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%
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 %
Ecuador 1 $60,299 50.00%
Austria 1 $62,858 50.00%
Yemen 1 $80,371 50.00%
Botswana 1 $107,245 50.00%
Cameroon 1 $50,710 50.00%
Paraguay 1 $32,670 50.00%
Algeria 1 $18,782 50.00%
Barbados 1 $166,400 50.00%
Tajikistan 1 $66,518 50.00%
Ethiopia 1 $57,054 50.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Kansas (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Kiewit Engineering Amp Design Co 4 $69,228 100.00%
Elanco Animal Health Inc 4 $75,770 100.00%
Aspect Software Inc 4 $72,316 100.00%
Honeywell International Inc 4 $101,249 100.00%
Ioasiz Inc 4 $68,307 100.00%
Koch Supply Trading Lp 4 $83,122 100.00%
Flextronics International Usa Inc 4 $75,811 100.00%
Lyve Tech Llc 4 $83,445 100.00%
Revolutionary Business Concepts Inc 4 $78,687 100.00%
Apex Technology Systems Inc 4 $83,377 100.00%

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 $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