University of Kentucky H-1B wage filings
Lexington, KY. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
University of Kentucky filed 154 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $94,664, 47.7% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Assistant Professor (66 filings, median $237,000).
- Filings
- 154
- Positions covered
- 148
- Certified
- 96.1%
- Job titles
- 45
- Worksite cities
- 9
- Filings since FY2020
- 882
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +56%
Offered wage since 2020
University of Kentucky's median H-1B wage offer rose 56%, from $80,000 in fiscal 2020 to $124,435 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 47.7% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2025, with 164 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.
University of Kentucky by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 121 | $124,435 | +39.8% | $71,365 | +47.7% |
| 2025 | 164 | $89,000 | −21.2% | $63,170 | +39.1% |
| 2024 | 136 | $113,000 | +25.6% | $64,709 | +62.0% |
| 2023 | 114 | $90,000 | +27.5% | $54,267 | +50.6% |
| 2022 | 112 | $70,610 | +0.9% | $49,005 | +37.5% |
| 2021 | 121 | $70,000 | −12.5% | $54,267 | +22.6% |
| 2020 | 114 | $80,000 | n/a | $54,266 | +28.8% |
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 | 66 | $237,000 | +95.3% | +47% since 2020 | |
| Postdoctoral Scholar | 18 | $62,000 | +12.1% | +24% since 2020 | |
| Scientist I | 7 | $55,487 | +11.7% | +12% since 2020 | |
| Assistant Professor of Medicine/Hospitalist | 6 | $275,000 | +108.2% | +25% since 2021 | |
| Scientist II | 6 | $63,465 | +9.9% | +27% since 2022 | |
| Biomedical Data Scientist | 3 | $75,525 | +13.2% | ||
| Lecturer | 3 | $62,280 | +25.7% | ||
| Assistant Professor, Clinical Title Series | 2 | $122,244 | +111.2% | ||
| Associate Professor | 2 | $139,822 | +87.1% | −32% since 2020 | |
| Business Intelligence Developer Senior | 2 | $82,462 | +0.6% | ||
| Financial Analyst | 2 | $55,973 | +7.8% | ||
| Research Analyst | 2 | $53,759 | +10.7% | ||
| Research Associate Senior | 2 | $69,627 | +22.0% | ||
| Statistician | 2 | $70,935 | +22.0% | ||
| Agriculture Research Specialist | 1 | $55,223 | +10.3% | ||
| Asst. Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology, Surgical Retina | 1 | $325,000 | +32.9% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Endocrinology/Endocrinologist | 1 | $210,000 | +59.0% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Neurology/Neurologist | 1 | $225,000 | +47.7% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Pediatrics/Neonatologist | 1 | $235,000 | +10.1% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Radiology, Neuroradiology | 1 | $467,500 | +65.7% | ||
| Assistant Professor - Research | 1 | $93,000 | +85.8% | ||
| Assistant Professor, Research Title Series | 1 | $80,000 | +59.8% | ||
| Assistant Professor, Special Title Series | 1 | $80,987 | +183.3% | ||
| Assistant Professor/CT Transplant Pulmonologist | 1 | $380,000 | +80.5% | ||
| Assistant Women's Tennis Coach | 1 | $73,537 | +44.6% | ||
| Associate Research Scientist | 1 | $68,500 | +2.2% | ||
| Bioinformatics Analyst | 1 | $71,805 | +23.5% | ||
| Bioinformatics Analyst, Senior | 1 | $76,869 | +20.4% | ||
| Engineer Associate | 1 | $72,000 | +0.9% | ||
| Executive Director for the Office of Internationalization | 1 | $55,387 | +4.7% | ||
| Facilitations Professional I. (Data Scientist) | 1 | $75,849 | +13.7% | ||
| Instructor | 1 | $73,250 | +9.3% | ||
| Interventional Cardiology Physician Fellow | 1 | $80,331 | +4.1% | ||
| MDM Design Specialist | 1 | $124,435 | +28.6% | ||
| Pathology Physician | 1 | $376,000 | +55.4% | ||
| Performance Analyst Principal | 1 | $71,721 | +14.0% | ||
| Physician/Assistant Professor | 1 | $650,000 | +150.4% | ||
| Procurement Specialist UK HealthCare | 1 | $62,400 | +16.7% | ||
| Research Analyst Principal | 1 | $57,054 | at the minimum | ||
| Research Engineer Associate | 1 | $78,213 | +37.5% | ||
Showing the 40 most-filed of 45 job titles.
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Lexington, KY | 144 | $94,664 |
| Morehead, KY | 2 | $513,000 |
| Paducah, KY | 2 | $71,821 |
| Bloomington, IL | 1 | $88,982 |
| Blue Ash, OH | 1 | $124,435 |
| Bowling Green, KY | 1 | $80,331 |
| Corbin, KY | 1 | $315,000 |
| Georgetown, KY | 1 | $400,000 |
| Portland, OR | 1 | $90,876 |
By visa type: 154 H-1B. By outcome: 139 certified, 9 certified and later withdrawn, 5 withdrawn before a decision, 1 denied.
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 University of Kentucky 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.
- 1 filing is for part-time work. Hourly wages are shown as full-time equivalents (2,080 hours a year) so they can be compared.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.