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Assistant Professor in West Lafayette, IN

Job title · West Lafayette, Indiana

Job title as filed
Assistant Professor
City
West Lafayette, Indiana
Applications FY2022–FY2026
385
Median offered wage
$111,227
Most common occupation
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary
Median wage$111,227certified 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 West Lafayette.

Applications by fiscal year

4896FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
4896FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202280
FY202375
FY202459
FY202596
FY2026*75
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
1
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. Purdue University385
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 $111,227; middle half $97,432 to $132,000 · median prevailing wage $66,797 (marker) · 371 applications.

$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I241
  2. Level II138
  3. Level III3
  4. Level IV3
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 West Lafayette is 5.9% 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 West Lafayette
1.3%
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 West Lafayette job market

West Lafayette has 1,583 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 333 job titles and 162 employers; "Assistant Professor" ranks #1 by applications, with 24.3% of them.

Applications in West Lafayette, all job titles
1,583
Job titles filed
333
Rank of Assistant Professor in West Lafayette
1
Median offered wage in West Lafayette, all job titles
$87,380
National median wage, Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary (all job titles)
$97,500
Other job titles in West Lafayette
  1. Post-doctoral Research Associate148
  2. Research Scientist65
  3. Post-doctoral Research Assistant63
  4. Post Doctoral Research Associate53
  5. Clinical Assistant Professor51
  6. Postdoctoral Research Associate37
  7. Post Doctoral Research Assistant34
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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