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 %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Natural Sciences Managers 3 $92,622 60.00%
Food Scientists and Technologists 3 $63,135 60.00%
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 3 $26,770 60.00%
Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary 3 $45,643 60.00%
Financial Managers 3 $70,179 60.00%
Education Teachers, Postsecondary 3 $37,866 60.00%
Computer Network Architects 3 $102,759 60.00%
Biological Technicians 3 $33,266 60.00%
Sales Engineers 3 $75,116 60.00%
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 3 $74,582 60.00%
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 %
Entergy Arkansas Inc 4 $56,191 100.00%
Dataquest Corp 4 $69,587 100.00%
Healthy Connections Inc 4 $78,281 100.00%
Quantum Vision Llc 4 $71,032 100.00%
Technology Consultants Inc 4 $58,516 100.00%
Edge It Corp 4 $67,912 100.00%
Centraprise Corp 4 $71,490 100.00%
Magic Vapor Llc 4 $66,831 100.00%
Long Finch Technologies Llc 4 $62,905 100.00%
Sira Consulting Inc 4 $68,063 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Kr Farms 2 $28,434 100.00%
Barnhill Orchards 2 $25,303 100.00%
Lake Village Seed Tire Co 2 $19,729 100.00%
Windmill Rice Company Llc 2 $21,174 100.00%
Hs Jeter Farms Partnership 2 $29,328 100.00%
Anderson Bros Fisheries Inc 2 $17,108 100.00%
Gg Farms Inc 2 $29,328 100.00%
Smith Farmland Inc 2 $28,434 100.00%
Organic Solutions Farms Inc 2 $28,434 100.00%
Nuway Fuel Farms 2 $20,145 100.00%
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