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Lexington-Fayette, KY

Metropolitan area (Census CBSA 30460) · United States

Applications on record
9,495
FY2025
570
FY2026 to 30 June
468
Share of U.S. total
0.08%
Median offered wage (LCA)
$90,000
Median wage$90,000certified 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-Fayette, KY.

Applications by fiscal year — Lexington-Fayette, KY

298595FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
298595FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008500
FY2009462
FY2010501
FY2011468
FY2012484
FY2013443
FY2014484
FY2015595
FY2016590
FY2017512
FY2018556
FY2019504
FY2020460
FY2021459
FY2022432
FY2023491
FY2024516
FY2025570
FY2026*468
Fiscal yearH-2AH-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*955427643
FY20251204633470
FY20241054530759
FY20231053729851
FY2022974626326
FY2021902828457
FY2020854729236
FY2019844431462
FY2018745838143
FY2017613438136
FY2016504444848
FY2015461448946
FY201437039849
FY20130041429
FY20120043549
FY20110042741
FY20100043467
FY20090043725
FY20080046139
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-Fayette, KY.

Applications by employer
  1. University of Kentucky2,640
  2. Wipro Limited368
  3. Tata Consultancy Services Limited182
  4. Fayette County Public Schools125
  5. Sitek, Inc.112
  6. Infosys Limited95
  7. Deloitte Consulting LLP86
  8. Piramal Pharma Solutions Inc.73
  9. Analysts International Corporation59
  10. IBM Corporation51
  11. IBM India Private Limited49
  12. Populus Group47
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 Developers784
  2. Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse662
  3. Computer Systems Analysts536
  4. Computer Programmers480
  5. Physicians, All Other446
  6. Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists403
  7. Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals387
  8. Computer Occupations, All Other296
  9. Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers271
  10. Network and Computer Systems Administrators196
Visa routes
  1. H-1B6,511
  2. H-2A agricultural workers1,049
  3. PERM labour certification876
  4. H-2B non-agricultural workers497
  5. E-3 (Australia)120
  6. H-1B1 (Chile)6
  7. H-1B1 (Singapore)2
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 $90,000; middle half $70,000 to $134,415 · median prevailing wage $74,963 (marker) · 881 applications.

$40k$95k$150k$205k$260k
$40k$95k$150k$205k$260k
Primary crop on H-2A applications
  1. Tobacco145
  2. Horses77
  3. Nursery and Greenhouse Workers8
  4. Burley Tobacco8
  5. Hemp7
  6. Hay and Straw7
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Cities

Worksite cities in Lexington-Fayette, KY with their own pages.

Applications by city
  1. Lexington, KY7,296
  2. Georgetown, KY933
  3. Versailles, KY313
  4. Paris, KY243
  5. Winchester, KY241
  6. Nicholasville, KY241
  7. Midway, KY119
  8. Wilmore, KY34
  9. Cynthiana, KY9
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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