We now have Quarter 4 H1B visa FY 2023 data and Quarter 4 PERM visa FY 2023 data and Quarter 4 H2A visa FY 2023 data.
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Kansas Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
25,611 83.95% $71,125 H-1B
2,507 8.22% $29,712 H-2A
2,205 7.23% $349,466 PERM
183 0.60% $79,168 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Kansas has seen a total of 30,506 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Kansas is the H-1B visa with 25,611 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 83.95% of Kansas's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the H-2A visa with 2,507 H-2A visas on record over all years accounting for 8.22% of Kansas's total visas.

Top Occupations in Kansas (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Prosthodontists 2 $194,002 100.00%
Urologists 2 $208,000 100.00%
Personal Care Aides 1 $21,070 50.00%
Agricultural and Food Science Technicians 1 $25,022 50.00%
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 1 $27,000 50.00%
Museum Technicians and Conservators 1 $28,787 50.00%
Construction Laborers 1 $29,120 50.00%
Designers, All Other 1 $29,390 50.00%
Editors 1 $30,410 50.00%
Media and Communication Workers, All Other 1 $31,034 50.00%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Kansas Employees Over Time
Kansas has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 1,402 employees were hired. Kansas peaked in 2018 with 2,359 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 1,734 in 2023.

Top Countries with Workers in Kansas From PERM Program (All Years)

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Trinidad And Tobago 2 $65,603 50.00%
Ireland 2 $77,771 66.67%
Belgium 1 $72,322 33.33%
Ethiopia 1 $57,054 33.33%
Moldova 1 $57,034 33.33%
Turkmenistan 1 $17,368 33.33%
Bahamas 1 $107,869 33.33%
Honduras 1 $33,072 33.33%
Panama 1 $54,090 33.33%
Madagascar 1 $145,621 33.33%

Top Hiring Companies in Kansas (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Professionals Inc 14 $72,053 87.50%
Spx Cooling Technologies Inc 14 $81,197 87.50%
Alcatel Lucent Usa Inc 14 $81,370 87.50%
Morris County Hospital 14 $42,331 87.50%
Rjt Compuquest Inc 14 $58,068 93.33%
Goodland Regional Medical Center 14 $42,338 93.33%
The Kansas University Internal Medicine Foundation 14 $93,584 93.33%
Horizon Technologies Inc 14 $51,213 93.33%
Unified School District 457 14 $42,502 93.33%
Hills Pet Nutrition Inc 14 $81,108 93.33%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Performance Contracting Group 1 $78,978 33.33%
S And Y Industries Inc 1 $72,758 33.33%
Great Lakes Polymer Technologies Llc 1 $50,003 33.33%
Johns Manville 1 $78,250 33.33%
Unbound 1 $73,299 33.33%
Sun Marble Llc 1 $61,381 33.33%
Its Greek To Me Inc Dba Gtm Sportswear 1 $56,451 33.33%
Koch Nitrogen Company Llc 1 $89,752 33.33%
Arris Solutions Inc 1 $67,808 33.33%
The Korean Presbyterian Church Of Kansas Inc 1 $29,120 33.33%

Top Industries in Kansas (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Crop Harvesting Primarily By Machine 517 $31,051 100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Combination Farming 359 $32,164 100.00%
Other Crop Farming 188 $32,174 100.00%
Support Activities For Crop Production 124 $33,465 100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Farming 111 $33,364 100.00%
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders 89 $32,526 100.00%
Dual Purpose Cattle Ranching And Farming 78 $33,182 100.00%
All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming 69 $28,491 100.00%
Cattle Feedlots 54 $31,549 100.00%
Cattle Ranching And Farming 49 $32,857 100.00%

Kansas Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in Kansas to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in Kansas over all years is $71,125. The state with the highest average wage of H1-B workers for all states is CA with an average wage of $100,819.

State Avg Wage