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 %
Thought Byte Inc 7 $70,072 87.50%
Liberty Com Llc 7 $57,375 87.50%
Vmc Soft Technologies Inc 7 $69,397 87.50%
Derm Cosmetics Labs Inc 7 $58,374 87.50%
Nanomech Inc 7 $71,938 87.50%
It America Inc 7 $70,455 87.50%
Data Core Systems Inc 7 $56,053 87.50%
I2 It Solutions Inc 7 $60,733 87.50%
Latentview Analytics Corporation 7 $80,668 87.50%
Datson360 Llc 7 $70,045 87.50%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Hensley Farms 5 $26,753 100.00%
Walton Agwings 5 $26,187 100.00%
Promised Land Farms 5 $22,888 100.00%
Omni Omega Planting Co 5 $24,914 100.00%
Confederate Air Inc 5 $26,245 100.00%
Cater Farm Planting Llc 5 $25,413 100.00%
Northland Farms Inc 5 $25,671 100.00%
Raymond L And Louise G Pieroni Farm Ptr 4 $21,382 100.00%
Roger Wilkison Farms 4 $26,546 100.00%
Galloway Cotton Farms 4 $21,830 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

Top Industries in Arkansas (All Years)

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