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Columbus, MS

Columbus, MS spreads H-1B hiring across 4+ sectors (9 employers, $120,000 median wage) rather than one dominant NAICS group.

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9
Employers
$120,000
Median H-1B wage
23
H-1B filings

Columbus, MS: 9 tracked employers at a $120,000 median H-1B wage across 23 LCAs; Healthcare & Social Assistance leads the local roster.

According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices mapped to worksites in Columbus, MS (MS), PlainEmployers rolls up 9 employers at a $120,000 disclosed median. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 9 employers
  • $120,000 median H-1B
  • 23 H-1B LCAs

Where Columbus, MS's median H-1B wage sits nationally

Metro median disclosed wage vs every credible H-1B wage row

$120,000 Top 54% higher than 46% of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows

$0–$20,000: 1 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $20,000–$40,000: 401 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $40,000–$60,000: 7,591 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Below this entry. $60,000–$80,000: 24,066 credible H-1B wage rows (9%). Below this entry. $80,000–$100,000: 43,829 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Below this entry. $100,000–$120,000: 49,740 credible H-1B wage rows (18%). Below this entry. $120,000–$140,000: 42,626 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). This entry sits in this band. $140,000–$160,000: 33,306 credible H-1B wage rows (12%). Above this entry. $160,000–$180,000: 22,983 credible H-1B wage rows (8%). Above this entry. $180,000–$200,000: 15,711 credible H-1B wage rows (6%). Above this entry. $200,000–$220,000: 10,825 credible H-1B wage rows (4%). Above this entry. $220,000–$240,000: 6,806 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Above this entry. $240,000–$260,000: 4,579 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. $260,000–$280,000: 2,975 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $280,000–$300,000: 1,671 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $300,000–$320,000: 5,015 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. Columbus, MS $0 $320,000 every credible H-1B wage row, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more credible H-1B wage rows. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, H-1B Disclosure Data · August 2026

Metro Labor Presence

Columbus, MS (9 employers) sits beside Jackson, MS, Ridgeland, MS, Olive Branch, MS in MS's tracked roster. Open a peer metro to compare H-1B wage and WARN density. Among metros with employers in this corpus, Columbus, MS ranks #1072 of 6906 by employer count (about the 83rd percentile).

Jackson, MS 21 Ridgeland, MS 14 Olive Branch, MS 10 Flowood, MS 8 Tupelo, MS 7 Hattiesburg, MS 7

What the data says about Columbus, MS

Corpus placement: Columbus, MS ranks #1072 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 83rd percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Healthcare & Social Assistance leads with 1 of 9 tracked employers (~11%); next sectors in the mix are Professional & Technical Services and Transportation & Warehousing. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: Compugra Systems INC, Gregory Construction Services, Inc., and Baptist Memorial Medical Group (15 filings combined, ~65% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Columbus, MS: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records.

Columbus, MS reads as a diversified labor market: the lead sector (Healthcare & Social Assistance) is only ~11% of tracked employers across 4 named industries, so no single NAICS group dominates the local picture.

Same-state context for Columbus, MS: Jackson, MS (21 employers); Ridgeland, MS (14 employers); Olive Branch, MS (10 employers). Employer-count gaps between these metros are why a wage offer that looks high in one city can look ordinary in another.

Employer mix in Columbus, MS

Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in

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What this shows Columbus, MS has no runaway sector: Healthcare & Social Assistance leads at only ~11% across 4 named industries.

Source DOL H-1B, OSHA & WARN filings mapped to NAICS sector

Top employers in Columbus, MS

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1Compugra Systems INCProfessional & Technical Services9$120,000
2Gregory Construction Services, Inc.3$75,000
3Baptist Memorial Medical GroupHealthcare & Social Assistance3$284,800
4Baptist Memorial Medical Group, Inc.2$325,000
5PACCAR Engine Company2$104,308
6Aluminum Dynamics LLC1$155,000
7Metallicum Group LLC.Wholesale Trade1$98,592
8Mississippi School For Mathematics And Science1$62,401
9Airbus Helicopters, Inc.Transportation & Warehousing1$135,513

PlainEmployers renders Columbus, MS from DOL H-1B disclosure filings and OSHA Injury Tracking Application records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.