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
53,560 85.13% $86,369 H-1B
7,332 11.65% $200,730 PERM
1,117 1.78% $31,502 H-2A
909 1.44% $81,964 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Oregon has seen a total of 62,918 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Oregon is the H-1B visa with 53,560 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 85.13% of Oregon's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 7,332 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 11.65% of Oregon's total visas.

Top Occupations in Oregon (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Developers, Applications 6,654 $91,123 89.60%
Computer Systems Analysts 6,252 $75,048 95.00%
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 3,937 $88,666 94.78%
Software Developers, Systems Software 2,895 $95,324 93.81%
Computer Occupations, All Other 2,731 $71,373 92.33%
Materials Engineers 2,694 $101,627 91.63%
Computer Programmers 2,657 $59,217 97.47%
Industrial Engineers 1,705 $88,613 89.88%
Electrical Engineers 666 $88,189 90.00%
Computer and Information Systems Managers 639 $129,630 93.97%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Materials Engineers 1,411 $91,381 70.02%
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 1,264 $85,026 91.66%
Software Developers, Systems Software 1,075 $93,846 99.54%
Software Developers, Applications 374 $693,064 35.15%
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 334 $44,386 44.12%
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand 211 $27,884 41.13%
Industrial Engineers 126 $89,046 54.78%
Computer Systems Analysts 119 $90,152 54.84%
Computer Occupations, All Other 80 $87,583 42.33%
Sales Engineers 61 $103,260 45.86%
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 5,380 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 705 in 2025.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Ethiopia 5 $89,332 41.67%
Chile 5 $78,756 45.45%
Cameroon 5 $91,162 45.45%
Kosovo 5 $51,413 50.00%
Peru 5 $84,296 50.00%
Hong Kong 5 $81,357 50.00%
Finland 5 $90,400 62.50%
Ecuador 4 $74,646 50.00%
Burma (myanmar) 4 $80,340 57.14%
Sweden 4 $102,898 57.14%

Top Hiring Companies in Oregon (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Upstart Network Inc 1 $86,674 50.00%
Parsons Transportation Group Inc 1 $86,757 50.00%
Deckers Outdoor Corporation 1 $86,840 50.00%
Business Performance Management Northwest 1 $86,902 50.00%
Octahedron Llc 1 $87,000 50.00%
Software Enterprise Llc 1 $87,022 50.00%
Warn Automotive Llc 1 $87,027 50.00%
Law Office Of Baoqin Wang Llc 1 $87,173 50.00%
Rena Technologies North America Llc 1 $87,256 50.00%
Emtecinc 1 $87,381 50.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

Top Industries in Oregon (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Temporary Shelters 1 $43,472 50.00%
Health And Welfare Funds 1 $108,202 50.00%
General Freight Trucking 1 $66,518 50.00%
Security Systems Services 1 $144,394 50.00%
Community Housing Services 1 $73,752 50.00%
Scheduled Air Transportation 1 $36,650 50.00%
Lessors Of Miniwarehouses And Self Storage Units 1 $78,874 50.00%
Furniture And Home Furnishings Retailers 1 $90,002 100.00%
All Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing 1 $107,910 100.00%
All Other Business Support Services 1 $46,259 100.00%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

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 $86,369. 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