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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 %
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists 5 $49,504 83.33%
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary 5 $43,003 83.33%
Astronomers 5 $53,281 83.33%
Bioinformatics Scientists 5 $59,738 83.33%
Chemical Technicians 5 $40,377 83.33%
Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary 5 $45,302 100.00%
Agricultural and Food Science Technicians 4 $29,999 80.00%
Lawyers 4 $58,095 80.00%
Computer User Support Specialists 4 $30,779 80.00%
Transportation Engineers 4 $60,025 80.00%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Physicists 1 $55,328 33.33%
Health Diagnosing and Treating Practitioners, All Other 1 $71,115 33.33%
Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks 1 $35,339 33.33%
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers 1 $22,443 33.33%
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 %
St Lucia 1 $88,088 50.00%
Croatia 1 $36,680 50.00%
Ethiopia 1 $63,752 50.00%
Bulgaria 1 $57,200 50.00%
Mauritius 1 $203,424 50.00%
Trinidad And Tobago 1 $120,890 100.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Kentucky (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Hitachi Consulting Corporation 4 $61,672 80.00%
Futuristic Global Inc 4 $46,780 80.00%
Guardian Healthcare Providers 4 $46,238 80.00%
Sun Soft Technologies Inc 4 $50,066 80.00%
Eminence It Solutions Inc 4 $64,154 80.00%
Khanna Consulting Llc 4 $50,918 80.00%
American Printing House For The Blind Inc 4 $50,783 80.00%
Global Systems Llc 4 $57,070 80.00%
Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government 4 $61,911 80.00%
Dgn Technologies Inc 4 $49,036 80.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
William Frazier Penick 6 $30,014 100.00%
John Camp 6 $22,641 100.00%
M J Landscape Products Nursery Llc 6 $26,461 100.00%
Long Vue Farms Partnership 6 $27,484 100.00%
Chase Farms Llc 6 $22,221 100.00%
Grayson Farms 6 $21,296 100.00%
Clint Rogers 6 $22,523 100.00%
Sachleben Sachleben Tobacco Operations Llc 6 $22,523 100.00%
David Morales 6 $29,692 100.00%
Ronnie Wilson 6 $22,630 100.00%
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