$85,266	92.95%
Other Computer Related Services	435	$69,499	92.36%
Offices Of Physicians Except Mental Health Specialists	424	$165,524	90.41%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services	379	$72,116	87.73%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services	369	$71,345	96.60%
Computing Infrastructure Providers Data Processing Web Hosting And Related Services	355	$98,427	98.07%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders	354	$32,696	100.00%
Crop Harvesting Primarily By Machine	336	$32,860	100.00%
Other Crop Farming	218	$33,723	100.00%
Cattle Feedlots	195	$34,277	100.00%
Support Activities For Crop Production	193	$34,551	100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Combination Farming	152	$33,871	100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming	105	$34,317	100.00%
Potato Farming	87	$33,863	100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Farming	72	$33,621	100.00%
Beef Cattle Ranching And Farming	66	$33,390	100.00%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services	1,022	$86,980	100.00%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools	445	$57,771	100.00%
Poultry Processing	314	$23,276	100.00%
Animal Except Poultry Slaughtering	299	$35,273	100.00%
Offices Of Physicians Except Mental Health Specialists	146	$149,463	100.00%
Financial Transactions Processing Reserve And Clearinghouse Activities	131	$86,535	100.00%
Human Resources Consulting Services	114	$68,321	100.00%
General Medical And Surgical Hospitals	111	$78,442	100.00%
Oil And Gas Pipeline And Related Structures Construction	101	$79,168	100.00%
Refrigerated Warehousing And Storage	85	$25,334	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 $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.