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Vanderbilt University

Employer · Tennessee, United States

Employer address
Tennessee, United States
Applications on record
2,498
FY2025 applications
102
FY2026 to 30 June
71
Programmes
LCA · PERM
Certified (last three years)
100.0%
Median offered wage
$77,000
Most common occupation
Biochemists and Biophysicists
H-1B dependent (as declared)
No
Certified100.0%of decided applications, last three years
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Vanderbilt University appears in 2,498 applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor between fiscal 2008 and fiscal 2026 (to 30 June). In fiscal 2025 it filed 102.

Applications by fiscal year — Vanderbilt University

124247FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
124247FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008247
FY2009245
FY2010233
FY2011148
FY2012207
FY2013219
FY2014153
FY2015135
FY2016167
FY201758
FY201864
FY201961
FY202069
FY202167
FY202263
FY202392
FY202497
FY2025102
FY2026*71
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*647
FY20259012
FY2024916
FY2023875
FY2022585
FY2021643
FY2020663
FY2019565
FY2018595
FY2017499
FY201615314
FY20151332
FY20141449
FY20132163
FY201219413
FY201113711
FY201020528
FY20092405
FY20082443
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite of each application as filed (first worksite where several are listed).

Vanderbilt University: applications by worksite state

1+1+2+2+3+
1+1+2+2+3+
Data table
StateApplications
TN2,476
CA3
MA3
MD3
NY3
CO2
AL2
FL2
IA1
DC1
NC1
DE1
Worksite states
  1. Tennessee2,476
  2. California3
  3. Massachusetts3
  4. Maryland3
  5. New York3
  6. Colorado2
  7. Alabama2
  8. Florida2
  9. Iowa1
  10. District of Columbia1
Worksite cities
  1. Nashville, TN2,440
  2. Franklin, TN14
  3. Oak Ridge, TN10
  4. Gaithersburg, MD3
  5. Santa Clara, CA2
  6. Upton, NY2
  7. Maitland, FL2
  8. White House, TN2
  9. Auburn, AL2
  10. Gallatin, TN2
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

What they hire for and pay

Occupations, job titles and offered wages as stated on the applications.

Occupations (SOC 2018)
  1. Biochemists and Biophysicists480
  2. Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists159
  3. Physicians, All Other147
  4. Biological Technicians116
  5. Biological Scientists, All Other107
  6. Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary57
  7. Physicists45
  8. Statisticians42
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Research Fellow497
  2. Assistant Professor199
  3. Postdoctoral Research Scholar159
  4. Research Assistant Professor132
  5. Research Associate89
  6. Research Instructor84
  7. Research Assistant II72
  8. Resident Physician72

Offered annual wage, FY2024–FY2026, 10th to 90th percentile

Median $77,000; middle half $65,470 to $105,000 · median prevailing wage $67,090 (marker) · 242 applications.

$40k$65k$90k$115k$140k
$40k$65k$90k$115k$140k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I60
  2. Level II92
  3. Level III53
  4. Level IV40
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Green card sponsorship (PERM)

Country of citizenship of the workers named in certified and pending PERM applications (countries with fewer than five applications are not shown).

PERM applications by country of citizenship
  1. India32
  2. China14
  3. South Korea11
  4. Canada10
  5. Russia5
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — PERM disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

H-1B petitions decided by USCIS

Approvals and denials of Form I-129 petitions, by USCIS fiscal year. Linked by employer name, state and the last four digits of the tax ID.

Approved H-1B petitions (initial + continuing)

80159FY2009FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2013FY2014FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023
80159FY2009FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2023
Data table
FY200911
FY2010143
FY2011159
FY2012119
FY20132
FY20142
FY201662
FY201756
FY201844
FY202066
FY202151
FY202255
FY202335
Fiscal yearInitial approvalsInitial denialsContinuing approvalsContinuing denials
FY2023151202
FY2022300254
FY2021310200
FY2020310350
FY2018291152
FY2017250311
FY2016280341
FY20141010
FY20131010
FY2012580613
FY2011670922
FY2010712721
FY20096050
Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services — H-1B Employer Data Hub (FY2009–FY2023)Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Law firms on the filings

Firms named as the employer's representative (firm names only).

Applications by law firm
  1. Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.626
  2. Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP24
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Among employers in Tennessee

Vanderbilt University has 2,498 work visa applications on record (FY2008–FY2026), ranking #7 of 1,614 sponsoring employers in Tennessee and #424 of 168,030 in the United States; that is 2.45% of the applications filed by employers based in Tennessee.

Rank in Tennessee
7 of 1,614
Rank in the United States
424 of 168,030
Share of Tennessee's applications
2.45%
Employers in the same industry group (NAICS 611) in Tennessee
71
Largest sponsoring employers in Tennessee
  1. Cummins Inc.16,863
  2. The University of Tennessee Health Science Center4,326
  3. FedEx Corporate Services, Inc.3,912
  4. ST. Jude Children's Research Hospital3,580
  5. Ut-battelle, LLC3,259
  6. Ubs Business Solutions US LLC3,226
  7. Vanderbilt University2,498
  8. Federal Express Corporation2,126
  9. Asurion, LLC1,873
  10. Conch Technologies, Inc.1,480
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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