H-1B activity in Oklahoma. U.S. Department of Labor disclosure data shows 4,744 Labor Condition Applications filed on behalf of H-1B workers in Oklahoma, spanning 1,110 distinct employers. DOL certified these petitions at a 96.2% rate, meaning the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review before USCIS took over final adjudication. That volume gives Oklahoma a measurable footprint in the national H-1B program and a data-backed view of where foreign specialty-occupation workers are being placed on U.S. soil.

What employers are paying. The average offered wage on Oklahoma H-1B petitions is $103,071. Because each LCA must meet or exceed the DOL prevailing wage for the specific role and worksite, this figure reflects genuine pay commitments rather than aspirational market surveys, and it varies with the mix of occupations, wage levels (I through IV), and metropolitan areas active in the state. The single most-sponsored occupation is Software Developers, which alone accounts for 683 petitions at an average of $104,483, followed by Physicians, All Other and Mechanical Engineers.

Who does the sponsoring. The top H-1B sponsor in Oklahoma is University of Oklahoma with 323 petitions at an average offered wage of $76,551, followed by University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma State University, Paycom Payroll, LLC. Taken together, the 1,110 employers active in the state form a concrete picture of which industries and company sizes rely on H-1B sponsorship inside Oklahoma. Because the data comes directly from DOL LCA disclosures (public record), each figure is auditable down to the individual petition, a meaningful contrast with anecdotal labor-market reporting.

Volume vs. pay, do they agree? By petition volume, Oklahoma ranks #38 of 55 states. By average offered wage, it ranks #46 of 55. The two ranks are close, volume and pay move together in Oklahoma more than in most states.