H-1B and green card employer
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN NAICS 611310 Cap-exempt
Purdue University is cap-exempt: its new H-1B hires skip the lottery.
355certified H-1B LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$89,384median offer · middle half $65k to $112k
19%249 vs. 210 LCAs, Oct 2025 to Jun 2026 vs. a year earlier
23certified green card (PERM) cases, FY2026 to Jun 2026
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
Lottery entries at Purdue University's offers
Purdue University files mostly as a college or university or as a nonprofit research organization. Those employers are exempt from the H-1B cap, so their hires do not go through the lottery and no entry mix is shown.
What Purdue University offers
355 certified LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026$50k$100k$150k$200k$250k$300k
Level IIIIIIIVunder Level I = 2 LCAs = 5 LCAs
$10,000 bands, coloured by the level each salary reaches for its own job and area.
By fiscal year
October to September · hatched: FY2026 to Jun 2026Certified H-1B LCAs
249 FY2026 to Jun 2026
Median offer
$90,000 FY2026
Certified green card cases
23 FY2026 to Jun 2026
Jobs and worksites
Jul 2025 to Jun 2026Top jobs
| Job | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary | 41 | $109,000 |
| Business Teachers, Postsecondary | 22 | $180,000 |
| Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary | 21 | $122,000 |
| Soil and Plant Scientists | 17 | $59,767 |
| Chemists | 17 | $65,000 |
| Biochemists and Biophysicists | 13 | $66,000 |
| Physicists | 12 | $63,308 |
| Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | 12 | $129,938 |
Top worksite cities
| City | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| West Lafayette, IN | 327 | $89,651 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 12 | $78,000 |
| Hammond, IN | 10 | $94,365 |
| Indianapolis, IN | 3 | $108,000 |
Green card (PERM) labor certifications
by fiscal year of decision| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Median offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 9 | 0 | $98,000 |
| FY2024 | 35 | 0 | $103,000 |
| FY2025 | 9 | 0 | $86,000 |
| FY2026 to Jun 2026 | 23 | 3 | $105,027 |
Review takes about a year, so a pause in filing shows up a year later. Medians only for years with 3 or more certifications.
Recent certified LCAs
latest 25 · salary is the low end of the offered range| Job title | Salary | Entries |
|---|---|---|
| Assistant Professor | $112,500 | |
| Assistant Professor | $110,000 | |
| Assistant Professor | $102,540 | |
| Post Doctoral Research Associate | $60,000 | |
| Operations Manager, Autonomous Racing Team | $86,700 | |
| Proteomics Director | $124,363 | |
| Post-Doctoral Research Associate | $58,594 | |
| Proteomics Director | $112,689 | |
| Postdoctoral Research Assistant | $64,000 | |
| Post-Doctoral Research Assistant | $58,594 | |
| Lead Staff Therapist | $101,572 | |
| Assistant Coach – Men’s Tennis | $67,000 | |
| Senior Computational Scientist | $91,438 | |
| Assistant Professor | $102,406 | |
| Assistant Professor | $114,000 | |
| Assistant Professor of Strategic Management | $122,400 | |
| Post-Doctoral Research Associate | $53,102 | |
| Post-Doctoral Research Associate | $53,102 | |
| Assistant Coach – Men’s Tennis | $59,000 | |
| Post-Doctoral Research Assistant | $65,000 | |
| Assistant Professor | $123,200 | |
| Clinical Associate Professor | $183,585 | |
| Post Doctoral Research Assistant | $63,500 | |
| Post-Doctoral Research Associate | $65,062 | |
| Post Doctoral Research Associate | $70,000 |