H-1B wage filings in West Lafayette, IN
Jobs with a worksite in West Lafayette, Indiana. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
401 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named West Lafayette, IN as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 43 employers. The median offered wage was $94,307, 25.4% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Assistant Professor (99).
- Filings
- 401
- Positions covered
- 403
- Employers
- 43
- Median offered
- $94,307
- Median prevailing wage
- $62,566
- Filings since FY2020
- 1,872
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +29%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in West Lafayette, IN rose 29%, from $73,840 in fiscal 2020 to $95,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 26.4% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 322 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.
West Lafayette, IN by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 301 | $95,000 | +3.3% | $62,566 | +26.4% |
| 2025 | 322 | $92,000 | +13.4% | $60,237 | +27.8% |
| 2024 | 221 | $81,112 | −2.9% | $59,210 | +21.6% |
| 2023 | 250 | $83,554 | +3.3% | $64,984 | +18.7% |
| 2022 | 301 | $80,870 | +7.3% | $67,080 | +16.0% |
| 2021 | 255 | $75,338 | +2.0% | $61,287 | +9.5% |
| 2020 | 222 | $73,840 | n/a | $52,562 | +24.2% |
Employers filing for jobs in West Lafayette
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Employer | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purdue University | 332 | $89,651 | +26.8% | |
| Quasistatics Inc. | 8 | $95,000 | +10.1% | |
| NVIDIA Corporation | 4 | $147,992 | +186.1% | |
| Toralgen Inc. | 4 | $82,400 | +4.3% | |
| HBW Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $142,938 | at the minimum | |
| Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. | 2 | $105,431 | +28.4% | |
| Cook Research Incorporated | 2 | $142,500 | +28.4% | |
| NanoRes LLC | 2 | $100,880 | +0.9% | |
| Inari Agriculture, Inc. | 2 | $132,564 | +8.6% | |
| Infonero Inc. | 2 | $88,525 | at the minimum | |
| Vertex, Inc. | 2 | $113,701 | +69.3% | |
| Alterstaff Inc. | 2 | $63,000 | +16.7% | |
| Computer Aid, Inc | 2 | $67,600 | +0.7% | |
| ANSYS, Inc. | 2 | $81,037 | at the minimum | |
| Randstad Digital, LLC | 1 | $95,000 | +16.2% | |
| Microsoft Corporation | 1 | $110,250 | +64.2% | |
| Tata Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $121,939 | +30.5% | |
| Gallup, Inc. | 1 | $108,784 | at the minimum | |
| Amazon Data Services, Inc | 1 | $73,237 | +57.2% | |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | 1 | $196,437 | +18.4% | |
| MediaTek USA Inc. | 1 | $121,744 | +0.8% | |
| Gemini Software Services, LLC | 1 | $130,000 | +93.6% | |
| Blue Wave Capital and Consulting LLC | 1 | $109,000 | +0.2% | |
| Franciscan Alliance Inc. | 1 | $79,061 | at the minimum | |
| Nexus AI Solutions Inc., | 1 | $94,910 | at the minimum | |
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 43. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in West Lafayette
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant Professor | 99 | $112,250 | +72.6% | |
| Post Doctoral Research Associate | 42 | $60,000 | +12.0% | |
| Clinical Assistant Professor | 23 | $119,550 | +56.7% | |
| Post-Doctoral Research Assistant | 19 | $58,843 | +2.3% | |
| Research Scientist | 19 | $80,000 | +6.2% | |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate | 14 | $58,434 | +7.4% | |
| Lecturer | 10 | $95,880 | +18.7% | |
| Staff Therapist | 7 | $71,000 | +25.5% | |
| Postdoctoral Research Assistant | 6 | $65,150 | +8.1% | |
| Research Assistant Professor | 6 | $96,688 | +48.7% | |
| Research Associate | 5 | $70,000 | +9.1% | |
| Senior Research Associate | 5 | $80,100 | +0.3% | |
| Assistant Professor of Practice | 4 | $95,411 | +98.2% | |
| Associate Professor | 4 | $130,063 | +21.5% | |
| Embedded Software Engineer | 4 | $84,525 | +6.3% | |
| Post Doc Researcher | 4 | $147,992 | +186.1% | |
| Software Engineer | 4 | $101,892 | +8.6% | |
| Analytical Scientist | 3 | $82,400 | +4.3% | |
| Assistant Research Scientist | 3 | $69,618 | at the minimum | |
| Clinical Associate Professor | 3 | $175,000 | +91.1% | |
| Data Scientist | 3 | $90,993 | +25.8% | |
| Research Scientist, Associate | 3 | $70,000 | +11.9% | |
| Senior Project Engineer/Manager | 3 | $142,938 | at the minimum | |
| Software Developer | 3 | $81,037 | at the minimum | |
| Visiting Assistant Professor | 3 | $81,000 | +14.5% | |
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.