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
18,910 84.90% $66,267 H-1B
1,641 7.37% $224,449 PERM
1,540 6.91% $25,961 H-2A
183 0.82% $69,255 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Oklahoma has seen a total of 22,274 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Oklahoma is the H-1B visa with 18,910 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 84.90% of Oklahoma's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 1,641 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 7.37% of Oklahoma's total visas.

Top Occupations in Oklahoma (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Physicists 40 $69,930 86.96%
Commercial and Industrial Designers 39 $40,118 84.78%
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary 38 $44,810 84.44%
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 36 $51,424 80.00%
Financial Quantitative Analysts 36 $67,879 83.72%
Biomedical Engineers 35 $52,948 83.33%
Graphic Designers 35 $31,880 83.33%
Financial Managers 35 $79,300 83.33%
Mental Health Counselors 34 $44,272 82.93%
Atmospheric and Space Scientists 34 $56,362 85.00%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Industrial Production Managers 5 $84,598 100.00%
Education Administrators, Postsecondary 5 $61,801 100.00%
Bakers 5 $19,727 100.00%
Helpers--Production Workers 5 $22,077 100.00%
Aerospace Engineers 5 $84,993 100.00%
Petroleum Engineers 5 $102,997 100.00%
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 5 $51,386 100.00%
Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary 5 $43,286 100.00%
Chemists 5 $49,267 100.00%
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary 4 $44,313 80.00%
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 225 in 2025.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
India 299 $583,629 40.85%
Mexico 125 $35,527 31.65%
Nepal 67 $31,586 52.76%
Philippines 53 $36,506 49.53%
China 52 $62,049 57.78%
South Korea 36 $37,931 45.00%
Canada 29 $84,998 40.28%
Pakistan 28 $78,955 41.18%
Nigeria 23 $48,484 46.00%
Turkey 23 $35,834 51.11%

Top Hiring Companies in Oklahoma (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Technical Manufacturing Inc 4 $54,007 80.00%
Isolvers Inc 4 $64,511 80.00%
It Trailblazers Llc 4 $67,865 80.00%
Cardiology Clinic Of Muskogee Inc 4 $117,728 80.00%
Structure Consulting Group Llc 4 $75,431 80.00%
Quest Software Inc 4 $73,497 80.00%
Tenaris Global Services Usa Corporation 4 $57,653 80.00%
Siemens Industry Inc 4 $74,490 80.00%
Proform Industries Ltd 4 $64,771 80.00%
Titan Technologies Inc 4 $62,826 80.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

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 $66,267. 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