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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Oklahoma Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
17,631 85.95% $64,899 H-1B
1,491 7.27% $241,924 PERM
1,225 5.97% $24,421 H-2A
165 0.80% $65,915 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Oklahoma has seen a total of 20,512 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Oklahoma is the H-1B visa with 17,631 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 85.95% of Oklahoma's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 1,491 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 7.27% of Oklahoma's total visas.

Top Occupations in Oklahoma (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Sales Engineers 38 $84,969 88.37%
Physicists 36 $71,125 87.80%
Industrial Production Managers 36 $82,644 87.80%
Financial Managers 35 $79,300 85.37%
Biomedical Engineers 34 $52,466 82.93%
Education Administrators, Postsecondary 33 $56,023 82.50%
Hospitalists 33 $142,007 84.62%
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary 32 $42,463 86.49%
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 32 $50,516 86.49%
Graphic Designers 31 $31,412 83.78%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Aerospace Engineers 5 $84,993 100.00%
Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary 5 $33,086 100.00%
Materials Engineers 4 $56,176 80.00%
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers 4 $99,673 80.00%
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 4 $29,938 80.00%
Statisticians 4 $42,209 80.00%
Chemists 4 $50,034 80.00%
Stock Clerks and Order Fillers 4 $21,424 80.00%
Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary 4 $40,673 80.00%
Lodging Managers 3 $39,395 60.00%
Oklahoma Employees Over Time
Oklahoma has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 1,077 employees were hired. Oklahoma peaked in 2015 with 1,716 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 1,097 in 2023.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
India 267 $642,629 40.09%
Mexico 105 $36,128 26.58%
Nepal 55 $32,267 47.01%
China 46 $61,018 50.55%
South Korea 32 $36,304 47.76%
Pakistan 27 $77,542 41.54%
Philippines 27 $51,208 42.86%
Canada 24 $88,855 38.10%
Turkey 22 $35,444 44.00%
Nigeria 15 $54,506 34.09%

Top Hiring Companies in Oklahoma (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Hogantaylor Llp 16 $39,797 94.12%
Oklahoma Wesleyan University 16 $29,002 94.12%
Mid America Christian University 15 $46,686 88.24%
Mcalester Regional Health Center Authority 15 $62,668 88.24%
Oracle America Inc 15 $94,565 88.24%
Infor Global Solutions Inc 15 $76,694 88.24%
Reflections Systems Inc 14 $68,296 82.35%
Fusion Plus Solutions Inc 14 $69,401 82.35%
York International Corporation 14 $87,905 82.35%
Creoks Mental Health Services Inc 14 $35,642 87.50%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Bricktown Seo Llc 2 $42,016 40.00%
Vesco Inc 2 $34,278 40.00%
Q B Johnson Manufacturing Inc 2 $114,130 50.00%
Memorial Auto Supply Inc 2 $24,523 50.00%
Heartland Stone Llc 2 $12,522 50.00%
Kruse Staffing Inc 2 $67,975 50.00%
Woolpert Inc 2 $44,470 50.00%
Dept Of Veterans Affairs Medical Center 2 $153,473 50.00%
Bridgelogix Corporation 2 $50,222 50.00%
Millennium Wireless Inc 2 $34,871 50.00%

Top Industries in Oklahoma (All Years)

Oklahoma Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in Oklahoma to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in Oklahoma over all years is $64,899. 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