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 %
Software Developers, Applications 5,109 $78,853 90.96%
Computer Systems Analysts 2,028 $64,139 91.72%
Computer Programmers 1,169 $56,769 82.73%
Computer Occupations, All Other 1,021 $70,247 91.32%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 510 $130,997 89.63%
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 412 $48,661 88.79%
Software Developers, Systems Software 402 $82,474 87.20%
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 307 $60,833 93.60%
Database Administrators 254 $74,967 84.39%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 240 $64,169 82.47%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Agricultural Equipment Operators 1,035 $33,573 288.30%
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 341 $32,975 105.57%
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 221 $33,813 168.70%
Construction Laborers 106 $36,073 119.10%
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop 72 $32,331 105.88%
Agricultural Workers, All Other 67 $29,520 106.35%
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 17 $49,251 30.91%
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians 13 $47,000 24.53%
Helpers--Carpenters 6 $34,556 13.64%
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products 6 $35,935 13.95%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Developers, Applications 674 $281,704 177.37%
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 111 $26,654 37.25%
Computer Systems Analysts 99 $79,928 33.22%
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 68 $37,270 25.37%
Computer Occupations, All Other 65 $85,657 26.00%
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand 63 $25,334 26.81%
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 59 $52,136 29.35%
Production Workers, All Other 58 $27,691 68.24%
Internists, General 40 $161,935 72.73%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 38 $149,084 71.70%
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 %
Egypt 7 $111,771 38.89%
Jordan 7 $67,171 43.75%
Albania 6 $43,149 37.50%
Thailand 6 $61,152 37.50%
Venezuela 6 $32,278 37.50%
Libya 6 $159,664 40.00%
Malaysia 6 $55,659 40.00%
El Salvador 5 $49,862 35.71%
Macedonia 5 $37,980 35.71%
Japan 5 $41,648 35.71%

Top Hiring Companies in Nebraska (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Ernst Young Us Llp 53 $67,589 88.33%
Father Flanagans Boys Home 53 $117,537 88.33%
Spreetail Llc 53 $91,118 89.83%
Pioneer Consulting Services Llc 53 $75,717 91.38%
Compunnel Software Group Inc 52 $75,409 91.23%
Ineight Inc 52 $100,287 92.86%
Ameritas Life Insurance Corp 51 $77,495 92.73%
Midwest Cloud Computing Llc 50 $80,223 90.91%
Metropolitan Utilities District 49 $90,308 89.09%
Kforce Inc 49 $83,057 89.09%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Tanner Lemon 7 $33,277 100.00%
Central Valley Ag Cooperative Ne 7 $35,562 100.00%
Whole Seed Farm Llc 7 $35,003 100.00%
Shotkoski Hay Farms 7 $31,476 100.00%
Jka Cattle Llc 7 $34,534 100.00%
L Walther Sons Inc Ne 7 $28,579 100.00%
Rod Rohde Custom Farming Llc 7 $33,021 100.00%
Stinking Water Trucking 7 $34,974 100.00%
Jessen Unlimited 7 $33,209 100.00%
Kepler Trucking Llc 7 $31,981 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Hastings College 3 $45,123 23.08%
Western Nebraska Community College 3 $49,570 25.00%
Team Financial Management Systems Inc 3 $68,411 25.00%
Nebraska Book Company Inc 3 $50,620 25.00%
Mosaic 3 $95,992 25.00%
Kinja Inc 3 $27,907 27.27%
Schiff Of Nebraska Llc 3 $32,407 27.27%
Memorial Community Hospital Corporation 3 $46,134 30.00%
Transaction Applications Group 3 $82,139 30.00%
Ingersoll Rand Company 3 $88,435 30.00%

Top Industries in Nebraska (All Years)

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