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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 %
Solar Energy Systems Engineers 2 $55,910 66.67%
Industrial Safety and Health Engineers 2 $79,971 66.67%
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 2 $26,957 66.67%
Fundraisers 2 $31,387 66.67%
Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary 2 $45,700 66.67%
Managers, All Other 2 $60,248 66.67%
Landscape Architects 2 $41,174 66.67%
Designers, All Other 2 $63,481 66.67%
Editors 2 $48,735 66.67%
Dermatologists 2 $216,757 66.67%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
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 %
Adecco Group Namodis Inc 8 $70,687 80.00%
Ford Motor Company 8 $81,099 80.00%
Genome International Corporation 8 $43,347 80.00%
Spalding University 8 $60,168 80.00%
Deloitte Amp Touche Llp 8 $48,979 80.00%
Genuineit Llc 8 $59,473 80.00%
Controltouch Systems Inc 8 $63,843 80.00%
Lincoln Manufacturing Usa Llc 8 $67,194 80.00%
Memorial Hospital Inc 8 $107,502 80.00%
Carlson Software Inc 8 $62,470 88.89%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Hanna Hill Farm 13 $22,130 100.00%
Charles F Henning 13 $20,850 100.00%
Eddie Mccord 13 $24,917 100.00%
Danny Odonoghue 13 $22,946 100.00%
Le Pearson 13 $22,066 100.00%
Cody Leonard 13 $22,165 100.00%
Blake Edwards Farms Inc 13 $25,850 100.00%
Chris Crawford 13 $26,029 100.00%
Harold Dwight Faulkner 13 $21,909 100.00%
North American Tobacco Co Llc 13 $28,894 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Taz Trucking Inc 1 $38,938 50.00%
Nemak Usa Inc 1 $95,098 50.00%
Secat Inc 1 $69,826 50.00%
Carina Medical Llc 1 $52,582 50.00%
Epc Columbia Inc 1 $48,318 50.00%
Hydromax Usa 1 $93,725 50.00%
Childrens Home Of Northern Kentucky Inc 1 $44,283 50.00%
Bemak Nv Ltd Dba Ashford Stud 1 $134,950 50.00%
Bowling Green First Korean Baptist Church 1 $33,571 50.00%
Patricia Clark 1 $22,672 50.00%

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