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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 %
Medical Assistants 1 $28,517 100.00%
Musicians, Instrumental 1 $28,850 100.00%
Industrial Engineering Technologists 1 $58,947 100.00%
Teacher Assistants 1 $15,070 100.00%
Climate Change Analysts 1 $77,896 100.00%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technicians 1 $33,904 100.00%
Survey Researchers 1 $38,480 100.00%
Energy Brokers 1 $55,266 100.00%
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 1 $23,462 100.00%
Environmental Engineering Technicians 1 $36,504 100.00%
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 %
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 %
Comefri Usa Inc 17 $65,953 89.47%
Polaris Consulting Services Ltd 17 $69,199 94.44%
Papa Johns International Inc 17 $97,987 94.44%
Sira Consulting Inc 17 $61,865 94.44%
Collaborate Solutions Inc 17 $73,004 94.44%
Kfc Corporation 17 $93,335 94.44%
Western Kentucky Heart Lung Associates Psc 17 $305,925 94.44%
Avco Consulting Inc 16 $65,624 88.89%
Schwans Shared Services Llc 16 $92,771 88.89%
Exlservicecom Llc 16 $80,030 88.89%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
T And M Farms Llc 20 $24,905 100.00%
Willard W Jackson Jr 20 $22,720 100.00%
Lear Farms Llc 20 $25,634 100.00%
Jason Williams 20 $25,331 100.00%
Deer Creek Farms Llc 20 $23,716 100.00%
Stan Armstrong 20 $25,634 100.00%
Woodview Planters Llc 20 $25,634 100.00%
Breck Tobacco Llc 20 $25,615 100.00%
Mark Thompson 19 $24,886 100.00%
Brenda Hunt Farms Llc 19 $25,858 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Azteca Milling Lp 1 $73,008 33.33%
Tri State Infectious Disease Consultants Psc 1 $110,406 33.33%
Valuelabs Inc 1 $53,123 33.33%
Appalachia Health Service 1 $125,528 33.33%
Cti Science Inc 1 $45,365 33.33%
Kentucky Housing Corporation 1 $33,987 33.33%
Meiwa Usa Inc 1 $55,890 33.33%
Sona Hotel Llc 1 $26,416 33.33%
Murphys Electrical Service Llc 1 $33,800 33.33%
Baptist Physicians Lexington 1 $166,400 33.33%

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