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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Nebraska Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
20,885 82.32% $74,077 H-1B
2,243 8.84% $131,136 PERM
2,115 8.34% $32,879 H-2A
129 0.51% $87,004 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Nebraska has seen a total of 25,372 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Nebraska is the H-1B visa with 20,885 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 82.32% of Nebraska's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 2,243 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 8.84% of Nebraska's total visas.

Top Occupations in Nebraska (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Management Analysts 238 $66,515 95.20%
Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers 217 $77,173 90.04%
Biological Scientists, All Other 176 $48,217 82.24%
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 169 $47,737 89.89%
Statisticians 165 $55,022 91.67%
Accountants and Auditors 146 $51,170 84.39%
Biochemists and Biophysicists 146 $44,256 91.25%
Computer and Information Systems Managers 138 $108,725 86.25%
Operations Research Analysts 129 $62,556 84.87%
Mechanical Engineers 123 $65,524 87.86%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Developers, Systems Software 36 $92,549 69.23%
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 34 $45,632 68.00%
Agricultural Equipment Operators 30 $36,094 78.95%
Animal Breeders 24 $31,520 66.67%
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 24 $64,534 75.00%
Statisticians 24 $48,764 82.76%
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 20 $56,904 80.00%
Database Administrators 18 $77,502 75.00%
Slaughterers and Meat Packers 18 $24,932 78.26%
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 16 $26,169 72.73%
Nebraska Employees Over Time
Nebraska has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 859 employees were hired. Nebraska peaked in 2018 with 2,132 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 312 in 2025.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
New Zealand 1 $64,979 50.00%
Hungary 1 $93,766 50.00%
Sweden 1 $35,194 50.00%
Kuwait 1 $105,914 50.00%
Bahamas 1 $322,200 50.00%
Antigua And Barbuda 1 $217,381 50.00%
Mauritania 1 $79,706 50.00%
Cyprus 1 $98,000 50.00%
Palestine 1 $89,939 50.00%
Jamaica 1 $22,547 50.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Nebraska (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Visionet Systems Inc 8 $68,182 88.89%
Emeteors Inc 8 $55,150 88.89%
First Tek Inc 8 $62,938 88.89%
Only It Consulting Llc 8 $55,052 88.89%
Amzur Technologies Inc 8 $65,499 88.89%
Nebraska Book Company Inc 8 $61,922 88.89%
Slk America Inc 8 $62,522 88.89%
Experian Information Solutions Inc 8 $81,076 88.89%
First Data Merchant Services Corporation 8 $62,259 88.89%
California Creative Solutions Inc 8 $65,148 88.89%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
L Walther And Sons Inc Ne 2 $28,486 100.00%
Rockin L Trucking 2 $36,046 100.00%
Double B Land And Livestock 2 $28,902 100.00%
Action Pig Co 2 $37,076 100.00%
Ml Land Cattle Inc 2 $34,258 100.00%
Rk Cattle Llc 2 $34,258 100.00%
Maser Farm Inc 2 $37,076 100.00%
Tri County Electrical Contractors Llc 2 $28,694 100.00%
Terrell Farms Llcbrock Terrell 2 $9,000 100.00%
Del Norte Harvesting Llc 2 $34,258 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Ohl Frost Farm Inc 1 $31,221 50.00%
Rady Enterprises Llc 1 $53,518 50.00%
Grand Island Public Schools 1 $49,778 50.00%
Advisor Group Inc 1 $83,470 50.00%
Conductix Inc 1 $72,280 50.00%
Baker Ag 1 $29,640 50.00%
Platte Center West Llc 1 $68,744 50.00%
Kiewit Infrastructure South Co 1 $88,795 50.00%
Banyan Medical Systems Llc 1 $116,376 50.00%
Pesek Law Llc 1 $56,514 50.00%

Top Industries in Nebraska (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders 354 $32,696 100.00%
Crop Harvesting Primarily By Machine 336 $32,860 100.00%
Other Crop Farming 218 $33,723 100.00%
Cattle Feedlots 195 $34,277 100.00%
Support Activities For Crop Production 193 $34,551 100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Combination Farming 152 $33,871 100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming 105 $34,317 100.00%
Potato Farming 87 $33,863 100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Farming 72 $33,621 100.00%
Beef Cattle Ranching And Farming 66 $33,390 100.00%

Nebraska Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in Nebraska to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in Nebraska over all years is $74,077. 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