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Arkansas (AR)

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8,726

H-1B approvals (all yrs)

92.8%

LCA certification rate

729

Employers filing, latest yr

Top occupations shown

Where this fits nationally

// Arkansas highlighted

AKAlaska

MEMaine

WAWashington

MTMontana

NDNorth Dakota

MNMinnesota

WIWisconsin

MIMichigan

VTVermont

NHNew Hampshire

OROregon

IDIdaho

WYWyoming

SDSouth Dakota

IAIowa

ILIllinois

INIndiana

OHOhio

NYNew York

MAMassachusetts

RIRhode Island

CACalifornia

NVNevada

UTUtah

COColorado

NENebraska

KSKansas

MOMissouri

KYKentucky

WVWest Virginia

PAPennsylvania

NJNew Jersey

CTConnecticut

AZArizona

NMNew Mexico

OKOklahoma

ARArkansas

TNTennessee

VAVirginia

MDMaryland

DEDelaware

HIHawaii

TXTexas

LALouisiana

MSMississippi

ALAlabama

GAGeorgia

SCSouth Carolina

NCNorth Carolina

DCDistrict of Columbia

FLFlorida

LCA filings by year

// worksite in Arkansas

YearLCA volumeCertifiedRate

2025

4,284

4,11396.0%

2024

3,425

3,25795.1%

2023

3,294

2,91488.5%

2022

3,498

3,05687.4%

2021

5,638

5,23592.9%

2020

4,170

3,98495.5%

H-1B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

839

1498.4%

2024

1,048

2397.9%

2023

163

1094.2%

2022

779

1098.7%

2021

769

2197.3%

2020

709

4094.7%

2019

805

7491.6%

2018

539

9684.9%

2017

375

3791.0%

2016

384

H-2A petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

4,993

2699.5%

2024

6,087

3100.0%

2021

4,465

1599.7%

2020

4,441

699.9%

2019

3,682

1099.7%

2018

3,145

0100.0%

2017

2,943

0100.0%

2016

2,649

499.8%

2015

2,280

0100.0%

H-2B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

1,494

0100.0%

2024

3,128

0100.0%

2019

2,042

0100.0%

2017

0—

2016

0—

2015

0—

Top employers (H-1B, latest year)

WAL-MART ASSOCIATES, INC.478

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences77

University of Arkansas19

Mercy Clinic Fort Smith Communities16

Federal Soft Systems Inc13

Tyson Foods, Inc.11

VALUEPRO INC10

K TEK SOFT INC10

Top occupations (LCA, latest year)

Software Developers2,270

Business Intelligence Analysts269

Data Scientists192

Information Technology Project Managers170

Computer Systems Engineers/Architects138

Physicians, All Other101

Computer Systems Analysts73

Computer and Information Systems Managers63

Aggregate filing data, presented as market research, not case-specific and not legal advice.SOURCE: USCIS EMPLOYER DATA HUB / DOL LCA DISCLOSURE