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 %
Iraq 1 $85,000 50.00%
Morocco 1 $38,230 50.00%
Saudi Arabia 1 $54,309 50.00%
Czech Republic 1 $51,400 50.00%
Peru 1 $41,579 50.00%
Malawi 1 $36,982 50.00%
Moldova 1 $73,237 50.00%
Serbia And Montenegro 1 $127,712 50.00%
Georgia 1 $44,304 100.00%
Madagascar 1 $88,754 100.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Nebraska (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Sourceinfotech Inc 6 $57,221 85.71%
Builders Warehouse Inc 6 $63,707 85.71%
Caresoft Global Inc 6 $56,798 85.71%
New York Technology Partners Inc 6 $62,206 85.71%
Trisync Technologies Inc 6 $64,764 85.71%
Sqa Labs Inc 6 $51,054 85.71%
Tsys Merchant Solutions Llc 6 $65,036 85.71%
Fyra Engineering Llc 6 $57,477 85.71%
Raas Infotek Llc 6 $65,822 85.71%
Beta Soft Systems Inc 6 $56,562 85.71%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
K Farms Inc 1 $38,106 100.00%
Frontier Cooperative Company 1 $36,046 100.00%
Tsr Inc 1 $39,520 100.00%
Travis Bodlak Farms 1 $34,258 100.00%
Btl Land Llc 1 $36,046 100.00%
Tri County Electrical Contractor Llc 1 $28,371 100.00%
Rosberg Farms Inc 1 $38,106 100.00%
Holsing Farms 1 $34,258 100.00%
Brent Gloy 1 $29,910 100.00%
Treadway Ag Llc 1 $38,106 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

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