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Kentucky Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
29,605 62.48% $73,158 H-1B
15,269 32.22% $24,263 H-2A
2,275 4.80% $261,445 PERM
234 0.49% $79,153 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Kentucky has seen a total of 47,383 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Kentucky is the H-1B visa with 29,605 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 62.48% of Kentucky's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the H-2A visa with 15,269 H-2A visas on record over all years accounting for 32.22% of Kentucky's total visas.

Top Occupations in Kentucky (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Urban and Regional Planners 13 $50,171 86.67%
Manufacturing Engineers 13 $69,384 92.86%
Cost Estimators 12 $40,966 85.71%
Physicists 12 $59,133 85.71%
Athletic Trainers 12 $36,456 85.71%
Instructional Coordinators 12 $40,271 92.31%
Registered Nurses 12 $58,268 92.31%
Budget Analysts 11 $45,837 84.62%
Public Relations Specialists 11 $38,402 84.62%
Training and Development Specialists 11 $45,590 91.67%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Kentucky Employees Over Time
Kentucky has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 1,263 employees were hired. Kentucky peaked in 2018 with 2,444 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 374 in 2025.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Zambia 1 $79,810 33.33%
Indonesia 1 $79,123 33.33%
Czech Republic 1 $187,199 33.33%
Bosnia And Herzegovina 1 $38,938 50.00%
Uzbekistan 1 $208,000 50.00%
Belarus 1 $103,355 50.00%
Guyana 1 $119,683 50.00%
Sweden 1 $105,373 50.00%
Croatia 1 $36,680 50.00%
St Lucia 1 $88,088 50.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Kentucky (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Etown Pharmacy Llc 4 $90,241 100.00%
First Data Merchant Services Llc 4 $89,575 100.00%
Busitants Incorporated 4 $83,970 100.00%
Etek It Services Inc 4 $81,827 100.00%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc 4 $98,233 100.00%
Nucor Corporation Nucor Steel Brandenburg 4 $102,277 100.00%
Lorshi Systems Llc 4 $83,361 100.00%
Enersys Delaware Inc 4 $90,865 100.00%
Honeywell International Inc 4 $88,780 100.00%
Diversified Automation Inc 4 $88,655 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Tucker Family Farm Llc 4 $23,187 100.00%
Bob Carver 4 $20,478 100.00%
Charles Klaber 4 $20,342 100.00%
Timothy Slinker 4 $27,362 100.00%
Highland Sod Farms Inc 4 $29,307 100.00%
Alice Correll 4 $22,485 100.00%
Seldon Dixon Jr 4 $18,845 100.00%
Blue Hole Farm 4 $29,276 100.00%
Landon Westbrook 4 $23,187 100.00%
G Watts Humphrey Jr Dba Shawnee Farms 4 $18,694 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

Top Industries in Kentucky (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Other Crop Farming 6,973 $26,112 100.00%
Tobacco Farming 2,791 $26,410 100.00%
Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers 647 $21,341 100.00%
Horses And Other Equine Production 187 $27,765 100.00%
Crop Production 69 $27,204 100.00%
Hay Farming 64 $26,479 100.00%
Greenhouse Nursery And Floriculture Production 55 $27,184 100.00%
Crop Harvesting Primarily By Machine 46 $28,162 100.00%
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders 42 $29,107 100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Farming 35 $26,745 100.00%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 709 $77,730 100.00%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 550 $56,113 100.00%
Computer Systems Design Services 426 $72,286 100.00%
General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 337 $2,122,938 100.00%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 306 $77,926 100.00%
Direct Health And Medical Insurance Carriers 256 $71,892 100.00%
Offices Of Physicians Except Mental Health Specialists 177 $681,669 100.00%
Landscaping Services 123 $24,244 100.00%
Home Health Care Services 114 $20,738 100.00%
Landscape Architectural Services 76 $19,666 100.00%

Kentucky Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in Kentucky to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in Kentucky over all years is $73,158. 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