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 %
Computer Systems Analysts 6,298 $57,048 96.09%
Software Developers, Applications 5,321 $74,723 90.13%
Computer Programmers 2,304 $56,545 91.36%
Computer Occupations, All Other 1,497 $61,887 95.47%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 1,307 $123,804 90.26%
Software Developers, Systems Software 479 $70,047 94.66%
Management Analysts 412 $58,613 91.76%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 315 $61,277 86.78%
Internists, General 269 $163,007 88.49%
Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers 257 $59,258 93.45%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Agricultural Equipment Operators 2,620 $25,535 213.70%
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 1,448 $26,198 293.71%
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 307 $25,999 65.60%
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop 195 $25,045 50.26%
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 54 $28,004 14.75%
Agricultural Workers, All Other 32 $26,079 14.75%
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians 30 $34,987 15.79%
Construction Laborers 6 $33,575 3.66%
Nursery Workers 5 $24,698 3.57%
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products 4 $26,099 3.01%
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 %
Morocco 4 $64,054 50.00%
Uganda 3 $77,133 37.50%
Iraq 3 $38,768 42.86%
Hong Kong 3 $56,444 42.86%
Ecuador 3 $83,498 50.00%
Russia 3 $66,396 50.00%
Ghana 3 $28,739 50.00%
Lebanon 3 $94,182 50.00%
Bulgaria 3 $49,649 50.00%
Australia 3 $77,646 50.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Arkansas (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Computer Task Group Inc 17 $63,365 89.47%
Hitachi Consulting Corporation 17 $66,373 89.47%
Superior Industries International Inc 17 $56,024 89.47%
Cisco Systems Inc 17 $83,063 89.47%
Good One It Solutions Inc 17 $77,705 94.44%
Jack Stephens Heart Institute Llc 17 $214,157 94.44%
Techtop Solutions Inc 16 $81,915 88.89%
Micronet It Solutions Inc 16 $74,853 88.89%
Philander Smith College 16 $46,768 88.89%
Infosys Technologies Limited 16 $52,433 94.12%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
If Anderson Farms Inc 8 $24,318 100.00%
Buron Griffin Farms Inc 8 $21,148 100.00%
Jp Walt Sons Inc 8 $23,643 100.00%
Joedd Poyner 8 $26,234 100.00%
Billy Hinkle Farms Partnership 8 $24,170 100.00%
King Farm Partnership 8 $24,375 100.00%
Simon Farm Llc 8 $26,824 100.00%
Morton Ag Partnership 8 $23,780 100.00%
Cadron Crest Orchard 8 $19,903 100.00%
Hopper Stephens Hatcheries Inc 8 $24,380 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Entergy Arkansas Inc 1 $74,838 33.33%
Morenci Unified School District 1 $32,490 33.33%
Estem Public Charter Schools 1 $44,813 33.33%
Grant Garrett Excavating Inc 1 $31,304 33.33%
Windmill Rice Company Llc 1 $47,549 33.33%
Bank Of The Ozarks 1 $121,701 33.33%
Qualserv Solutions Llc 1 $52,395 33.33%
Curtis H Stout Inc 1 $63,066 33.33%
Derm Cosmetics Lab Inc 1 $77,501 33.33%
Arkansas Wholesale Lumber Co Inc 1 $35,630 33.33%

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