H-1B wage filings in Lexington, KY
Jobs with a worksite in Lexington, Kentucky. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
295 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Lexington, KY as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 88 employers. The median offered wage was $95,514, 16.5% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Assistant Professor (64).
- Filings
- 295
- Positions covered
- 316
- Employers
- 88
- Median offered
- $95,514
- Median prevailing wage
- $79,934
- Filings since FY2020
- 1,688
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +31%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Lexington, KY rose 31%, from $78,042 in fiscal 2020 to $102,116 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 17.1% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 289 filings.
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year
Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.
Lexington, KY by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 238 | $102,116 | +19.0% | $87,173 | +17.1% |
| 2025 | 289 | $85,779 | −0.8% | $70,637 | +18.1% |
| 2024 | 257 | $86,483 | −0.6% | $68,494 | +17.4% |
| 2023 | 244 | $87,000 | +16.0% | $71,594 | +18.5% |
| 2022 | 211 | $75,000 | +4.2% | $60,778 | +18.0% |
| 2021 | 232 | $72,000 | −7.7% | $63,981 | +15.3% |
| 2020 | 217 | $78,042 | n/a | $62,504 | +18.1% |
Employers filing for jobs in Lexington
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 88. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Lexington
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant Professor | 64 | $236,000 | +94.3% | |
| Postdoctoral Scholar | 18 | $62,000 | +12.1% | |
| Assistant Professor of Medicine/Hospitalist | 6 | $275,000 | +108.2% | |
| Scientist I | 6 | $55,624 | +13.3% | |
| Scientist II | 6 | $63,465 | +9.9% | |
| Software Engineer | 5 | $90,800 | +0.1% | |
| Computer Programmer | 4 | $99,650 | +0.1% | |
| Biomedical Data Scientist | 3 | $75,525 | +13.2% | |
| Business Systems Analyst | 3 | $85,000 | +4.0% | |
| Lecturer | 3 | $62,280 | +25.7% | |
| Assistant Professor, Clinical Title Series | 2 | $122,244 | +111.2% | |
| Associate Professor | 2 | $139,822 | +87.1% | |
| BIM Coordinator | 2 | $75,130 | +15.1% | |
| Data Engineer (Reporting & Data Conversion) | 2 | $87,173 | at the minimum | |
| Data Scientist | 2 | $81,115 | +3.7% | |
| Epidemiologist | 2 | $93,267 | +21.9% | |
| Exceptional Child Visually Impaired Instructor | 2 | $50,586 | +8.4% | |
| Financial Analyst | 2 | $55,973 | +7.8% | |
| Functional Analyst | 2 | $84,157 | at the minimum | |
| IT Operations Analyst II | 2 | $75,000 | +1.2% | |
| Manager, Data Integration and Analysis | 2 | $133,000 | +39.2% | |
| Manufacturing Quality Assurance Specialist | 2 | $61,371 | +26.9% | |
| Mechanical Engineer | 2 | $80,933 | at the minimum | |
| Pathways Operations Mgr - MBA | 2 | $132,600 | +1.6% | |
| Principal Engineer CAD | 2 | $180,000 | +48.1% | |
Seniority of the jobs filed
The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.
What these numbers are
- They are wages employers attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
- A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
- The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.
- The city is the worksite on the filing, which can be a client's office or a remote worker's home, not the employer's headquarters.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.