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Lafayette, LA

Lafayette, LA is a Professional & Technical Services-heavy labor market: 27 tracked employers at a $123,063 median H-1B wage across 1,157 LCAs.

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27
Employers
$123,063
Median H-1B wage
1,157
H-1B filings

Lafayette, LA: 27 tracked employers at a $123,063 median H-1B wage across 1,157 LCAs; Professional & Technical Services leads the local roster.

According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices mapped to worksites in Lafayette, LA (LA), PlainEmployers rolls up 27 employers at a $123,063 disclosed median. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 27 employers
  • $123,063 median H-1B
  • 1,157 H-1B LCAs

Where Lafayette, LA's median H-1B wage sits nationally

Metro median disclosed wage vs every credible H-1B wage row

$123,063 Top 51% higher than 49% of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows

$0–$20,000: 1 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $20,000–$40,000: 401 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $40,000–$60,000: 7,591 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Below this entry. $60,000–$80,000: 24,066 credible H-1B wage rows (9%). Below this entry. $80,000–$100,000: 43,829 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Below this entry. $100,000–$120,000: 49,740 credible H-1B wage rows (18%). Below this entry. $120,000–$140,000: 42,626 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). This entry sits in this band. $140,000–$160,000: 33,306 credible H-1B wage rows (12%). Above this entry. $160,000–$180,000: 22,983 credible H-1B wage rows (8%). Above this entry. $180,000–$200,000: 15,711 credible H-1B wage rows (6%). Above this entry. $200,000–$220,000: 10,825 credible H-1B wage rows (4%). Above this entry. $220,000–$240,000: 6,806 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Above this entry. $240,000–$260,000: 4,579 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. $260,000–$280,000: 2,975 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $280,000–$300,000: 1,671 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $300,000–$320,000: 5,015 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. Lafayette, LA $0 $320,000 every credible H-1B wage row, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more credible H-1B wage rows. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, H-1B Disclosure Data · August 2026

Metro Labor Presence

Lafayette, LA (27 employers) sits beside Baton Rouge, LA, New Orleans, LA, Shreveport, LA in LA's tracked roster. Open a peer metro to compare H-1B wage and WARN density. Among metros with employers in this corpus, Lafayette, LA ranks #448 of 6906 by employer count (about the 93rd percentile).

Baton Rouge, LA 62 New Orleans, LA 45 Shreveport, LA 16 Alexandria, LA 13 Monroe, LA 8 Lake Charles, LA 7
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesHealthcare & Social AssistanceEducational ServicesAdministrative & Waste ServicesFinance & Insurance

What the data says about Lafayette, LA

Corpus placement: Lafayette, LA ranks #448 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 93rd percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Professional & Technical Services leads with 12 of 27 tracked employers (~44%); next sectors in the mix are Healthcare & Social Assistance and Educational Services. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc., Perficient, Inc., and Maplebear Inc. (904 filings combined, ~78% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Lafayette, LA: DOL H-1B disclosure filings.

Headline sponsors: CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc., Perficient, Inc., and Maplebear Inc., together 904 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

Lafayette, LA reads as a concentrated labor market: Professional & Technical Services alone covers about 44% of tracked employers, so wage and safety benchmarks here are heavily shaped by that sector.

CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc. plus Perficient, Inc. account for about 78% of Lafayette, LA's H-1B filings in this corpus, so local wage medians are sensitive to those sponsors' role mix.

No WARN Act mass-layoff notices are currently mapped to employers with a worksite in Lafayette, LA in this corpus, a cleaner local stability read than metros where large sponsors have filed reductions.

Same-state context for Lafayette, LA: Baton Rouge, LA (62 employers); New Orleans, LA (45 employers); Shreveport, LA (16 employers). Employer-count gaps between these metros are why a wage offer that looks high in one city can look ordinary in another.

Top employers in Lafayette, LA

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc.Professional & Technical Services661$112,377
2Perficient, Inc.Professional & Technical Services129$153,830
3Maplebear Inc.Information & Media114$210,000
4Vista Applied Solutions Group INCProfessional & Technical Services96$112,923
5Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, Inc.Healthcare & Social Assistance24$380,165
6University of Louisiana at LafayetteEducational Services18$62,223
7Acadian Ambulance Service, Inc.Healthcare & Social Assistance14$53,768
8CGI Federal Inc.Professional & Technical Services13$126,090
9Planet AI Inventions LLCProfessional & Technical Services10$83,221
10Lafayette Health Ventures, Inc.Healthcare & Social Assistance10$321,000
11First Horizon BankFinance & Insurance9$117,123
12Solstice Solutions IncProfessional & Technical Services8$73,249
13Sapphire IT Services, Inc.Professional & Technical Services8$114,379
14Tech IT Solutions, Inc.Professional & Technical Services8$81,291
15Technikons Solutions IncProfessional & Technical Services8$112,923
16Togetherwork Operations, LLC5$108,077
17Lafayette Parish School System4$55,602
18Pediatric Group of Acadiana LLCHealthcare & Social Assistance3$193,710
19National Information Solutions CooperativeProfessional & Technical Services3$82,961
20Emergency Care Management, LLCAdministrative & Waste Services2$124,576
21LHC Group, Inc.Healthcare & Social Assistance2$105,724
22Cardiovascular Institute of the SouthHealthcare & Social Assistance1-
23Children's Heart Clinic of Louisiana, LLCHealthcare & Social Assistance1$63,461
24Darnall, Sikes and FrederickProfessional & Technical Services1$62,000
25Klout 9 LLCProfessional & Technical Services1$36,358
Sources, citation, and related links for Lafayette, LA

Disclaimer: The Lafayette, LA overview is informational only and is not professional advice. Consult a qualified professional before employment, hiring, or compliance decisions based on this data.

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PlainEmployers renders Lafayette, LA from DOL H-1B disclosure filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.