H-1B wage filings in Fort Smith, AR
Jobs with a worksite in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
56 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Fort Smith, AR as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 24 employers. The median offered wage was $110,400, 6.2% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Resident (3).
- Filings
- 56
- Positions covered
- 54
- Employers
- 24
- Median offered
- $110,400
- Median prevailing wage
- $95,077
- Filings since FY2020
- 312
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +21%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Fort Smith, AR rose 21%, from $91,526 in fiscal 2020 to $110,400 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 7.1% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 66 filings.
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year
Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.
Fort Smith, AR by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 50 | $110,400 | no change | $95,077 | +7.1% |
| 2025 | 66 | $110,400 | +5.1% | $97,136 | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 43 | $105,000 | −1.9% | $93,205 | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 37 | $107,000 | +24.4% | $89,482 | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 44 | $86,000 | +8.4% | $78,042 | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 30 | $79,331 | −13.3% | $67,912 | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 42 | $91,526 | n/a | $68,640 | +12.8% |
Employers filing for jobs in Fort Smith
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Employer | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Clinic Fort Smith Communities | 10 | $165,672 | at the minimum | |
| Rheem Manufacturing Company | 10 | $94,800 | +16.5% | |
| ArcBest Technologies, Inc. | 9 | $135,000 | +36.7% | |
| ArcBest II, Inc. | 2 | $115,485 | +0.1% | |
| Calsoft Labs Inc | 2 | $110,400 | +0.3% | |
| Baptist Health Services | 2 | $327,500 | +8.1% | |
| Guardian Healthcare Providers, Inc. | 2 | $65,894 | +56.9% | |
| Intellectt Inc | 1 | $108,160 | +3.4% | |
| University of Arkansas at Fort Smith | 1 | $60,000 | +68.5% | |
| Ray Business Technologies USA INC | 1 | $73,000 | at the minimum | |
| Yahoo Holdings Inc. | 1 | $135,408 | +48.4% | |
| LexisNexis Risk Solutions FL, Inc. | 1 | $103,000 | +7.3% | |
| Volansys LLC | 1 | $110,400 | +0.3% | |
| Onward Robotics (f/k/a IAM ROBOTICS, INC.) | 1 | $97,000 | +26.6% | |
| Hospitalist Services of Arkansas, PC | 1 | $178,443 | at the minimum | |
| Novozen Healthcare LLC | 1 | $83,283 | at the minimum | |
Showing the 16 employers with the most filings of 24. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Fort Smith
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resident | 3 | $66,040 | +2.4% | |
| Accounting Clerk | 2 | $45,000 | +1.0% | |
| Hospitalist | 2 | $178,443 | at the minimum | |
| Manager, Robotics Software Engineer (s) | 2 | $165,000 | +43.7% | |
| Medical Technologist | 2 | $65,894 | +56.9% | |
| Project Engineer III | 2 | $93,400 | +10.7% | |
| Robotics Engineer I | 2 | $132,500 | +39.4% | |
| Robotics Software Engineer III - Infrastructure | 2 | $100,000 | +5.2% | |
| Technical Lead | 2 | $110,400 | +0.3% | |
| Assistant Professor, Graphic Design | 1 | $60,000 | +68.5% | |
| Chief Executive Officer | 1 | $500,000 | +394.3% | |
| Dentist (Managing Clinical Director) | 1 | $247,000 | +71.6% | |
| Endocrinologist Physician | 1 | $305,000 | +0.7% | |
| Engineer III - Operations Research | 1 | $106,000 | +1.4% | |
| Engineer V | 1 | $150,000 | +77.8% | |
| Family Medicine Physician | 1 | $165,672 | at the minimum | |
| Hospitalist - Internal Medicine | 1 | $178,443 | at the minimum | |
| Hospitalist Physician | 1 | $178,443 | at the minimum | |
| Improvement Facilitator III – Melt Shop | 1 | $103,200 | +11.0% | |
| Internal Medicine Physician | 1 | $150,966 | at the minimum | |
| Machine Learning Engineer III | 1 | $115,500 | +0.1% | |
| Manager, Cognitive Engagement | 1 | $115,470 | at the minimum | |
| Oncology – Hematology and Oncology Physician | 1 | $260,728 | at the minimum | |
| Pediatrician | 1 | $129,667 | at the minimum | |
| Physician (Internal Medicine) | 1 | $350,000 | +15.5% | |
Seniority of the jobs filed
The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.
What these numbers are
- They are wages employers attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
- A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
- The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.
- The city is the worksite on the filing, which can be a client's office or a remote worker's home, not the employer's headquarters.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.