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 %
St John Physicians Inc 13 $127,315 86.67%
Oklahoma Baptist University 13 $38,221 86.67%
Scd Dental Pc 12 $102,870 80.00%
Sofidel America Corp 12 $87,885 80.00%
Larsen Toubro Technology Services Ltd 12 $46,629 85.71%
Childrens House Of Norman Inc 12 $35,256 85.71%
Tucker Energy Services Inc 12 $49,382 85.71%
Populus Group 12 $62,955 85.71%
Oklahoma Investment Group 12 $51,764 85.71%
Siri Infosolutions Inc 12 $65,168 85.71%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
True Digital Security Inc 1 $41,558 25.00%
Himalayas Llc 1 $18,304 25.00%
Community Of Hope Inc 1 $25,896 25.00%
Emoteq Corporation 1 $47,674 25.00%
Equipment Technology 1 $40,435 25.00%
Yuba Heat Transfer Llc 1 $61,755 25.00%
Dolce Vita It Solutions Llc 1 $35,630 25.00%
Geophysical Research Company Llc 1 $70,408 25.00%
Lanna Thai Restaurant 1 $34,923 25.00%
Bauman Instrument Corporation 1 $44,304 25.00%

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