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 %
Emergency Management Directors 1 $43,805 100.00%
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians 1 $38,480 100.00%
Sociologists 1 $46,675 100.00%
Manufacturing Engineering Technologists 1 $64,480 100.00%
Audiologists 1 $67,579 100.00%
Technical Writers 1 $30,930 100.00%
Urologists 1 $139,672 100.00%
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 1 $45,430 100.00%
Counseling Psychologists 1 $84,178 100.00%
Broadcast Technicians 1 $35,339 100.00%
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 %
Sriven Systems Of Tx Inc 8 $63,996 88.89%
Isite Technologies Inc 8 $70,166 88.89%
Dawson Education Cooperative 8 $56,215 88.89%
Dizer Corp 8 $66,516 88.89%
Syrainfotek Llc 8 $69,416 88.89%
The Nielsen Company Us Llc 8 $59,964 88.89%
Daz Systems Inc 8 $66,744 88.89%
Sriven Technologies Llc 8 $71,760 88.89%
Arkansas Blue Crossblue Shield 8 $70,509 88.89%
Ness Usa Inc 8 $60,432 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Lwm Farms Inc 5 $25,888 100.00%
G C Farm Partnership 5 $21,678 100.00%
Hoskyn Farm Partnership 5 $26,087 100.00%
Delta Crawfish Farm Inc 5 $25,800 100.00%
Wells Brothers Farm 5 $26,753 100.00%
Circle W Farms Inc 5 $25,800 100.00%
Melissa K Harrod 5 $27,897 100.00%
Richard Wright 5 $26,416 100.00%
Next Generation Farms 5 $25,908 100.00%
Lower Arkansas Labor Management Llc 5 $23,338 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

Top Industries in Arkansas (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Junior Colleges 9 $40,868 81.82%
All Other Animal Production 9 $50,923 81.82%
All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing 9 $55,233 81.82%
Pulp Paper And Paperboard Mills 9 $74,190 90.00%
Environmental Consulting Services 9 $52,127 90.00%
Rice Milling 9 $60,858 90.00%
Executive Offices 8 $68,032 80.00%
Industrial Machinery And Equipment Merchant Wholesalers 8 $67,519 80.00%
Freight Transportation Arrangement 8 $49,928 88.89%
Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing 8 $58,581 88.89%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Warehousing And Storage 1 $24,606 100.00%
Drilling Oil And Gas Wells 1 $30,222 100.00%
Flour Milling And Malt Manufacturing 1 $24,710 100.00%
Sugarcane Farming 1 $21,210 100.00%
Rv Recreational Vehicle Parks And Recreational Camps 1 $24,606 100.00%
Fresh Fruit And Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers 1 $174 100.00%
Sporting And Recreational Goods And Supplies Merchant Wholesalers 1 $20,509 100.00%
Forestry And Logging 1 $25,896 100.00%

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