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
27,840 82.97% $72,180 H-1B
3,159 9.41% $31,586 H-2A
2,356 7.02% $331,168 PERM
201 0.60% $81,566 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Kansas has seen a total of 33,556 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Kansas is the H-1B visa with 27,840 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 82.97% of Kansas's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the H-2A visa with 3,159 H-2A visas on record over all years accounting for 9.41% of Kansas's total visas.

Top Occupations in Kansas (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Statisticians 158 $67,512 87.78%
Engineers, All Other 154 $60,138 91.67%
Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers 149 $74,796 88.69%
Computer and Information Systems Managers 148 $111,871 90.80%
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 142 $78,404 93.42%
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 131 $72,284 88.51%
Family and General Practitioners 122 $150,303 85.92%
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 120 $56,806 86.96%
Aerospace Engineers 117 $76,156 85.40%
Chemists 115 $50,507 85.19%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 18 $74,379 81.82%
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 17 $31,344 77.27%
Computer and Information Systems Managers 17 $122,536 80.95%
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 16 $23,801 76.19%
Industrial Engineers 16 $76,532 88.89%
Materials Engineers 15 $51,532 88.24%
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 14 $59,651 82.35%
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 14 $44,481 93.33%
Aerospace Engineers 13 $79,996 86.67%
Coaches and Scouts 12 $26,181 92.31%
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 324 in 2025.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
India 641 $490,444 42.12%
Mexico 177 $29,628 57.47%
Nepal 74 $34,865 40.88%
Philippines 62 $5,851,871 41.33%
China 58 $59,893 39.73%
South Africa 57 $40,501 45.24%
Brazil 48 $32,250 47.06%
Pakistan 32 $74,719 32.65%
South Korea 31 $43,223 33.33%
Bangladesh 31 $28,689 51.67%

Top Hiring Companies in Kansas (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Globallogic Inc 130 $91,434 85.53%
Sprint Nextel Corporation 130 $69,091 86.67%
Zeninfotech Llc 129 $49,312 86.58%
Rx Savings Llc 126 $71,669 88.73%
Wipro Limited 117 $67,638 86.67%
International Business Machines Corporation 116 $77,571 89.92%
Agco Corporation 115 $72,124 89.84%
Hcl America Inc 112 $69,599 89.60%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Us Corp 106 $74,542 89.08%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Us Corporation 106 $60,986 89.83%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Depot Market Inc 13 $25,414 100.00%
Winsome Farms Gp 13 $29,386 100.00%
Sunnye Ridge Farm Inc 13 $27,717 100.00%
Fdk Partnership 13 $29,965 100.00%
Lohmann Farms 12 $30,127 100.00%
Sos Farms Llc 12 $34,341 100.00%
Bebb Farms 12 $33,112 100.00%
Thacker Harvesting Ltd 12 $24,729 100.00%
Sph Farm 12 $29,888 100.00%
Kramer Harvesting Llc 12 $24,397 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Sara Software Systems Llc 11 $101,795 33.33%
University Of Kansas Hospital Authority 10 $66,263 31.25%
Rx Savings Llc 10 $94,630 31.25%
Paramount Landscape Inc 10 $25,251 32.26%
Pharmaceutical Research Associates Inc 9 $67,685 31.03%
Kiewit Power Constructors Co 9 $92,470 31.03%
St Catherine Hospital 8 $138,328 27.59%
Ransom Memorial Hospital 8 $78,530 28.57%
Global Soft Systems Inc 8 $93,233 28.57%
Pratt Regional Medical Center 7 $69,531 25.00%

Top Industries in Kansas (All Years)

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 $72,180. The state with the highest average wage of H1-B workers for all states is CA with an average wage of $104,510.

State Avg Wage