We now have Quarter 4 H1B visa FY 2023 data and Quarter 4 PERM visa FY 2023 data and Quarter 4 H2A visa FY 2023 data.
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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 %
General and Operations Managers 48 $84,779 81.36%
Computer Network Architects 47 $71,001 82.46%
Soil and Plant Scientists 47 $40,846 83.93%
Biochemists and Biophysicists 45 $42,403 83.33%
Industrial Production Managers 44 $95,601 89.80%
Data Warehousing Specialists 43 $65,188 87.76%
Commercial and Industrial Designers 43 $53,306 87.76%
Dentists, General 43 $96,298 89.58%
Education Teachers, Postsecondary 40 $42,713 83.33%
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 39 $42,030 86.67%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Marketing Managers 6 $76,676 66.67%
Chemists 6 $66,390 66.67%
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 6 $25,220 66.67%
Chefs and Head Cooks 5 $49,878 55.56%
Sales Managers 5 $119,063 62.50%
Dentists, General 5 $71,888 62.50%
Clergy 5 $36,204 62.50%
Sales Engineers 4 $66,102 50.00%
Coaches and Scouts 4 $20,105 50.00%
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary 4 $58,125 50.00%
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 %
Peru 5 $103,358 38.46%
Ireland 5 $67,121 38.46%
Australia 5 $74,630 41.67%
France 5 $63,885 45.45%
Italy 4 $66,940 40.00%
Russia 4 $57,819 40.00%
Cameroon 4 $44,403 40.00%
Honduras 4 $32,262 44.44%
Sri Lanka 4 $73,054 44.44%
Tanzania 3 $44,248 37.50%

Top Hiring Companies in Kentucky (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Etown Lung Specialist Psc 3 $34,978 75.00%
Abbey Hill Group Llc 3 $59,460 75.00%
Lifeguard Press Inc 3 $39,492 75.00%
Conductive Learning Center Of Greater Cincinnati 3 $43,766 75.00%
Brillio Llc 3 $58,774 75.00%
Telecom Technology Services Inc 3 $62,026 75.00%
Fateh Imports Inc 3 $45,289 75.00%
General Business Services Inc 3 $36,650 75.00%
Luv Yu Bakery Inc 3 $44,505 75.00%
University Pediatric Foundation Inc 3 $45,350 75.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Robert G Eads Ii 4 $23,364 100.00%
Considine Farm Inc 4 $25,974 100.00%
Richard Hughes 4 $21,975 100.00%
T And W Tobacco Llc 4 $25,054 100.00%
Valley View Ag Llc 4 $29,250 100.00%
William Thomson 4 $26,816 100.00%
Richardson Holdings Of Ky Llc 4 $25,054 100.00%
Mann Farms Llc 4 $23,733 100.00%
Robert D Towles 4 $22,095 100.00%
Mike Farms Llc 4 $28,959 100.00%
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