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Lexington, Kentucky

City · Kentucky, United States

Applications on record
7,324
FY2025
425
FY2026 to 30 June
348
Share of U.S. total
0.06%
Median offered wage (LCA)
$90,183
Median wage$90,183certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

All Department of Labor work visa applications with a worksite in Lexington, Kentucky.

Applications by fiscal year — Lexington, Kentucky

229458FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
229458FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008442
FY2009406
FY2010448
FY2011395
FY2012417
FY2013374
FY2014372
FY2015458
FY2016420
FY2017359
FY2018400
FY2019366
FY2020320
FY2021335
FY2022292
FY2023358
FY2024389
FY2025425
FY2026*348
Fiscal yearH-2AH-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*284223840
FY2025383729060
FY2024313626953
FY2023333025441
FY2022302921815
FY2021261824249
FY2020243722831
FY2019242926053
FY2018203830339
FY2017142129034
FY2016122933742
FY201511839544
FY201412031743
FY20130034628
FY20120037443
FY20110036035
FY20100038563
FY20090038719
FY20080040735
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Largest sponsoring employers

Employers with the most applications for jobs in Lexington, Kentucky.

Applications by employer
  1. University of Kentucky2,635
  2. Wipro Limited368
  3. Tata Consultancy Services Limited181
  4. Fayette County Public Schools125
  5. Sitek, Inc.108
  6. Deloitte Consulting LLP82
  7. Piramal Pharma Solutions Inc.73
  8. Analysts International Corporation54
  9. Populus Group47
  10. Lexmark International, Inc.47
  11. Cypress Semiconductor Corporation46
  12. Conduent Commercial Solutions, LLC40
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Occupations and routes

SOC 2018 occupation and visa programme of the applications.

Occupations
  1. Software Developers659
  2. Physicians, All Other428
  3. Computer Programmers400
  4. Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists395
  5. Computer Systems Analysts324
  6. Computer Occupations, All Other238
  7. Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary192
  8. Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers192
  9. Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse171
  10. Network and Computer Systems Administrators167
Visa routes
  1. H-1B5,456
  2. PERM labour certification767
  3. H-2B non-agricultural workers354
  4. H-2A agricultural workers303
  5. E-3 (Australia)55
  6. H-1B1 (Chile)4
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $90,183; middle half $70,000 to $144,674 · median prevailing wage $72,790 (marker) · 766 applications.

$40k$95k$150k$205k$260k
$40k$95k$150k$205k$260k
Primary crop on H-2A applications
  1. Tobacco33
  2. Horses21
  3. Nursery and Greenhouse Workers5
  4. Hemp2
  5. Fruits and Vegetables2
  6. Burley2
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Among cities in Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky ranks #2 of 184 cities in Kentucky by work visa applications on record, with 11.49% of the applications for worksites in the state's cities that have their own page.

Rank in Kentucky
2 of 184
Share of Kentucky's city applications
11.49%
Share of U.S. total
0.06%
Cities in Kentucky with the most applications
  1. Louisville, KY24,928
  2. Lexington, KY7,324
  3. Frankfort, KY3,074
  4. Erlanger, KY2,056
  5. Bowling Green, KY1,419
  6. Florence, KY1,347
  7. Murray, KY1,174
  8. Georgetown, KY933
  9. Covington, KY758
  10. Owensboro, KY735
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Job titles with their own pages

Titles with at least 30 labor condition applications here since FY2022.

  • Assistant Professor
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine/hospitalist
  • Postdoctoral Scholar
  • Scientist I.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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