Arkansas

International companies in Arkansas employ 58,500 U.S. workers. Approximately 29,400 of those jobs are in the manufacturing sector. With 558 international companies in the Natural State, global investment grows Arkansas’s economy. Discover how global investment is growing Arkansas’s economy and providing high-quality jobs in local communities.

Globally Connected

58,500 WORKERS

58,500 WORKERS

in Arkansas are employed as a result of global investment.

29,400 MFG WORKERS

29,400 MFG WORKERS

in Arkansas – 50 percent of all FDI jobs in the state – are in the manufacturing sector.

UNITED KINGDOM, FRANCE AND JAPAN

UNITED KINGDOM, FRANCE, AND JAPAN

support the largest number of jobs in Arkansas among all international employers.

558 GLOBAL EMPLOYERS

558 GLOBAL EMPLOYERS

have operations in Arkansas.

FROM 2017 TO 2022, ARKANSAS’S FDI EMPLOYMENT INCREASED 

1 %

WHILE THE STATE’S OVERALL PRIVATE-SECTOR EMPLOYMENT INCREASED 

1 %

FDI Employment Gains Over the Past Five Years in Neighboring States