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Assistant Professor in Lexington, KY

Job title · Lexington, Kentucky

Job title as filed
Assistant Professor
City
Lexington, Kentucky
Applications FY2022–FY2026
162
Median offered wage
$122,056
Most common occupation
Physicians, All Other
Median wage$122,056certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition applications with the job title "Assistant Professor" and a worksite in Lexington.

Applications by fiscal year

2652FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2652FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202223
FY202317
FY202425
FY202545
FY2026*52
Certified (decided applications)
99.4%
Employers filing
2
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. University of Kentucky160
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

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

Median $122,056; middle half $89,000 to $234,075 · median prevailing wage $57,505 (marker) · 158 applications.

$60k$125k$190k$255k$320k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I106
  2. Level II2
  3. Level III5
  4. Level IV49
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, the job title "Assistant Professor" appears on 29,238 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 650 employers for worksites in 748 cities; the median offered wage is $105,000, so the median in Lexington is 16.2% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
29,238
Employers nationwide
650
Cities with filings
748
National median offered wage
$105,000
Share of national filings in Lexington
0.6%
Cities with the most applications for Assistant Professor
  1. Birmingham, AL835
  2. Houston, TX763
  3. New York City, NY754
  4. Atlanta, GA684
  5. Boston, MA558
  6. Baltimore, MD446
  7. West Lafayette, IN385
  8. Chicago, IL375
  9. Madison, WI358
  10. St. Louis, MO331
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Lexington job market

Lexington has 1,269 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 495 job titles and 244 employers; "Assistant Professor" ranks #1 by applications, with 12.8% of them.

Applications in Lexington, all job titles
1,269
Job titles filed
495
Rank of Assistant Professor in Lexington
1
Median offered wage in Lexington, all job titles
$86,912
National median wage, Physicians, All Other (all job titles)
$240,000
Other job titles in Lexington
  1. Postdoctoral Scholar64
  2. Assistant Professor of Medicine/hospitalist38
  3. Scientist I.31
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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