State trend · AR

PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ Filing Trends in Arkansas

PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ (green-card) labor-certification filing volume and median offered wage for worksites in Arkansas, by U.S. fiscal year. Aggregate counts from public DOL records.

Total PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ Filings
8,202
Employers (2026)
120
Median Wage (2026)
$82,181

Filing volume by fiscal year

Median offered wage by fiscal year

Top sponsors by volume

Ranked by number of Arkansas-worksite PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ filings on record. A factual count of public filings — no rating or score is implied.

  1. 1. WALMART ASSOCIATES, INC. 1,254 PERM
  2. 2. PECO FOODS, INC 1,115 PERM
  3. 3. WAL-MART ASSOCIATES, INC. 972 PERM
  4. 4. GEORGE'S PROCESSING INC. 598 PERM
  5. 5. J.B. HUNT TRANSPORT, INC 290 PERM
  6. 6. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 232 PERM
  7. 7. PROTECH SOLUTIONS INC 133 PERM
  8. 8. KITESTRING CONSULTING INC 128 PERM
  9. 9. University of Arkansas 128 PERM
  10. 10. JB HUNT TRANSPORT INC 106 PERM
  11. 11. WAYNE FARMS LLC 94 PERM
  12. 12. FEDERAL SOFT SYSTEMS INC 88 PERM
  13. 13. ACXIOM CORPORATION 74 PERM
  14. 14. Simmons Prepared Foods, Inc 73 PERM
  15. 15. Arkansas Early Learning, Inc. 63 PERM
  16. 16. LISA ACADEMY 62 PERM
  17. 17. Gainwell Technologies LLC 45 PERM
  18. 18. NASH ORGANIZATION INC 41 PERM
  19. 19. The Alotian Club 41 PERM
  20. 20. Arkansas State University 40 PERM

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