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 %
Data Warehousing Specialists 30 $81,091 85.71%
Industrial Production Managers 29 $92,669 85.29%
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 27 $44,910 79.41%
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 27 $49,952 79.41%
Psychiatrists 27 $139,032 87.10%
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary 26 $38,415 83.87%
Cost Estimators 25 $68,807 86.21%
Physicists 25 $86,421 86.21%
Validation Engineers 25 $75,049 86.21%
Financial Specialists, All Other 24 $45,944 82.76%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Marketing Managers 4 $122,861 66.67%
Pharmacists 4 $99,669 66.67%
Education Teachers, Postsecondary 4 $36,803 66.67%
Animal Scientists 4 $54,091 66.67%
Financial Analysts 4 $69,150 66.67%
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 4 $17,576 66.67%
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers 4 $52,546 66.67%
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary 4 $36,763 66.67%
Food Scientists and Technologists 3 $80,406 50.00%
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 3 $40,477 50.00%
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 %
Pakistan 23 $78,120 45.10%
Jordan 18 $107,524 37.50%
United Kingdom 17 $70,473 40.48%
Vietnam 16 $26,139 50.00%
Sri Lanka 10 $46,848 40.00%
El Salvador 10 $64,958 43.48%
Russia 9 $69,800 42.86%
Lebanon 8 $127,728 40.00%
Albania 8 $17,667 40.00%
Iran 8 $53,370 44.44%

Top Hiring Companies in Kansas (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Ernst Young Us Llp 80 $67,866 95.24%
Security Benefit Corporation 79 $66,355 96.34%
Emporia State University 79 $43,936 97.53%
Globallogicinc 70 $84,428 86.42%
Ericsson Inc 69 $67,193 95.83%
Idatalytics Llc 63 $73,954 87.50%
Hays Medical Center Inc 62 $197,158 86.11%
Ascend Learning Llc 62 $89,398 92.54%
Payless Shoesource Inc 61 $63,473 91.04%
Quintiles Inc 59 $64,896 92.19%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Shawnee Mission Tree Service Inc 6 $26,007 30.00%
Rsa Security Llc 6 $86,747 30.00%
Midas Hospitality Llc 5 $17,576 25.00%
Kana Software Inc 5 $76,652 26.32%
Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center 5 $44,994 26.32%
Npc International 5 $51,243 26.32%
Ceva Us Holdings Inc 4 $96,257 21.05%
Elp Aviation Inc 4 $63,223 21.05%
Caravan Ingredients Inc 4 $95,961 21.05%
Jayhawk Hospitalists Pa 4 $107,245 22.22%

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