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 %
Biological Technicians 28 $34,235 87.50%
Computer Network Architects 27 $80,400 90.00%
Agricultural and Food Science Technicians 27 $26,469 90.00%
Occupational Therapists 27 $62,318 96.43%
Microbiologists 26 $42,193 92.86%
Database Architects 26 $65,074 96.30%
General and Operations Managers 26 $62,836 96.30%
Bioinformatics Scientists 25 $55,841 92.59%
Pediatricians, General 25 $133,860 96.15%
Financial Managers 24 $90,825 92.31%
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 %
Compubahn Inc 3 $71,601 100.00%
Scintilla Soft Inc 3 $69,271 100.00%
Kastech Solutions Llc 3 $74,235 100.00%
Revunit Llc 3 $75,358 100.00%
Itiyam Llc 3 $75,123 100.00%
Kat It Solutions Inc 3 $69,298 100.00%
Superior Industrial International Arkansas Llc 3 $74,305 100.00%
Trilogy Concrete Construction Inc 3 $66,255 100.00%
Inceptron Group Inc 3 $67,496 100.00%
John Bean Technologies Corporation 3 $71,504 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Bonnie Plants Llc 20 2 1 $30,222 100.00%
Jason Berry Inc 1 $19,456 100.00%
Three Boeckmann Farm I I Partnership 1 $25,896 100.00%
James David Evans Farming Partnership 1 $20,530 100.00%
Dth Farms Gp 1 $28,434 100.00%
168 Farms Inc 1 $20,530 100.00%
Ramos Farm Llc 1 $30,222 100.00%
Ralph Jones Farms Inc 1 $18,928 100.00%
Poinsett Turfgrass Company 1 $36,691 100.00%
Oak Ride Agri Inc 1 $18,528 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

Top Industries in Arkansas (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Portfolio Management And Investment Advice 1 $80,163 100.00%
New Car Dealers 1 $36,733 100.00%
Plastics Packaging Materials And Unlaminated Film And Sheet Manufacturing 1 $91,062 100.00%
Spice And Extract Manufacturing 1 $31,970 100.00%
General Freight Trucking 1 $52,790 100.00%
Drilling Oil And Gas Wells 1 $137,883 100.00%
Claims Adjusting 1 $35,651 100.00%
Iron And Steel Forging 1 $77,938 100.00%
Other Concrete Product Manufacturing 1 $52,478 100.00%
Agricultural Implement Manufacturing 1 $131,040 100.00%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

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