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 %
Software Developers, Applications 623 $73,285 92.85%
Computer Systems Analysts 553 $53,370 92.17%
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 438 $157,197 78.64%
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 417 $41,752 91.45%
Computer Programmers 332 $53,922 83.00%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 313 $180,048 80.67%
Electrical Engineers 195 $75,356 85.15%
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 159 $43,739 70.98%
Industrial Engineers 141 $67,763 74.21%
Mechanical Engineers 140 $70,205 88.05%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 127 $17,676 34.23%
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 57 $17,344 24.78%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 38 $168,151 35.85%
Internists, General 34 $133,188 50.00%
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers 30 $17,684 61.22%
Software Developers, Applications 27 $87,888 69.23%
Electrical Engineers 26 $66,171 76.47%
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 24 $137,467 82.76%
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 24 $40,501 96.00%
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 22 $44,680 91.67%
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 %
Macau 1 $59,821 50.00%
Malaysia 1 $100,090 50.00%
Australia 1 $66,640 100.00%
Ukraine 1 $44,290 100.00%
Thailand 1 $187,610 100.00%
Grenada 1 $187,199 100.00%
Netherlands 1 $44,429 100.00%
Dominica 1 $36,260 100.00%
Bolivia 1 $86,320 100.00%
Tanzania 1 $59,030 100.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Mississippi (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Davis Aviation Inc 3 $62,338 75.00%
Prahar Anisha Gp Llc 3 $64,695 75.00%
Technosoft Engineering Inc 3 $55,827 75.00%
Sun Beauty Llc 3 $52,825 75.00%
Core Information Technology Solutions Inc 3 $49,462 75.00%
Techpillars Inc 3 $58,767 75.00%
Sohan Inc 3 $53,033 100.00%
Celcite Management Solutions Llc 3 $58,510 100.00%
Excel It Corp 3 $64,424 100.00%
Trustmark Bank Na 3 $72,786 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Jls Farms Partnership 4 $26,208 100.00%
Oneal Planting Co 4 $27,290 100.00%
Cronkleton Equipment Llc 4 $24,669 100.00%
Lakeland Yard And Garden Center Inc 4 $20,467 100.00%
Dean Tanner Farms 4 $25,912 100.00%
Tmad Inc 4 $27,290 100.00%
Robert Hutton And Traci Hutton 4 $25,912 100.00%
Jim Suber Farms Petition 2 3 $28,184 100.00%
Carter Farms Llc 3 $26,742 100.00%
Walter Pillow And Sons Planting Co 3 $21,667 100.00%
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