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 %
Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary 3 $56,030 100.00%
Travel Agents 3 $36,601 100.00%
Managers, All Other 3 $87,845 100.00%
Producers and Directors 3 $66,283 100.00%
Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists 2 $110,791 66.67%
Athletic Trainers 2 $29,360 66.67%
Dietitians and Nutritionists 2 $37,492 66.67%
Clinical Psychologists 2 $54,278 66.67%
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 2 $32,209 66.67%
Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary 2 $44,520 66.67%
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 %
Pointwest Technologies Corp 8 $61,402 100.00%
Performance Softech Solutions Inc 8 $67,582 100.00%
Staffbee Solutions Inc 8 $73,973 100.00%
Isr Info Way Inc 8 $78,923 100.00%
Eficens Systems Llc 8 $74,160 100.00%
Hstechnologies Llc 8 $75,293 100.00%
Software Paradigms International Group Llc 8 $61,849 100.00%
Ark Solutions Inc 8 $72,410 100.00%
10bits Llc 8 $71,349 100.00%
Keane Soft Inc 8 $74,604 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Costner And Sons Farms 5 $25,143 100.00%
Drew Davis Farms Partnership 5 $25,950 100.00%
Laird High 5 $28,134 100.00%
Half Moon Farms 5 $27,539 100.00%
Whittenton Farms Partnership 5 $26,753 100.00%
Lone Pine Enterprises Lllp 5 $24,935 100.00%
Chuck Taylor Farms 5 $27,776 100.00%
Lizzaclaire Farms 5 $23,358 100.00%
E P Farms Partnership 5 $26,158 100.00%
Keg Enterprises 5 $27,897 100.00%
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