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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 %
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors 1 $27,643 100.00%
Audiologists 1 $57,054 100.00%
Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products 1 $66,914 100.00%
Special Education Teachers, Middle School 1 $44,620 100.00%
Insurance Underwriters 1 $47,174 100.00%
Multimedia Artists and Animators 1 $58,802 100.00%
Musicians and Singers 1 $31,658 100.00%
Electro-Mechanical Technicians 1 $68,307 100.00%
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School 1 $45,090 100.00%
Water/Wastewater Engineers 1 $53,394 100.00%
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 %
Nigeria 17 $54,304 47.22%
Guatemala 16 $27,430 50.00%
Jordan 15 $144,880 55.56%
Bangladesh 15 $24,938 60.00%
El Salvador 15 $35,843 65.22%
Vietnam 14 $25,036 63.64%
Germany 12 $65,666 54.55%
United Kingdom 12 $64,732 63.16%
Iran 11 $52,947 57.89%
Lebanon 8 $133,549 42.11%

Top Hiring Companies in Kentucky (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Metrix It Solutions Inc 10 $67,716 90.91%
Astra Behavioral Health Llc 10 $122,988 90.91%
Sai Technologies Llc 10 $73,310 90.91%
Ics Global Soft Inc 10 $82,516 90.91%
Moonitsolutions Inc 10 $70,029 90.91%
Mks Vision Group Inc 10 $78,871 90.91%
Silicon Tech Solutions Inc 10 $84,036 90.91%
Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company Inc 10 $100,022 90.91%
Teksystems Global Services Llc 10 $99,930 90.91%
Walgreen Co 10 $101,340 90.91%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Neil Howard 14 $28,068 100.00%
Charles M Tackett Ii 14 $23,309 100.00%
M M Farmers Association 14 $27,229 100.00%
Edwin L Dyer 14 $21,119 100.00%
B C Coltharp Tobacco Llc 14 $25,926 100.00%
Jeremy Carraway 14 $26,597 100.00%
David Seay 14 $23,453 100.00%
Larry Smith 14 $27,359 100.00%
Db Farms Llc 14 $21,100 100.00%
Travis White 14 $24,531 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Luckett Farley Architect Engineers Constructio 1 $63,939 50.00%
Sealy Inc 1 $47,112 50.00%
Louisville Water Company 1 $96,803 50.00%
Jack Henry Associates Inc 1 $53,352 50.00%
Centerstone 1 $67,038 50.00%
General Electric Company Ge Home Business Solutions 1 $60,798 50.00%
Tmcna Taeyang Metal North America Llc 1 $31,512 50.00%
Double Dan Horsemanship Llc 1 $32,406 50.00%
Chubu Trading Inc Dba Tachibana Restaurant 1 $57,013 50.00%
Elizabethtown Swim Team Inc 1 $21,230 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