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5,630
H-1B approvals (all yrs)
93.4%
LCA
certification rate
680
Employers filing, latest yr
8
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LCA
filings by year
// worksite in Kentucky
Fiscal Year
LCA volume
Certified
Rate
2025
2,376
2,196
92.4%
2024
2,342
2,160
92.2%
2023
2,832
2,610
92.2%
2022
2,570
2,427
94.4%
2021
3,943
3,690
93.6%
2020
2,656
2,525
95.1%
H-1B petitions by year
// approvals / denials by fiscal year
Fiscal Year
Approvals
Denials
Rate
2025
332
7
97.9%
2024
372
10
97.4%
2023
*
117
3
97.5%
2022
385
10
97.5%
2021
381
13
96.7%
2020
263
14
94.9%
2019
326
39
89.3%
2018
297
52
85.1%
2017
275
23
92.3%
2016
H-2A petitions by year
// approvals / denials by fiscal year
Fiscal Year
Approvals
Denials
Rate
2025
8,996
58
99.4%
2024
9,687
17
99.8%
2021
8,994
4
100.0%
2020
8,397
5
99.9%
2019
9,241
0
100.0%
2018
8,953
9
99.9%
2017
8,843
0
100.0%
2016
8,193
0
100.0%
2015
8,030
17
99.8%
H-2B petitions by year
// approvals / denials by fiscal year
Fiscal Year
Approvals
Denials
Rate
2025
837
20
97.7%
2024
1,349
0
100.0%
2019
1,115
0
100.0%
2017
0
0
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2016
0
0
—
2015
0
0
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Top employers (H-1B, latest year)
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
64
Humana Inc.
19
V-Soft Consulting Group, INC
19
University of Louisville
14
UofL Health - Louisville, Inc.
13
University of Louisville Physicians, Inc.
10
University Medical Center, Inc.
6
Nelson County Board of Education
6
Top occupations (LCA, latest year)
Software Developers
491
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects
177
Computer Systems Analysts
168
Computer Programmers
99
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
91
Information Technology Project Managers
65
Physicians, All Other
53
Mechanical Engineers
53
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Top employer: UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY →
Top occupation: Software Developers →
Aggregate filing data, presented as market research, not case-specific and not legal advice.
SOURCE: USCIS EMPLOYER DATA HUB / DOL LCA DISCLOSURE
322
28
92.0%
2015
294
17
94.5%
2014
315
19
94.3%
2013
359
25
93.5%
2012
388
14
96.5%
2011
437
20
95.6%
2010
334
16
95.4%
2009
433
40
91.5%
* Source data for this fiscal year is an incomplete snapshot, not a real year-over-year drop.
