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Owensboro, Kentucky

City · Kentucky, United States

Applications on record
735
FY2025
51
FY2026 to 30 June
43
Share of U.S. total
0.01%
Median offered wage (LCA)
$94,880
Median wage$94,880certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

All Department of Labor work visa applications with a worksite in Owensboro, Kentucky.

Applications by fiscal year — Owensboro, Kentucky

3264FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
3264FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200819
FY200917
FY201015
FY201113
FY201213
FY201311
FY201439
FY201546
FY201638
FY201758
FY201864
FY201958
FY202046
FY202157
FY202246
FY202348
FY202453
FY202551
FY2026*43
Fiscal yearH-2AH-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*233611
FY2025312117
FY2024352142
FY202338280
FY202238161
FY2021401142
FY202036244
FY201939388
FY2018402202
FY2017382153
FY201632033
FY2015310150
FY201426085
FY201300101
FY201200130
FY20110058
FY201000141
FY200900152
FY200800172
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Largest sponsoring employers

Employers with the most applications for jobs in Owensboro, Kentucky.

Applications by employer
  1. Kamuf Tobacco Company LLC29
  2. Stephen Tobacco Co LLC28
  3. Cecil Tobacco Company LLC28
  4. North American Tobacco Co LLC27
  5. Glenn Brothers Farms LLC26
  6. Chiapas Tobacco Company25
  7. O'Bryan Composting LLC24
  8. Frog Farms LLC24
  9. Kuegel Tax & Accounting Inc24
  10. Awgr LLC22
  11. Owensboro Health Inc.20
  12. Bittel & Bittel LLC19
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Occupations and routes

SOC 2018 occupation and visa programme of the applications.

Occupations
  1. Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse432
  2. Software Developers24
  3. General Internal Medicine Physicians18
  4. Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers17
  5. Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists17
  6. Network and Computer Systems Administrators15
  7. Physicians, All Other11
  8. Home Health Aides10
  9. Materials Scientists8
  10. Computer Systems Analysts8
Visa routes
  1. H-2A agricultural workers447
  2. H-1B189
  3. PERM labour certification62
  4. H-2B non-agricultural workers20
  5. E-3 (Australia)3
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $94,880; middle half $58,644 to $239,200 · median prevailing wage $73,871 (marker) · 28 applications.

$40k$135k$230k$325k$420k
$40k$135k$230k$325k$420k
Primary crop on H-2A applications
  1. Tobacco110
  2. Nursery and Greenhouse Workers10
  3. General Farm Workers6
  4. Burley5
  5. Greenhouse/Nursery4
  6. Hay and Straw4
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Among cities in Kentucky

Owensboro, Kentucky ranks #10 of 184 cities in Kentucky by work visa applications on record, with 1.15% of the applications for worksites in the state's cities that have their own page.

Rank in Kentucky
10 of 184
Share of Kentucky's city applications
1.15%
Share of U.S. total
0.01%
Cities in Kentucky with the most applications
  1. Louisville, KY24,928
  2. Lexington, KY7,324
  3. Frankfort, KY3,074
  4. Erlanger, KY2,056
  5. Bowling Green, KY1,419
  6. Florence, KY1,347
  7. Murray, KY1,174
  8. Georgetown, KY933
  9. Covington, KY758
  10. Owensboro, KY735
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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