Purdue University H-1B wage filings
West Lafayette, IN. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
Purdue University filed 360 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $89,384, 30.7% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Assistant Professor (107 filings, median $111,968).
- Filings
- 360
- Positions covered
- 355
- Certified
- 98.6%
- Job titles
- 82
- Worksite cities
- 7
- Filings since FY2020
- 1,683
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +30%
Offered wage since 2020
Purdue University's median H-1B wage offer rose 30%, from $68,996 in fiscal 2020 to $90,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 33.5% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2025, with 325 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.
Purdue University by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 252 | $90,000 | no change | $58,950 | +33.5% |
| 2025 | 325 | $90,000 | +20.4% | $55,827 | +37.2% |
| 2024 | 190 | $74,767 | +3.1% | $55,688 | +21.6% |
| 2023 | 216 | $72,553 | −9.3% | $58,958 | +19.0% |
| 2022 | 271 | $80,000 | +11.3% | $60,549 | +17.0% |
| 2021 | 220 | $71,864 | +4.2% | $56,181 | +10.7% |
| 2020 | 209 | $68,996 | n/a | $51,875 | +26.0% |
Offered wage by job title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing | Median since 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant Professor | 107 | $111,968 | +75.0% | +16% since 2020 | |
| Post Doctoral Research Associate | 42 | $60,000 | +12.0% | +13% since 2020 | |
| Clinical Assistant Professor | 23 | $119,550 | +56.7% | −32% since 2025 | |
| Post-Doctoral Research Assistant | 20 | $58,993 | +5.4% | +14% since 2020 | |
| Research Scientist | 17 | $76,440 | +6.2% | +22% since 2021 | |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate | 15 | $60,000 | +9.8% | +18% since 2020 | |
| Lecturer | 10 | $95,880 | +18.7% | 0% since 2024 | |
| Staff Therapist | 7 | $71,000 | +25.5% | +4% since 2023 | |
| Postdoctoral Research Assistant | 6 | $65,150 | +8.1% | ||
| Research Assistant Professor | 6 | $96,688 | +48.7% | ||
| Research Associate | 5 | $70,000 | +9.1% | +32% since 2020 | |
| Senior Research Associate | 5 | $80,100 | +0.3% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Practice | 4 | $95,411 | +98.2% | ||
| Associate Professor | 4 | $130,063 | +21.5% | ||
| 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% | ||
| Visiting Assistant Professor | 3 | $81,000 | +14.5% | +5% since 2020 | |
| Assistant Coach – Men’s Tennis | 2 | $63,000 | +19.4% | ||
| Continuing Lecturer- Flight Instructor | 2 | $62,500 | +6.7% | ||
| Head Coach, Women's Ice Hockey | 2 | $57,500 | +44.7% | ||
| Lead Application Developer | 2 | $117,250 | +0.1% | ||
| Lead Software Engineer | 2 | $104,985 | +10.8% | ||
| Lead Staff Therapist | 2 | $95,989 | +71.8% | ||
| Proteomics Director | 2 | $118,526 | +5.3% | ||
| Quantum Research Scientist | 2 | $100,714 | +20.8% | ||
| Research Engineer | 2 | $87,363 | +9.7% | ||
| Research Geneticist | 2 | $59,767 | +0.8% | ||
| Sr. Research Data Analyst | 2 | $78,285 | +8.2% | ||
| Application Developer | 1 | $70,408 | at the minimum | ||
| Assistant Coach-Women's Tennis | 1 | $52,000 | +52.8% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Accounting | 1 | $144,300 | +195.2% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Civil and Mechanical Engineering | 1 | $81,000 | +27.0% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders | 1 | $69,300 | +46.7% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering | 1 | $78,000 | +22.3% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Data Science | 1 | $78,000 | +58.5% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Hospitality Management | 1 | $76,300 | +73.9% | ||
| Asst. Professor of Industrial Engineering Technology | 1 | $78,000 | +22.3% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education | 1 | $68,900 | +67.3% | ||
Showing the 40 most-filed of 82 job titles.
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Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| West Lafayette, IN | 332 | $89,651 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 12 | $78,000 |
| Hammond, IN | 10 | $94,365 |
| Indianapolis, IN | 3 | $108,000 |
| Batavia, IL | 1 | $65,000 |
| Lafayette, IN | 1 | $62,000 |
| Shelbyville, IN | 1 | $110,336 |
By visa type: 360 H-1B. By outcome: 180 certified, 175 certified and later withdrawn, 5 withdrawn before a decision.
Filings by quarter
Across all employers, filings bunch up in the first half of each year around the annual H-1B lottery, so compare a quarter with the same quarter a year earlier, not with the one before it.
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 Purdue University 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.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.