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
33,715 83.34% $69,193 H-1B
4,326 10.69% $23,740 H-2A
2,269 5.61% $271,418 PERM
145 0.36% $78,553 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Arkansas has seen a total of 40,455 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Arkansas is the H-1B visa with 33,715 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 83.34% of Arkansas's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the H-2A visa with 4,326 H-2A visas on record over all years accounting for 10.69% 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 5,338 $74,758 90.41%
Computer Programmers 2,304 $56,545 91.36%
Computer Occupations, All Other 1,498 $61,883 95.54%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 1,307 $123,804 90.26%
Software Developers, Systems Software 482 $70,078 95.26%
Management Analysts 403 $58,474 91.59%
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 96.25%
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 3,772 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 2,446 in 2023.

Top Countries with Workers in Arkansas From PERM Program (All Years)

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Panama 2 $197,600 40.00%
Italy 2 $87,371 40.00%
Estonia 2 $67,860 40.00%
Ukraine 2 $42,495 40.00%
Denmark 2 $43,615 40.00%
Jamaica 2 $75,165 40.00%
Kuwait 2 $66,751 50.00%
Rwanda 2 $48,839 50.00%
Spain 2 $45,510 50.00%
Thailand 2 $45,895 50.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Arkansas (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Rjt Compuquest Inc Dba Apolis 3 $84,406 100.00%
Erp Cloud Technologies Llc 3 $83,471 100.00%
Spark It Technologies Llc 3 $77,210 100.00%
Maxsoft It Llc 3 $76,440 100.00%
American It Minds Inc 3 $77,133 100.00%
Nebula Partners Llc 3 $76,495 100.00%
Dataquad Inc 3 $76,468 100.00%
Baanyan Software Services 3 $76,842 100.00%
Signature It Solutions Inc 3 $78,735 100.00%
Delta System And Software Inc 3 $81,321 100.00%

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 $69,193. The state with the highest average wage of H1-B workers for all states is CA with an average wage of $100,819.

State Avg Wage