Updated
PERM jobs in Lexington, KY
- Decisions
- 456
- Approved
- 95.0%
- Median certified wage
- $73,758
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 42 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 24 | 4 | 5 |
| FY2018 | 34 | 4 | 1 |
| FY2019 | 52 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 28 | 0 | 3 |
| FY2021 | 44 | 3 | 2 |
| FY2022 | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2023 | 37 | 3 | 1 |
| FY2024 | 48 | 1 | 4 |
| FY2025 | 56 | 2 | 2 |
| FY2026 | 36 | 3 | 1 |
Top sponsors
- University of Kentucky 187
- Kellermeyer Bergensons Services, LLC 20
- Piramal Pharma Solutions Inc. 13
- Kenneth McPeek Racing Stable Inc 12
- Cherie DeVaux Racing Inc. 11
- Traits LLC 10
- ACG BBQ, LLC. dba Sonnys BBQ 7
- Lexmark International, Inc. 6
- Saint Joseph Health System 5
- Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital 5
Top occupations
- Nonfarm Animal Caretakers 47
- Internists, General 34
- Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 25
- Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 20
- Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 20
- General Internal Medicine Physicians 17
- Software Developers, Applications 15
- Animal Trainers 12
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary 10
- Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 9
Industries
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 187
- Other Spectator Sports 33
- Janitorial Services 20
- Racetracks 19
- Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing 14
- Custom Computer Programming Services 12
- Horses and Other Equine Production 11
- Food Services and Drinking Places 7
- Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) 7
- Full-Service Restaurants 6
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Other 102
- None 76
- Master's 61
- Doctorate 52
- Bachelor's 36
- High School 15
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 217
- NOT IN USA 25
- F-1 10
- H-2A 5
- L-1 5
- TN 4
- P-1 4
- B-1 3
- B-2 3
- E-2 3
H-1B in Lexington, KY
1,686 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 1,554 (92%). 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
- Hospitalists 80
- Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 58
- Software Developers 49
- Data Scientists 28
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 22
- Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 18
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators 16
- Chemists 16
- Manufacturing Engineers 15
- Electrical Engineers 14
Where Lexington, KY sits
- County
- Fayette County
- Census places Lexington-Fayette urban county in it
- Metro area
- Lexington-Fayette, KY
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Lexington-Fayette, KY
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
92.9 is BEA's price level for the Lexington-Fayette, KY metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 77.1. A salary here buys about 108% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Nonfarm Animal Caretakers47 PERM decisions
- Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary20 PERM decisions
- Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners20 PERM decisions
- General Internal Medicine Physicians17 PERM decisions
- Animal Trainers12 PERM decisions
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonfarm Animal Caretakers | $34,590 | $26,333 | $31,034 | $35,714 | $40,414 |
| Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | $83,680 | $60,520 | $95,480 | $130,440 | $165,400 |
| Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | $35,460 | $27,997 | $32,115 | $36,234 | $40,352 |
| General Internal Medicine Physicians | $180,790 | $72,800 | $146,432 | $220,064 | $293,696 |
| Animal Trainers | $34,310 | $26,395 | $34,154 | $41,912 | $49,670 |
| Business Teachers, Postsecondary | $89,430 | $49,890 | $79,847 | $109,803 | $139,760 |
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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