Worksite city · Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN wage area
H-1B salaries in West Lafayette, IN
29% of new-employment offers here reach Level IV; 24% get a single lottery entry.
389certified H-1B LCAs with a worksite here, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$94,307median offer
29%of new-employment offers reach Level IV
38new-employment LCAs
Source U.S. Dept. of Labor, OFLC disclosure files Covers decisions Jul 2025 to Jun 2026 Release FY2026 Q3, published Aug 7, 2026 Wage levels OFLC 2026-27
Wage levels for the top jobs here
same scale for every row · black mark: median offerunder Level ILevel IIIIIIIV and upmedian offerscale $38k to $196k
Lottery entries
38 new-employment LCAs1 entry · Level I2 · Level II3 · Level III4 · Level IVunder Level I, still 1 entry
How this is calculated
New-employment H-1B LCAs only, the filings behind most cap petitions; extensions, transfers and amendments do not go through the lottery, and cap-exempt universities and nonprofit research organizations are left out. Each offered salary (low end of the range) is compared with the OFLC Level I to IV wages for its occupation and worksite area, wage year 2026-27; a filing with several worksites counts at its lowest level, as the rule requires. Numbers on the right are LCAs. Full methodology.
Jobs and employers
Jul 2025 to Jun 2026Top jobs
| Job | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary | 36 | $110,432 |
| Chemists | 21 | $70,000 |
| Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary | 18 | $130,000 |
| Software Developers | 17 | $108,784 |
| Soil and Plant Scientists | 17 | $59,767 |
| Business Teachers, Postsecondary | 17 | $186,327 |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists | 14 | $106,000 |
| Mechanical Engineers | 14 | $77,500 |
| Biochemists and Biophysicists | 14 | $67,809 |
| Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | 12 | $129,938 |
| Biological Scientists, All Other | 11 | $62,566 |
| Physicists | 11 | $61,616 |
| Data Scientists | 10 | $90,993 |
| Mental Health Counselors | 10 | $73,619 |
| Materials Engineers | 9 | $59,142 |
Top employers
| Employer | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Purdue University | 327 | $89,651 |
| Quasistatics Inc. | 5 | $95,000 |
| NVIDIA Corporation | 4 | $147,992 |
| M3sim LLC | 3 | $125,653 |
| Toralgen Inc. | 3 | $82,400 |
| All other employers | 47 | – |