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 %
Managers, All Other 51 $79,606 82.26%
Graphic Designers 49 $40,638 81.67%
Database Architects 49 $81,157 83.05%
Biomedical Engineers 49 $59,533 84.48%
Natural Sciences Managers 49 $100,772 87.50%
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 47 $42,862 85.45%
Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary 46 $53,031 86.79%
Physics Teachers, Postsecondary 45 $48,609 86.54%
Medical and Health Services Managers 44 $85,148 84.62%
Lawyers 44 $71,411 88.00%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Health Diagnosing and Treating Practitioners, All Other 5 $53,514 55.56%
Actuaries 5 $87,926 55.56%
Computer Programmers 5 $85,883 55.56%
Anesthesiologists 5 $135,823 55.56%
Lawyers 5 $99,595 55.56%
Obstetricians and Gynecologists 5 $176,055 62.50%
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary 5 $49,208 62.50%
General and Operations Managers 4 $77,943 50.00%
Chief Executives 4 $134,555 50.00%
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 4 $42,531 50.00%
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