Updated
PERM jobs in Louisville, KY
- Decisions
- 2,173
- Approved
- 93.0%
- Median certified wage
- $82,000
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 361 | 6 | 10 |
| FY2017 | 181 | 3 | 11 |
| FY2018 | 156 | 65 | 7 |
| FY2019 | 140 | 2 | 4 |
| FY2020 | 124 | 1 | 9 |
| FY2021 | 91 | 3 | 4 |
| FY2022 | 103 | 8 | 13 |
| FY2023 | 131 | 24 | 31 |
| FY2024 | 141 | 0 | 10 |
| FY2025 | 263 | 26 | 11 |
| FY2026 | 220 | 5 | 9 |
Top sponsors
- V-Soft Consulting Group, Inc. 558
- Humana Inc. 385
- COOLSOFT LLC 215
- FULL CARE OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, LLC 106
- 3B ENTERPRISES DBA HOME INSTEAD SENIOR CARE 84
- University of Louisville 34
- CHRISTIAN CARE COMMUNITIES 28
- Broughton Construction, LLC 26
- Full Care of Louisville, Inc. 26
- Diversified Automation Inc 25
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 623
- Software Developers 189
- Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 132
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1121) 114
- Home Health Aides 84
- Computer Occupations, All Other 72
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators* 59
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1211) 52
- Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 51
- Software Developers, Systems Software 42
Industries
- Custom Computer Programming Services 549
- Offices of Other Holding Companies 238
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services 215
- Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers 169
- Home Health Care Services 84
- Landscape Architectural Services 69
- General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 55
- Full-Service Restaurants 48
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 44
- Janitorial Services 44
Countries of citizenship
- India 1,038
- Mexico 168
- Philippines 91
- China 51
- Nepal 31
- Canada 28
- South Korea 23
- Nigeria 16
- Pakistan 13
- Brazil 10
Worker's education
- Master's 678
- Bachelor's 560
- None 245
- Other 39
- High School 36
- Doctorate 36
- Associate's 15
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 1,103
- NOT IN USA 117
- F-1 82
- TN 44
- H-2B 43
- L-1 18
- F-2 7
- E-2 5
- B-2 5
- PAROLEE 5
H-1B in Louisville, KY
9,070 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 8,728 (96%). 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
- TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED 562
- Humana Inc. 256
- cognizant-technology-solutions-us-corporation 163
- University of Louisville 144
- WIPRO LIMITED 101
- TECH MAHINDRA (AMERICAS), INC 68
- UofL Health - Louisville, Inc. 53
- V-Soft Consulting Group, INC 51
- University of Louisville Physicians, Inc. 45
- ATOS SYNTEL INC 42
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Software Developers 739
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 577
- Computer Systems Analysts 268
- Computer Programmers 215
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 186
- Data Scientists 103
- Mechanical Engineers 89
- Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 77
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 55
- Hospitalists 54
Where Louisville, KY sits
- County
- Jefferson County
- Census places Louisville city in it
- Metro area
- Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
93.1 is BEA's price level for the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 78.6. A salary here buys about 107% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Software Developers189 PERM decisions
- Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers132 PERM decisions
- Computer Systems Analysts52 PERM decisions
- Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners51 PERM decisions
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | $110,270 | $81,286 | $100,818 | $120,370 | $139,901 |
| Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers | $37,820 | $31,616 | $36,150 | $40,706 | $45,240 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | $97,970 | $63,856 | $85,426 | $106,974 | $128,544 |
| Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | $35,000 | $28,309 | $32,240 | $36,171 | $40,102 |
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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