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 %
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 531 $128,776 86.76%
Mechanical Engineers 515 $80,283 90.35%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 430 $68,832 90.72%
Architectural and Engineering Managers 415 $146,458 97.42%
Management Analysts 389 $82,430 92.40%
Internists, General 364 $172,671 86.46%
Civil Engineers 336 $71,617 87.96%
Statisticians 324 $74,984 85.94%
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 316 $80,572 92.13%
Operations Research Analysts 304 $78,626 90.75%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Packers and Packagers, Hand 61 $23,962 46.92%
Internists, General 60 $145,652 55.56%
Computer and Information Systems Managers 57 $134,120 54.81%
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 54 $29,155 61.36%
Statisticians 54 $66,386 61.36%
Computer and Information Research Scientists 54 $96,236 63.53%
Computer Hardware Engineers 50 $102,362 58.82%
Cooks, Restaurant 49 $32,480 62.82%
Mechanical Engineers 48 $83,681 61.54%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 47 $3,248,447 69.12%
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 %
Nepal 69 $62,702 50.36%
Nigeria 64 $89,960 48.85%
Thailand 60 $45,259 52.17%
South Africa 46 $47,213 42.59%
Turkey 43 $92,223 42.57%
United Kingdom 39 $97,174 41.05%
Philippines 37 $77,137 45.12%
Sri Lanka 32 $99,511 39.51%
Pakistan 28 $97,619 34.57%
Russia 27 $90,708 48.21%

Top Hiring Companies in Oregon (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
University Of Oregon 463 $49,143 74.56%
Deloitte Consulting Llp 444 $82,388 98.45%
Amazon Web Services Inc 406 $83,394 91.44%
Lam Research Corporation 404 $102,447 94.39%
Ibm India Private Limited 372 $64,828 87.94%
Kforce Inc 337 $93,004 99.12%
Ibm Corporation 293 $86,046 89.33%
Microsoft Corporation 292 $109,611 99.66%
Ust Global Inc 271 $64,080 92.81%
Salesforcecom Inc 247 $85,842 88.53%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Eric Harlow 17 $23,466 100.00%
Wafla 17 $39,662 100.00%
Blue Mountain Cattle Inc 17 $23,064 100.00%
Froerer Farms 16 $35,572 100.00%
Webster Orchards Inc 16 $36,034 100.00%
Adelsheim Vineyard Llc 16 $29,099 100.00%
Anderson Sheep Company Inc 14 $24,009 100.00%
Avalon Orchards Inc 13 $32,146 100.00%
Gordon Clark 13 $20,440 100.00%
Krebs Sheep Company 13 $23,216 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Peacehealth 33 $145,421 44.00%
Stancorp Financial Group 27 $103,194 38.03%
Applied Materials Inc 27 $78,879 38.03%
Am Transport Llc 27 $41,584 39.71%
Maxim Integrated Products Inc 25 $83,887 38.46%
Rite Aid Corporation 24 $92,012 40.68%
Hp Inc 24 $97,366 40.68%
Corillian Corporation 23 $88,024 42.59%
Nike Usa Inc 23 $111,656 43.40%
Qorvo Us Inc 23 $90,665 43.40%

Top Industries in Oregon (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 15,557 $74,882 92.18%
Semiconductor And Other Electronic Component Manufacturing 11,744 $96,695 95.81%
Computer Systems Design Services 2,919 $85,919 78.53%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 2,786 $57,670 87.55%
Footwear Manufacturing 1,844 $122,645 97.10%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 1,221 $84,363 88.35%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services 1,146 $85,424 98.12%
Engineering Services 887 $76,374 86.71%
General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 795 $151,586 88.24%
Semiconductor And Related Device Manufacturing 794 $97,773 90.54%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Sheep Farming 207 $24,758 100.00%
Fruit And Tree Nut Farming 134 $34,069 100.00%
Nursery And Tree Production 83 $35,284 100.00%
Other Crop Farming 76 $36,316 100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming 60 $32,614 100.00%
Crop Production 55 $35,657 100.00%
Greenhouse Nursery And Floriculture Production 51 $38,324 100.00%
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming 41 $37,794 100.00%
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders 34 $37,303 100.00%
Cattle Ranching And Farming 31 $29,419 100.00%

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 $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