Updated
PERM jobs in West Lafayette, IN
- Decisions
- 387
- Approved
- 95.8%
- Median certified wage
- $91,000
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 58 | 0 | 5 |
| FY2017 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2019 | 47 | 12 | 13 |
| FY2020 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 40 | 1 | 5 |
| FY2022 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 12 | 0 | 2 |
| FY2024 | 45 | 0 | 2 |
| FY2025 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2026 | 24 | 2 | 4 |
Top sponsors
- Purdue University 295
- HAMPTON INN SUITES 28
- Jali LLC 14
- Fresh World Market Corp 9
- Cook Research Incorporated 7
- FRESH WORLD MARKET IN LLC 5
- Inari Agriculture, Inc. 3
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3
- MARU-NURI INC 2
- DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC 2
Top occupations
- Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 52
- Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 42
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary 34
- Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 31
- Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 14
- Economics Teachers, Postsecondary 12
- Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 10
- Stock Clerks and Order Fillers 9
- Veterinarians 8
- Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary 8
Industries
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (NAICS 611310) 272
- Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels 42
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (NAICS 61131) 23
- Supermarkets and Other Grocery Retailers (except Convenience Retailers) 11
- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (NAICS 54171) 6
- Software Publishers (NAICS 511210) 3
- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (NAICS 541710) 3
- Engineering Services 2
- Software Publishers (NAICS 51121) 2
- Custom Computer Programming Services 2
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Doctorate 213
- None 52
- Master's 41
- Bachelor's 9
- Other 7
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 254
- NOT IN USA 9
- F-1 8
- J-1 2
- O-1 2
- TN 2
- B-2 1
- E-3 1
- E-2 1
H-1B in West Lafayette, IN
1,870 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 1,554 (83%). 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
Where West Lafayette, IN sits
- County
- Tippecanoe County
- Census places West 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.
- Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary52 PERM decisions
- Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners42 PERM decisions
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary34 PERM decisions
- Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary31 PERM decisions
- Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary14 PERM decisions
- Economics Teachers, Postsecondary12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary | — | $70,610 | $97,500 | $124,390 | $151,280 |
| Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | $35,690 | $28,184 | $31,346 | $34,486 | $37,648 |
| Business Teachers, Postsecondary | — | $46,730 | $75,507 | $104,283 | $133,060 |
| Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary | — | $52,590 | $76,973 | $101,357 | $125,740 |
| Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary | — | $49,020 | $66,037 | $83,053 | $100,070 |
| Economics Teachers, Postsecondary | — | $68,660 | $96,293 | $123,927 | $151,560 |
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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