H-1B activity in Kentucky. U.S. Department of Labor disclosure data shows 7,897 Labor Condition Applications filed on behalf of H-1B workers in Kentucky, spanning 1,535 distinct employers. DOL certified these petitions at a 97.5% rate, meaning the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review before USCIS took over final adjudication. That volume gives Kentucky a measurable footprint in the national H-1B program and a data-backed view of where foreign specialty-occupation workers are being placed on U.S. soil.

What employers are paying. The average offered wage on Kentucky H-1B petitions is $113,253. Because each LCA must meet or exceed the DOL prevailing wage for the specific role and worksite, this figure reflects genuine pay commitments rather than aspirational market surveys, and it varies with the mix of occupations, wage levels (I through IV), and metropolitan areas active in the state. The single most-sponsored occupation is Software Developers, which alone accounts for 1,963 petitions at an average of $108,275, followed by Computer Systems Engineers/Architects and Computer Systems Analysts.

Who does the sponsoring. The top H-1B sponsor in Kentucky is Tata Consultancy Services Limited with 861 petitions at an average offered wage of $79,697, followed by University of Kentucky, Humana Inc, Archer Daniels Midland Company. Taken together, the 1,535 employers active in the state form a concrete picture of which industries and company sizes rely on H-1B sponsorship inside Kentucky. Because the data comes directly from DOL LCA disclosures (public record), each figure is auditable down to the individual petition, a meaningful contrast with anecdotal labor-market reporting.

Volume vs. pay, do they agree? By petition volume, Kentucky ranks #30 of 55 states. By average offered wage, it ranks #26 of 55. The two ranks are close, volume and pay move together in Kentucky more than in most states.