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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%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 48 $107,156 32.43%
Computer Occupations, All Other 48 $66,488 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 %
Dominican Republic 1 $34,090 33.33%
Ireland 1 $31,637 33.33%
Zambia 1 $68,141 33.33%
Grenada 1 $33,259 33.33%
Burma (myanmar) 1 $12,480 33.33%
Uzbekistan 1 $42,224 50.00%
Morocco 1 $25,930 50.00%
New Zealand 1 $36,200 50.00%
Tajikistan 1 $34,820 50.00%
Saudi Arabia 1 $88,753 50.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Oklahoma (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Inc 73 $33,829 87.95%
Tata Consultancy Services Limited 69 $58,320 83.13%
John Zink Company Llc 69 $84,988 86.25%
Schlumberger Technology Corporation 68 $63,552 88.31%
Cameron University 64 $41,144 84.21%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Us Corporation 63 $62,571 84.00%
Murphy Brown Llc 61 $38,015 84.72%
Guru It Solutions Inc 61 $43,683 84.72%
Capgemini America Inc 60 $72,645 86.96%
Conocophillips Company 59 $81,755 85.51%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
L Petersen Farms Ltd 10 $21,466 100.00%
Davenport Ranches 10 $15,811 100.00%
Gossen Cattle Co Llc 9 $24,697 100.00%
Worrell Farms Partnership 9 $28,778 100.00%
Rockin R Harvesting Llc 9 $26,594 100.00%
Rk Doyle Harvesting Ltd 9 $25,887 100.00%
Bt Harvesting 9 $26,594 100.00%
Isaacs Farms Llc 9 $25,676 100.00%
Ozark Farms 9 $26,920 100.00%
Chad Robison 9 $28,679 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Enviro Systems 6 $87,086 31.58%
Keybridge Technologies Inc 5 $44,637 27.78%
Chinatown Supermarket Llc 5 $22,522 27.78%
Ssm Health Care Of Oklahoma Inc 5 $133,349 27.78%
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation 5 $45,556 31.25%
Zeva Technology Llc 5 $64,438 31.25%
Williams Wpc 1 Llc 5 $82,855 33.33%
Oklahoma Forensic Center 5 $77,443 33.33%
Hart Home Selling Team Llc 5 $17,318 33.33%
Accenture Llp 5 $94,961 35.71%

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