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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Arkansas Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
37,715 82.16% $71,184 H-1B
5,455 11.88% $24,988 H-2A
2,573 5.61% $249,224 PERM
159 0.35% $78,835 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Arkansas has seen a total of 45,902 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Arkansas is the H-1B visa with 37,715 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 82.16% of Arkansas's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the H-2A visa with 5,455 H-2A visas on record over all years accounting for 11.88% of Arkansas's total visas.

Top Occupations in Arkansas (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Interior Designers 3 $40,401 75.00%
Energy Engineers 3 $54,101 75.00%
Pathologists 3 $124,231 75.00%
Credit Analysts 3 $40,054 75.00%
Mental Health Counselors 3 $52,589 75.00%
Genetic Counselors 3 $67,829 75.00%
Film and Video Editors 3 $56,618 75.00%
Financial Examiners 3 $65,326 100.00%
Mechanical Engineering Technicians 3 $39,645 100.00%
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary 3 $46,064 100.00%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Arkansas Employees Over Time
Arkansas has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 1,412 employees were hired. Arkansas peaked in 2020 with 3,768 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 818 in 2025.

Top Countries with Workers in Arkansas From PERM Program (All Years)

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
India 1,039 $206,100 42.95%
Vietnam 181 $21,010 38.84%
South Korea 150 $21,260 34.72%
Mexico 80 $42,076 31.50%
China 57 $63,264 25.91%
Brazil 51 $35,181 35.92%
Philippines 44 $7,966,204 33.85%
Pakistan 36 $101,926 41.38%
Nepal 24 $73,959 34.29%
South Africa 22 $31,111 43.14%

Top Hiring Companies in Arkansas (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Aarkay Technologies Inc 4 $50,191 80.00%
Motus It Inc 4 $58,251 80.00%
Stellent Solutions Inc 4 $53,648 80.00%
Sgs Technologie Llc 4 $67,839 100.00%
Dsys Inc 4 $50,190 100.00%
Jnit Technologies 4 $61,766 100.00%
Fidelis Software Solutions Llc 4 $71,136 100.00%
Scepter Technologies Inc 4 $70,101 100.00%
Softech International Resources Inc 4 $56,836 100.00%
Global It Inc 4 $57,704 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Floyd Calhoun And Son Farms 2 $29,328 100.00%
Maple Ridge Custom Services Llc 2 $19,344 100.00%
Zach Bullock Farms Fka Bullock Farms 2 $24,658 100.00%
Right Hand Man Llc 2 $29,328 100.00%
Ritter Production Farms Inc Pet 4 2 $25,303 100.00%
Berkemeyer Son Farms 2 $29,328 100.00%
Smerk Farms Partnership 2 $27,165 100.00%
Chastain Land Co Llc 2 $29,328 100.00%
Brian Tabor Farms 2 $27,165 100.00%
Dylan Wayne Bonds 2 $27,165 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

Top Industries in Arkansas (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Apiculture 39 $26,731 100.00%
Beef Cattle Ranching And Farming 35 $24,960 100.00%
Beef Cattle Ranching And Farming Including Feedlots 34 $27,424 100.00%
Dual Purpose Cattle Ranching And Farming 29 $27,042 100.00%
Cotton Ginning 29 $28,386 100.00%
Cattle Feedlots 28 $26,098 100.00%
Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers 27 $20,816 100.00%
Agriculture Forestry Fishing And Hunting 27 $26,907 100.00%
Cattle Ranching And Farming 25 $25,767 100.00%
All Other Crop Farming 22 $28,150 100.00%

Arkansas Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in Arkansas to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in Arkansas over all years is $71,184. 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