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 %
Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers 299 $75,788 89.25%
Biochemists and Biophysicists 295 $44,077 88.86%
Accountants and Auditors 291 $57,619 89.26%
Database Administrators 289 $78,980 88.92%
Sales Engineers 258 $98,905 89.90%
Information Technology Project Managers 248 $85,773 95.75%
Computer Hardware Engineers 248 $103,365 96.50%
Computer and Information Research Scientists 218 $106,287 86.17%
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 193 $53,733 84.28%
Information Security Analysts 179 $90,384 90.86%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Marketing Managers 44 $133,125 65.67%
Information Security Analysts 41 $91,402 73.21%
Architectural and Engineering Managers 37 $129,284 66.07%
Electrical Engineers 34 $87,676 66.67%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 28 $171,829 57.14%
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 27 $25,636 55.10%
Civil Engineers 24 $78,536 50.00%
Accountants and Auditors 23 $68,336 47.92%
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 22 $51,345 51.16%
Family and General Practitioners 21 $132,899 55.26%
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 %
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