Updated
PERM jobs in Lafayette, IN
- Decisions
- 126
- Approved
- 96.8%
- Median certified wage
- $71,819
- Years
- FY2016 to FY2026
Year by year
- certified
- denied
- withdrawn
Fiscal years run October to September. More
Fiscal years run October to September. FY2016 to FY2023 come from DOL's closed-year files, and FY2024 on from its current ones. The newest year is partial until DOL publishes its fourth quarter.
Every year as a table
| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2016 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2025 | 48 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2026 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
Top sponsors
- Indiana Developmental Training Center of Lafayette LLC 39
- ZF Active Safety and Electronics US LLC 10
- CAC Auto Group LLC 7
- TRW AUTOMOTIVE INC. 7
- NANSHAN AMERICA ADVANCED ALUMINUM TECHNOLOGIES LLC 4
- Irons, Inc. 4
- Indiana University Health Arnett, Inc. 3
- Subaru of Indiana Automotive Inc. 3
- FRANCISCAN ALLIANCE, INC.DBA FRANCISCAN PHYSICI 3
- FAIRFIELD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. 3
Top occupations
- Personal Care Aides 39
- Mechanical Engineers 13
- Industrial Engineers 7
- Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 5
- Home Health Aides 4
- Family Medicine Physicians 3
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 3
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 3
- Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 2
- Chemical Engineers 2
Industries
- Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities 39
- Automobile Manufacturing 14
- Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing 6
- General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 5
- Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) 4
- Home Health Care Services 4
- Used Car Dealers (NAICS 441120) 3
- Used Car Dealers (NAICS 44112) 3
- Automobile Dealers 3
- Engineering Services 3
Countries of citizenship
- India 26
- China 13
- Philippines 5
- Canada 3
- Brazil 3
- Morocco 2
- Bangladesh 1
- Malaysia 1
- El Salvador 1
- Spain 1
Worker's education
- Master's 28
- Bachelor's 18
- Other 10
- High School 4
- Doctorate 3
- Associate's 2
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 49
- L-1 4
- NOT IN USA 4
- TN 3
- TPS 1
- F-1 1
- R-1 1
H-1B in Lafayette, IN
604 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 566 (94%). An LCA is the employer's wage attestation before an H-1B petition, so it counts positions offered. It doesn't count people hired.
Employers, certified LCAs since FY2024
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Mechanical Engineers 42
- Manufacturing Engineers 31
- Software Developers 27
- Data Scientists 16
- Hospitalists 12
- Mechatronics Engineers 11
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 10
- Physical Therapists 9
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 7
- Neurologists 6
Where Lafayette, IN sits
- County
- Tippecanoe County
- Census places Lafayette city in it
- Metro area
- Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
93.4 is BEA's price level for the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 76.4. A salary here buys about 107% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Personal Care Aides39 PERM decisions
- Mechanical Engineers13 PERM decisions
- Industrial Engineers7 PERM decisions
- Family Medicine Physicians3 PERM decisions
- Computer and Information Systems Managers3 PERM decisions
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer3 PERM decisions
Each row has its own scale, marked at its ends: these jobs pay too differently to share one. The table compares them.
- middle half of pay (BLS)
- median
- 10th to 90th percentile
- DOL's Levels I to IV, left to right
| Job | BLS median | Level I | Level II | Level III | Level IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Care Aides | — | $30,410 | $33,010 | $35,630 | $38,230 |
| Mechanical Engineers | $100,690 | $70,866 | $88,358 | $105,830 | $123,323 |
| Industrial Engineers | $98,640 | $74,568 | $88,608 | $102,627 | $116,667 |
| Family Medicine Physicians | — | $120,037 | $174,741 | $229,445 | $284,149 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | $133,270 | $94,058 | $118,851 | $143,666 | $168,459 |
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | — | $90,875 | $112,486 | $134,118 | $155,730 |
Any job in any area, and every wage year since 2021-22, in the wage-level tool.
The worksite city on each application, from DOL's decided cases since FY2016. Spellings of one city are pooled, and a city counts as one place per state.
Case data through Jun 30, 2026 · LCA disclosures through Jun 30, 2026 · Census places and metros through Jan 1, 2026 · BLS market pay through May 31, 2025 · DOL wage tables through Jul 1, 2026. How these figures are counted. Spotted an error? Tell us; every fix is dated in the corrections log.
The sources in full
Case data: DOL quarterly disclosure files (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
LCA disclosures: DOL quarterly LCA disclosure files (www.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
Census places and metros: Census Bureau Gazetteer and metro delineation files (census.gov) · data through Jan 1, 2026 · yearly
BLS market pay: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (bls.gov) · data through May 31, 2025 · yearly, each spring
DOL wage tables: DOL OFLC wage data downloads (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jul 1, 2026 · yearly, each july
What each source includes
Case data: Decided PERM cases only. A case still waiting isn't in here, so counts and durations describe finished cases.
LCA disclosures: Certified and denied H-1B labor condition applications only, with the wage offered.
Census places and metros: Where each worksite city sits: its county, metro area and DOL wage area, matched to Census's place and county files. A city Census lists in no single place is left unmatched. This site doesn't guess it.
BLS market pay: Pay employers report for everyone in each job, from BLS's yearly survey (May of the year named). It's shown nationally, by state and by metro. It covers citizens and immigrants alike, and it isn't drawn from PERM offers.
DOL wage tables: The four prevailing wage levels DOL publishes for every job in every area, each wage year from 2021-22, as DOL's own tables print them. They're the floors an offer is held to. They don't show what anyone was paid.
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