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 %
India 2,638 $267,963 56.03%
China 329 $245,710 48.53%
Mexico 240 $56,756 46.78%
Vietnam 218 $29,968 48.34%
Taiwan 162 $2,178,484 49.09%
South Korea 136 $83,353 46.26%
Canada 129 $96,451 45.26%
Bangladesh 123 $92,637 51.25%
Brazil 78 $60,079 49.06%
Zimbabwe 77 $44,972 56.20%

Top Hiring Companies in Oregon (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Mentor Graphics Corporation 247 $86,998 95.74%
Syntel Inc 246 $73,864 95.35%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Us Corporation 243 $75,509 96.43%
Centizen Inc 234 $92,646 99.57%
Ernst Young Us Llp 222 $80,766 99.55%
Advantage It Inc 207 $71,416 94.95%
Portland General Electric Company 191 $99,736 91.83%
Populus Group Llc 189 $93,823 95.45%
Syntel Consulting Inc 189 $70,596 95.45%
Peacehealth 171 $161,984 86.80%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Townsend Farms Inc 13 $34,923 100.00%
Walla Walla Nursery Company Inc 12 $37,828 100.00%
Catherine Nuferrous 12 $24,111 100.00%
Blooming Nursery Inc 12 $41,730 100.00%
Nj Gomeza Farms 11 $35,583 100.00%
Siri And Son Farms 10 $27,425 100.00%
Crum Farming Inc 10 $35,955 100.00%
Sester Farms Inc 9 $35,115 100.00%
Berries Northwest Llc 9 $35,198 100.00%
Siri And Son Farms Inc 9 $35,166 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Tektronix Inc 22 $102,226 44.00%
Triquint Semiconductor 21 $84,458 45.65%
Jireh Semiconductor Inc 19 $110,586 41.30%
Asante Physician Partners 17 $154,879 37.78%
Deloitte Consulting Llp 17 $94,522 37.78%
Sulzer Pumps Us Inc 15 $80,194 35.71%
Elemental Technologies Llc 15 $87,804 37.50%
Am Transport Inc 15 $42,890 39.47%
Ensoftek Inc 14 $93,851 36.84%
Con Way Enterprise Services 14 $78,915 36.84%

Top Industries in Oregon (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Potato Farming 30 $37,171 100.00%
Support Activities For Crop Production 27 $35,566 100.00%
Apiculture 25 $36,769 100.00%
All Other Crop Farming 25 $40,474 100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Farming 24 $31,071 100.00%
Beef Cattle Ranching And Farming 22 $27,133 100.00%
Hay Farming 20 $36,627 100.00%
Nursery And Floriculture Production 19 $35,005 100.00%
Noncitrus Fruit And Tree Nut Farming 18 $35,437 100.00%
Other Noncitrus Fruit Farming 16 $32,281 100.00%

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