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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Mississippi Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
8,156 63.08% $72,785 H-1B
3,756 29.05% $24,713 H-2A
964 7.46% $55,496 PERM
54 0.42% $67,866 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Mississippi has seen a total of 12,930 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Mississippi is the H-1B visa with 8,156 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 63.08% of Mississippi's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the H-2A visa with 3,756 H-2A visas on record over all years accounting for 29.05% of Mississippi's total visas.

Top Occupations in Mississippi (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products 1 $62,254 100.00%
Mechanical Engineering Technicians 1 $39,354 100.00%
Chefs and Head Cooks 1 $48,360 100.00%
Administrative Services Managers 1 $45,365 100.00%
Writers and Authors 1 $26,624 100.00%
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other 1 $33,176 100.00%
Geneticists 1 $45,822 100.00%
Human Resources Specialists 1 $35,506 100.00%
Automotive Engineers 1 $65,374 100.00%
Nuclear Engineers 1 $114,275 100.00%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Mississippi Employees Over Time
Mississippi has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 501 employees were hired. Mississippi peaked in 2024 with 681 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 115 in 2025.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Bangladesh 123 $19,305 32.80%
India 123 $72,106 41.41%
South Korea 60 $24,836 32.26%
China 48 $39,800 30.38%
Vietnam 39 $20,319 43.82%
Mexico 32 $49,841 40.51%
South Africa 30 $36,779 50.85%
Pakistan 21 $74,002 42.00%
Philippines 19 $29,206 38.78%
Nepal 15 $94,318 33.33%

Top Hiring Companies in Mississippi (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Compugra Systems Inc 6 $60,102 85.71%
Promatrix Corp 6 $72,831 85.71%
Aegis Therapies Inc 6 $66,778 85.71%
Tower Loan Of Mississippi Llc 6 $75,529 85.71%
Byteware Inc 6 $65,513 85.71%
Cooper Lighting Llc 6 $71,448 85.71%
Solero Technologies Llc 6 $91,905 85.71%
Continental Tire The Americas Llc 6 $76,176 100.00%
Everest Computers Inc 6 $69,895 100.00%
Forman Watkins Krutz Llp 6 $67,177 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Tim Zepponi Farms 6 $27,969 100.00%
James S Warner Jr Farms 6 $17,748 100.00%
Dundee Farms 6 $26,222 100.00%
Dixie Farms 6 $25,501 100.00%
Opossum Ridge Planting Co 6 $26,627 100.00%
William F Goff 6 $26,239 100.00%
Nipper Farms Partnership 6 $24,922 100.00%
Dean Partnership 6 $26,967 100.00%
Red Fox Farms Partnership 6 $26,222 100.00%
Freddy M Bost Jr 6 $25,518 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

Top Industries in Mississippi (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Soil Preparation Planting And Cultivating 28 $23,630 100.00%
Beef Cattle Ranching And Farming 22 $25,517 100.00%
Berry Except Strawberry Farming 20 $27,077 100.00%
Rice Farming 18 $22,876 100.00%
Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers 18 $27,127 100.00%
Cotton Ginning 17 $31,497 100.00%
Tree Nut Farming 17 $30,969 100.00%
Noncitrus Fruit And Tree Nut Farming 17 $25,980 100.00%
Nursery And Floriculture Production 17 $25,770 100.00%
Other Noncitrus Fruit Farming 13 $21,052 100.00%

Mississippi Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in Mississippi to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in Mississippi over all years is $72,785. 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