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 %
Industrial Production Managers 23 $86,487 88.46%
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 22 $33,033 88.00%
Epidemiologists 22 $43,290 88.00%
Chemical Engineers 21 $52,231 84.00%
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 18 $51,804 72.00%
Physicists 18 $71,495 75.00%
Architectural and Engineering Managers 17 $110,162 70.83%
Financial Analysts 17 $52,023 73.91%
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other 17 $59,643 73.91%
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary 17 $41,633 73.91%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary 3 $62,737 100.00%
Plasterers and Stucco Masons 3 $36,962 100.00%
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 2 $48,017 66.67%
Construction Managers 2 $72,228 66.67%
Computer and Information Systems Managers 2 $94,508 66.67%
Managers, All Other 2 $85,676 66.67%
Interpreters and Translators 2 $40,852 66.67%
Coaches and Scouts 2 $31,945 66.67%
Logisticians 2 $58,750 66.67%
Purchasing Managers 2 $108,015 66.67%
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%
Canada 15 $91,899 33.33%

Top Hiring Companies in Mississippi (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Techsoup Global 3 $61,297 100.00%
Xerium Technologies Inc 3 $71,940 100.00%
Gregory Construction Services Inc 3 $52,166 100.00%
Pvr Technologies Inc 3 $65,686 100.00%
Management Health Systems Inc 3 $63,863 100.00%
Convergent It Solutions Inc 3 $68,585 100.00%
Ceco Building Systems 3 $58,808 100.00%
W G Yates And Sons Construction Co 3 $68,189 100.00%
Only It Consulting Llc 3 $60,334 100.00%
Sparity Inc 3 $66,754 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Mhudson Farm 3 $28,184 100.00%
Thorn Custom Harvesting Llc 3 $19,344 100.00%
Eg Taylor Family Farms 3 $29,626 100.00%
Deep Current Ag Management Llc 3 $19,868 100.00%
Zachery C Brower Llc 3 $28,711 100.00%
Trey Brower Farms Llc 5 3 $28,184 100.00%
Paradise Farms 3 $22,076 100.00%
William Edgar Abernathy 3 $25,106 100.00%
Passageway Farms 3 $24,641 100.00%
Langston Farm Llc Petition 1 3 $26,943 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

Top Industries in Mississippi (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Sawmill Woodworking And Paper Machinery Manufacturing 1 $74,526 100.00%
Other Accounting Services 1 $43,659 100.00%
Other Building Equipment Contractors 1 $108,098 100.00%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

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