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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Oregon Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
48,763 84.72% $84,326 H-1B
7,080 12.30% $205,102 PERM
866 1.50% $29,437 H-2A
848 1.47% $80,907 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Oregon has seen a total of 57,557 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Oregon is the H-1B visa with 48,763 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 84.72% of Oregon's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 7,080 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 12.30% of Oregon's total visas.

Top Occupations in Oregon (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Operations Research Analysts 281 $77,354 90.06%
Statisticians 279 $73,746 90.58%
Accountants and Auditors 273 $56,879 88.93%
Biochemists and Biophysicists 271 $43,133 90.94%
Sales Engineers 249 $97,421 90.22%
Information Technology Project Managers 248 $85,773 96.50%
Computer Hardware Engineers 223 $99,276 88.14%
Computer and Information Research Scientists 219 $106,317 93.99%
Information Security Analysts 179 $90,384 87.75%
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 174 $51,788 90.16%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Information Security Analysts 41 $91,402 73.21%
Marketing Managers 40 $131,551 75.47%
Architectural and Engineering Managers 36 $129,229 70.59%
Electrical Engineers 33 $87,545 67.35%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 28 $171,829 57.14%
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 27 $25,636 56.25%
Civil Engineers 22 $77,619 48.89%
Accountants and Auditors 21 $65,758 46.67%
Family and General Practitioners 21 $132,899 55.26%
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 21 $50,699 55.26%
Oregon Employees Over Time
Oregon has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 2,324 employees were hired. Oregon peaked in 2022 with 5,433 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 4,277 in 2023.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Kyrgyzstan 1 $26,021 50.00%
Togo 1 $84,635 50.00%
Swaziland 1 $88,275 50.00%
Belarus 1 $42,869 50.00%
Mozambique 1 $42,869 50.00%
Serbia And Montenegro 1 $81,120 50.00%
Ivory Coast 1 $91,084 50.00%
Georgia 1 $61,651 50.00%
Senegal 1 $97,470 50.00%
United States Of America 1 $114,941 50.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Oregon (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc 17 $73,433 85.00%
Vmware Inc 17 $90,139 85.00%
Digimarc Corporation 17 $93,233 89.47%
Lyve Tech Llc 17 $86,725 89.47%
Columbia Brands Usa Llc 17 $110,607 89.47%
Cadence Design Systems Inc 16 $109,828 84.21%
Sky Lakes Medical Center Inc 16 $182,083 84.21%
Caprus It Inc 16 $85,204 84.21%
Shakti Group Inc 16 $77,563 84.21%
Cvent Inc 16 $89,157 84.21%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Sunrise Tkd Inc 1 $51,418 33.33%
Nemametrix Inc 1 $108,098 33.33%
Modo Inc 1 $54,621 33.33%
Cascades Holding Us Inc 1 $91,582 33.33%
Sandy Dental Pc 1 $47,840 33.33%
Critical Path Consulting Inc 1 $91,083 33.33%
Wherescape Usa Inc 1 $130,645 33.33%
Applied Scientific Instrumentation Inc 1 $73,902 33.33%
Whitewood Senior Living Group Llc 1 $82,389 33.33%
Marvell Semiconductor Inc 1 $94,075 33.33%

Top Industries in Oregon (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 14,948 $74,115 92.29%
Semiconductor And Other Electronic Component Manufacturing 10,097 $94,050 95.22%
Computer Systems Design Services 2,786 $85,200 84.66%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 2,422 $56,474 79.67%
Footwear Manufacturing 1,496 $119,330 97.02%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 1,086 $81,748 87.58%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services 1,044 $83,207 98.03%
Engineering Services 830 $75,324 86.55%
General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 738 $150,497 88.81%
Other Computer Related Services 709 $80,545 88.29%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Sheep Farming 165 $23,923 100.00%
Fruit And Tree Nut Farming 105 $32,153 100.00%
Nursery And Tree Production 59 $33,592 100.00%
Other Crop Farming 57 $34,914 100.00%
Crop Production 55 $35,657 100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming 55 $31,938 100.00%
Greenhouse Nursery And Floriculture Production 30 $34,579 100.00%
Support Activities For Crop Production 25 $35,314 100.00%
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming 23 $35,364 100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Farming 22 $30,376 100.00%

Oregon Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in Oregon to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in Oregon over all years is $84,326. 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