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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 %
Software Developers, Applications 2,266 $69,910 90.28%
Computer Systems Analysts 1,454 $61,069 90.65%
Computer Programmers 1,077 $52,282 88.57%
Computer Occupations, All Other 564 $64,173 94.00%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 518 $145,451 87.80%
Mechanical Engineers 498 $71,036 84.69%
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 409 $39,176 91.50%
Software Developers, Systems Software 373 $68,370 88.60%
Accountants and Auditors 369 $47,639 91.56%
Biological Scientists, All Other 307 $44,702 89.24%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Agricultural Equipment Operators 528 $27,639 202.30%
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 275 $27,702 143.23%
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 274 $28,496 314.94%
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop 31 $26,774 41.89%
Nursery Workers 19 $26,276 27.94%
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 14 $36,088 25.93%
Construction Laborers 8 $31,980 21.05%
Agricultural Workers, All Other 6 $26,513 20.69%
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians 6 $32,115 20.69%
Fence Erectors 5 $27,872 17.24%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Developers, Applications 155 $861,041 26.32%
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 58 $39,985 24.37%
Computer Occupations, All Other 48 $66,488 32.43%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 48 $107,156 54.55%
Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food 47 $18,135 71.21%
Mechanical Engineers 41 $76,070 85.42%
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 31 $49,674 70.45%
Computer Systems Analysts 30 $73,734 90.91%
Electrical Engineers 27 $79,387 90.00%
Internists, General 26 $116,288 92.86%
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 %
Romania 5 $32,629 41.67%
Lebanon 5 $68,071 41.67%
Syria 4 $71,474 36.36%
Egypt 4 $57,616 40.00%
Ukraine 4 $101,488 40.00%
Argentina 4 $38,298 40.00%
Hong Kong 4 $59,017 40.00%
Peru 4 $25,789 40.00%
Hungary 3 $84,447 33.33%
Spain 3 $43,791 37.50%

Top Hiring Companies in Oklahoma (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Tibco Software Inc 9 $86,380 90.00%
Sdh Systems Llc 9 $72,072 90.00%
Enacomm Inc 9 $72,805 90.00%
Cvs Rx Services Inc 9 $103,533 90.00%
Deloitte Tax Llp 8 $63,461 80.00%
Avco Consulting Inc 8 $68,616 80.00%
Avara Pharmaceutical Services 8 $75,739 80.00%
Rjt Compuquest Inc 8 $46,421 80.00%
City Of Lawton 8 $45,866 80.00%
Ksq Architects Pc 8 $40,625 80.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Dennis Mittasch 1 $32,344 100.00%
Bachman Family Farms Llc 1 $29,120 100.00%
Hickory Livestock Company Llc 1 $26,354 100.00%
Long Family Farms Partnership 1 $20,072 100.00%
Alpha Quarter Horses 1 $30,930 100.00%
Avanti Equine Oklahoma Llc 1 $32,344 100.00%
Voss Cattle Company Llc 1 $32,344 100.00%
Pc Farms Llc 1 $27,102 100.00%
United Ag Llcz 1 $26,354 100.00%
Robert Stotts 1 $30,930 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Specialty Clinics Of St Anne Pllc 1 $174,616 50.00%
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company 1 $84,864 50.00%
Imagenet Consulting 1 $63,066 50.00%
Advanced Steel Crane Inc 1 $60,299 50.00%
Taylor Oil Tools Inc Dba Taylor Valve Technolo 1 $110,198 50.00%
Durant Dc Llc 1 $56,014 50.00%
Koch Fertilizer Enid Llc 1 $86,403 50.00%
Quinstreet Inc 1 $68,286 50.00%
Capspire Inc 1 $65,478 50.00%
Dayton Parts Llc Dba Eagle Suspensions 1 $63,752 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 $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