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
7,445 65.11% $72,685 H-1B
3,052 26.69% $23,543 H-2A
889 7.78% $56,985 PERM
48 0.42% $61,885 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Mississippi has seen a total of 11,434 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Mississippi is the H-1B visa with 7,445 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 65.11% of Mississippi's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the H-2A visa with 3,052 H-2A visas on record over all years accounting for 26.69% of Mississippi's total visas.

Top Occupations in Mississippi (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Developers, Applications 625 $73,325 93.14%
Computer Systems Analysts 553 $53,370 92.17%
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 418 $159,230 81.01%
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 335 $40,400 83.75%
Computer Programmers 332 $53,922 85.57%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 317 $179,794 86.38%
Electrical Engineers 179 $74,920 85.24%
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 143 $43,091 70.44%
Industrial Engineers 138 $66,941 72.63%
Internists, General 134 $173,739 84.28%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 103 $17,467 32.19%
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 57 $17,344 24.78%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 38 $168,151 39.18%
Internists, General 34 $133,188 50.00%
Software Developers, Applications 27 $87,888 69.23%
Electrical Engineers 26 $66,171 68.42%
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 23 $141,298 67.65%
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 23 $40,267 79.31%
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 20 $45,042 80.00%
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers 18 $17,493 75.00%
Mississippi Employees Over Time
Mississippi has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 501 employees were hired. Mississippi peaked in 2016 with 659 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 577 in 2023.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Canada 15 $91,899 53.57%
Poland 12 $60,649 50.00%
Brazil 12 $69,819 54.55%
Nigeria 9 $116,754 60.00%
Lebanon 8 $127,667 57.14%
Venezuela 7 $81,204 50.00%
Jordan 6 $159,020 46.15%
Iran 6 $64,572 60.00%
Colombia 6 $76,583 60.00%
Taiwan 5 $42,929 50.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Mississippi (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Cyient Inc 72 $54,456 79.12%
Entergy Services Inc 66 $64,069 76.74%
The Univeristy Of Southern Missisippi 64 $37,898 81.01%
Alcorn State University 61 $44,258 78.21%
Hattiesburg Clinic P A 60 $211,437 83.33%
Jackson Public School District 54 $48,451 81.82%
Jindal Tubular Usa Llc 54 $81,628 98.18%
Implementation Technologies Consulting Inc 51 $53,973 92.73%
Seven Seas Technologies Inc 46 $51,224 86.79%
Baptist Memorial Medical Group 44 $176,066 91.67%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Jindal Tubular Usa Llc 7 $76,437 17.95%
Integrated Management Services Pa 7 $56,196 18.42%
Sofidel America Corp 5 $90,588 15.15%
Delta Regional Medical Center 5 $119,087 21.74%
Clarksdale Municipal School District 5 $35,788 22.73%
Saks Fifth Avenue Llc 5 $77,372 25.00%
Mississippi Baptist Health System 4 $124,863 20.00%
Abb Inc 4 $70,440 20.00%
Pharma Pac Llc 4 $50,721 21.05%
Abb Enterprise Software Inc 4 $81,266 22.22%

Top Industries in Mississippi (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Cotton Farming 4 $20,621 100.00%
Hay Farming 4 $25,912 100.00%
Animal Production And Aquaculture 4 $24,461 100.00%
Grain And Oilseed Milling 3 $26,347 100.00%
Horses And Other Equine Production 3 $25,106 100.00%
Peanut Farming 3 $24,192 100.00%
Support Activities For Forestry 2 $23,358 100.00%
Business Support Services 2 $24,658 100.00%
Fresh Fruit And Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers 2 $26,000 100.00%
Farm Product Warehousing And Storage 2 $24,658 100.00%

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 $72,685. 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