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 %
Leflore County Hospital Authority 7 $46,351 87.50%
Enoah Isolutions Inc 7 $46,880 87.50%
Value Added Products 7 $54,760 87.50%
Oge Enogex Holdings Llc 7 $68,863 87.50%
Paramount Software Solutions Inc 7 $71,739 87.50%
Wilspec Technologies Inc 7 $76,351 87.50%
Waynsys Inc 7 $63,645 87.50%
Leothundra Technologies Llc 7 $57,961 87.50%
Erp Analysts Inc 7 $62,367 87.50%
Southern Oklahoma Kidney Center Inc 7 $95,558 87.50%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Prairie Wind Nursery Llc 1 $20,093 50.00%
International Paper Company 1 $79,810 50.00%
Hospitalist Medicine Physicians Of Texas Pllc 1 $56,534 50.00%
Axel Royal Llc 1 $86,694 50.00%
Network In Action Franchise Intl 1 $82,846 50.00%
Basito Investments Llc 1 $48,734 50.00%
Claw Manufacturing Llc 1 $25,771 50.00%
Tikk A Wok Inc 1 $46,592 50.00%
Stump And Associates Pc 1 $36,712 50.00%
Hitachi Vantara Corporation 1 $52,686 50.00%

Top Industries in Oklahoma (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Soil Preparation Planting And Cultivating 29 $25,720 100.00%
Cattle Feedlots 26 $26,247 100.00%
Apiculture 23 $25,680 100.00%
Sheep Farming 22 $19,213 100.00%
Greenhouse Nursery And Floriculture Production 20 $26,818 100.00%
Potato Farming 20 $27,654 100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Farming 18 $28,846 100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming 16 $28,096 100.00%
Support Activities For Crop Production 14 $27,096 100.00%
Tree Nut Farming 14 $24,505 100.00%

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