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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Missouri Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
72,778 92.04% $75,233 H-1B
4,855 6.14% $100,475 PERM
973 1.23% $30,381 H-2A
468 0.59% $86,948 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Missouri has seen a total of 79,074 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Missouri is the H-1B visa with 72,778 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 92.04% of Missouri's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 4,855 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 6.14% of Missouri's total visas.

Top Occupations in Missouri (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Health Diagnosing and Treating Practitioners, All Other 103 $50,841 88.79%
Logisticians 101 $62,438 88.60%
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers 101 $34,188 90.99%
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 101 $50,491 91.82%
Occupational Therapists 100 $55,800 91.74%
Hospitalists 95 $169,982 87.96%
Microbiologists 86 $48,455 82.69%
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other 82 $35,009 79.61%
Economists 80 $71,431 86.96%
Food Scientists and Technologists 79 $68,124 89.77%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary 10 $49,027 71.43%
Chemists 10 $66,608 71.43%
Construction Laborers 10 $52,478 71.43%
Biochemists and Biophysicists 10 $48,462 76.92%
Surgeons 10 $177,135 83.33%
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary 9 $45,297 75.00%
Soil and Plant Scientists 9 $47,424 75.00%
Physics Teachers, Postsecondary 9 $44,531 75.00%
Industrial Production Managers 9 $105,846 75.00%
Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary 9 $47,277 75.00%
Missouri Employees Over Time
Missouri has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 3,103 employees were hired. Missouri peaked in 2018 with 7,573 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 5,238 in 2023.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
India 1,710 $160,381 50.10%
Mexico 456 $32,615 32.92%
China 144 $67,427 43.90%
South Korea 124 $30,709 42.18%
Nepal 94 $36,686 32.98%
Brazil 65 $52,419 33.68%
Canada 59 $103,353 37.34%
Pakistan 53 $88,659 35.33%
Philippines 48 $53,134 36.64%
Bangladesh 24 $53,461 18.90%

Top Hiring Companies in Missouri (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Ssm Health Care 50 $50,007 86.21%
Nemo It Solutions Inc 49 $82,335 84.48%
Parkland Health Center 49 $39,972 85.96%
Sprint Corporation 49 $76,781 85.96%
Mastech Digital Technologies Inc A Mastech Digital Inc Company 48 $88,585 85.71%
Frontier Technologies Llc 48 $70,630 85.71%
Telcobuycom Llc 48 $81,955 85.71%
Bunge North America Inc 48 $69,880 85.71%
Truman State University 48 $47,793 88.89%
Evernorth Enterprise Services Inc 48 $101,670 88.89%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Munsch Outdoor Maintenance Company Inc 3 $28,912 27.27%
Troost Cenex Llc 3 $23,046 27.27%
Poynter Landscape Consulting Inc 3 $31,970 27.27%
Energizer Brands Llc 3 $123,413 27.27%
Tamko Building Products Llc 3 $77,002 27.27%
Td Ameritrade Holding Corporation 3 $110,947 27.27%
Humanwell Pharmaceutical Us Inc 3 $80,718 27.27%
Zvst Cloud Technologies Inc 3 $83,692 27.27%
The Climate Corporation 3 $65,256 27.27%
Express Scripts Administrators Llc 3 $105,872 30.00%

Top Industries in Missouri (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Insurance Carriers 2 $68,984 33.33%
Wineries 2 $57,596 33.33%
Machinery Manufacturing 2 $50,981 33.33%
Soil Preparation Planting And Cultivating 2 $36,192 33.33%
Other General Government Support 2 $46,717 33.33%
Conveyor And Conveying Equipment Manufacturing 2 $79,903 33.33%
Manufacturing 2 $62,785 33.33%
Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers 2 $25,000 33.33%
All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services 2 $94,078 40.00%
Other Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers 2 $85,051 40.00%

Missouri Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in Missouri to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in Missouri over all years is $75,233. 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