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Fort Smith, AR

Fort Smith, AR rolls up 11 employers with DOL/OSHA/WARN filings and a $115,470 median H-1B wage; Healthcare & Social Assistance currently leads the local roster.

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11
Employers
$115,470
Median H-1B wage
64
H-1B filings

Fort Smith, AR: 11 tracked employers at a $115,470 median H-1B wage across 64 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 Fort Smith, AR (AR), PlainEmployers rolls up 11 employers at a $115,470 disclosed median. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 11 employers
  • $115,470 median H-1B
  • 64 H-1B LCAs

Where Fort Smith, AR's median H-1B wage sits nationally

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

$115,470 Top 57% higher than 43% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $120,000–$140,000: 42,626 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Above this entry. $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. Fort Smith, AR $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

Fort Smith, AR (11 employers) sits beside Bentonville, AR, Little Rock, AR, Centerton, AR in AR's tracked roster. Open a peer metro to compare H-1B wage and WARN density. Among metros with employers in this corpus, Fort Smith, AR ranks #915 of 6906 by employer count (about the 86th percentile).

Bentonville, AR 110 Little Rock, AR 60 Centerton, AR 20 Rogers, AR 12 Jonesboro, AR 10 Conway, AR 10
Top industries Healthcare & Social AssistanceAdministrative & Waste ServicesReal EstateTransportation & WarehousingManufacturing

What the data says about Fort Smith, AR

Corpus placement: Fort Smith, AR ranks #915 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 86th percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Healthcare & Social Assistance leads with 3 of 11 tracked employers (~27%); next sectors in the mix are Administrative & Waste Services and Real Estate. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: Rheem Manufacturing Company, Guardian Healthcare Providers, Inc., and Mercy Clinic Fort Smith Communities (52 filings combined, ~81% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Fort Smith, AR: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records.

Headline sponsors: Rheem Manufacturing Company, Guardian Healthcare Providers, Inc., and Mercy Clinic Fort Smith Communities, together 52 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

No WARN Act mass-layoff notices are currently mapped to employers with a worksite in Fort Smith, AR in this corpus, a cleaner local stability read than metros where large sponsors have filed reductions.

Same-state context for Fort Smith, AR: Bentonville, AR (110 employers); Little Rock, AR (60 employers); Centerton, AR (20 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 Fort Smith, AR

Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in

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What this shows Healthcare & Social Assistance leads Fort Smith, AR at ~27% of employers, with 5 other sectors still material in the mix.

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

Top employers in Fort Smith, AR

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1Rheem Manufacturing CompanyManufacturing24$107,245
2Guardian Healthcare Providers, Inc.Administrative & Waste Services23$67,704
3Mercy Clinic Fort Smith CommunitiesHealthcare & Social Assistance5$116,792
4Baptist Health GroupHealthcare & Social Assistance3$61,603
5ArcBest II, Inc.Transportation & Warehousing2$115,500
6Baptist Health ServicesHealthcare & Social Assistance2$350,000
7Hugg And Hall Equipment CompanyReal Estate1$95,650
8Hugg And Hugg Equipment CompanyReal Estate1$95,650
9University of Arkansas at Fort SmithEducational Services1$60,000
10Pro Care Innovations1$45,000
11Hospitalist Services of Arkansas, PCAdministrative & Waste Services1$178,443
Sources, citation, and related links for Fort Smith, AR

Disclaimer: The Fort Smith, AR overview is informational only and is not professional advice. Consult a qualified professional before employment, hiring, or compliance decisions based on this data.

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PlainEmployers renders Fort Smith, AR 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.