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 %
Prodigy Technologies Inc 5 $75,910 83.33%
Harding University Inc 5 $51,176 83.33%
Alliedmedix Resources Inc 5 $42,153 83.33%
Prime Deal Inc 5 $47,977 83.33%
Now Diagnostics Inc 5 $36,009 83.33%
Airpoints Inc 5 $51,305 83.33%
Reckitt Benckiser Llc 5 $51,226 83.33%
Mclarty Companies Inc 5 $45,656 83.33%
Lisa Academy 5 $35,730 83.33%
Qca Health Plan Inc 5 $51,979 83.33%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Cissell And Sons Farm 4 $26,978 100.00%
Carter Brothers Partnership 4 $26,993 100.00%
G L Skinner Farms 4 $23,811 100.00%
Richmond Gin Llc 4 $19,640 100.00%
Rr Farms 4 $27,290 100.00%
Beaver Dam Farms Inc 4 $26,993 100.00%
Harold Senter Farms Inc 4 $27,316 100.00%
Lizzaclaire Farms Partnership 4 $28,694 100.00%
Greg Nall 3 $26,742 100.00%
Fielder Farms Partnership 3 $26,347 100.00%
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