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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 %
Information Technology Project Managers 209 $68,545 91.27%
Family and General Practitioners 160 $139,762 93.02%
Operations Research Analysts 157 $62,250 92.35%
Accountants and Auditors 152 $45,587 92.68%
Statisticians 149 $66,225 90.85%
Chemists 132 $65,659 91.03%
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 121 $49,890 87.68%
Civil Engineers 113 $65,267 86.26%
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 108 $46,269 85.04%
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 105 $62,671 90.52%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Statisticians 20 $71,137 76.92%
Surgeons 19 $171,819 76.00%
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 19 $47,645 76.00%
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 18 $20,904 75.00%
Architectural and Engineering Managers 14 $110,348 58.33%
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 13 $40,885 59.09%
Accountants and Auditors 12 $51,355 57.14%
Management Analysts 12 $67,442 60.00%
Pediatricians, General 12 $123,827 60.00%
Industrial Production Managers 11 $94,385 57.89%
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 %
Belarus 1 $103,355 33.33%
Guyana 1 $119,683 33.33%
Sweden 1 $105,373 33.33%
Croatia 1 $36,680 50.00%
St Lucia 1 $88,088 50.00%
Bulgaria 1 $57,200 50.00%
Ethiopia 1 $63,752 50.00%
Mauritius 1 $203,424 50.00%
Trinidad And Tobago 1 $120,890 50.00%
Switzerland 1 $70,990 50.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Kentucky (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Rps Tek Sol Llc 36 $68,584 90.00%
Celanese Corporation 36 $83,714 92.31%
System Soft Technologies Llc 35 $60,155 92.11%
Rainbow Design Services 34 $63,356 91.89%
Campbellsville University Inc 33 $42,233 89.19%
Yash Lujan Consulting Inc 33 $67,953 89.19%
Mastech Digital Technologies Inc 33 $75,911 94.29%
Cambridge Technology Inc 31 $74,804 91.18%
Ntt Data Inc Formerly Keane Inc 31 $66,491 91.18%
Mastech Inc A Mastech Holdings Inc Company 31 $68,365 91.18%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Jeffery Jordan 26 $23,224 100.00%
Jeff Mack Farms Llc 26 $25,282 100.00%
Shemwell Farms 26 $24,278 100.00%
S And E Growers Llc 25 $25,947 100.00%
Tommy Broughton 25 $24,232 100.00%
Awgr Llc 25 $23,623 100.00%
Arnold Oreilly 25 $23,259 100.00%
Joseph Adam Yazell 25 $23,968 100.00%
Hhr Llc 25 $24,361 100.00%
Kelly Farms Llc 25 $23,199 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Rose Hill Farm 3 $20,280 42.86%
Yum Restaurant Services Group Llc 3 $91,894 42.86%
Faurecia Interiors Louisville Llc 3 $71,434 42.86%
Kiswel Usa Inc 3 $88,143 42.86%
Jabil Inc 3 $104,575 42.86%
Amazoncom Services Llc 3 $70,089 42.86%
Ssg Technologies Llc 3 $69,929 50.00%
Meiji Corporation 2 $51,418 33.33%
Rehab Resource Inc 2 $63,700 33.33%
Mountain After Hours Clinic Psc 2 $143,510 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